bespeak vs request

bespeak

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

  • 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. 

request

verb
  • To ask for (something). 

  • To ask (somebody) to do something. 

noun
  • A message sent over a network to a server. 

  • Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence). 

  • Condition of being sought after. 

  • A formal message requesting something. 

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