bespeak vs evidence

bespeak

verb
  • To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to. 

  • To speak up or out; exclaim; speak. 

  • To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss. 

  • To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance. 

  • To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour. 

evidence

verb
  • To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of. 

noun
  • A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other. 

  • Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion. 

  • Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial. 

  • One who bears witness. 

How often have the words bespeak and evidence occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )