Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Talk, vb. 1) to speak, to utter words; absol.: “canst thou t.?” Ven. 427. “begins to t.” Lucr. 1783. “he will be --ing,” Tp. II, 1, 27. “without any more --ing,” II, 2, 178. “she doth t. in her sleep,” Gent. III, 1, 333. Err. III, 1, 38. IV, 4, 46. Ado I, 1, 117. LLL IV, 3, 274. As V, 2, 57. H4A V, 2, 92 etc. In a bad sense, == to speak impertinently, to prattle: “to babble and to t.” Ado III, 3, 37. “he will be --ing,” III, 5, 36. “to prate and t. for life,” Wint. III, 2, 42. “I do not t. much,” H8 II, 1, 146. “this --ing lord,” III, 2, 265. “poor prattler, how thou --est,” Mcb. IV, 2, 64. “come, come, you t.” Oth. IV, 3, 25. Modified by an adverb or prepositional expression: “to t. in deeds,” Lucr. 1348. “does not t. after the wisest,” Tp. II, 2, 76. “love --s with better knowledge,” Meas. III, 2, 159. “you t. greasily,” LLL IV, 1, 139. Merch. II, 2, 200. As I, 3, 26. III, 5, 110. H6A III, 2, 4. V, 3, 108.
With of: “--ed of virtue,” Lucr. 846. “when you t. of war,” Gent. V, 2, 16. Wiv. I, 1, 301. IV, 2, 30. IV, 2, 30 Ado III, 2, 107. V, 1, 317. LLL III, 119. Merch. I, 2, 45. II, 2, 50. V, 151. As III, 5, 94. H4B I, 1, 54 etc. With on: “this Sir Proteus that we t. on,” Gent. IV, 2, 73. Rom. II, 5, 43. Ant. II, 2, 85. Cymb. II, 4, 132. With to, == to address words to: “t. not to me,” Wiv. IV, 6, 1. Gent. IV, 2, 104. As III, 4, 1. Shr. II, 35. John III, 4, 91. IV, 1, 25. H4A I, 3, 234. III, 1, 163. Rom. III, 5, 204. Oth. III, 3, 296. IV, 2, 102. With to and of: “what --est thou to me of the hangman?” H4A II, 1, 73. R3 III, 4, 77 (Ff --est thou to me of ifs? Qq tellest thou me of ifs?).
With a clause: “we were --ing that our garments seem fresh,” Tp. II, 1, 96.
With an accus. denoting an effect: “thou dost t. nothing to me,” Tp. II, 1, 170. “all tongues to t. their bitterest,” Wint. III, 2, 217. Double accus.: “they would t. themselves mad,” Ado II, 1, 369. “t. thy tongue weary,” Cymb. III, 4, 115. Accus. and prepositional expression: “t. us to silence,” H8 I, 4, 45. “t. him out of patience,” Oth. III, 3, 23.
2) to converse: “to t. and greet,” LLL V, 2, 144. “Pyramus and Thisby did t. through the chink of a wall,” Mids. III, 1, 65. “the very time Aumerle and you did t.” R2 IV, 61. “we must out and t.” Caes. V, 1, 22. “Edmund and I have --ed,” Lr. IV, 5, 30 (have spoken of the matter and come to an agreement). “we shall t. before we fight,” Ant. II, 6, 2. Followed by with: “t. with her,” Tp. IV, 32. Meas. I, 4, 36. V, 348. Err. II, 2, 192. Ado V, 1, 340. Merch. I, 3, 37. H6A III, 3, 35. Lr. III, 4, 159 etc. “I must t. a word with you,” R3 IV, 4, 198 (accus. of measure. Qq speak). “I'll t. a word with this Theban,” Lr. III, 4, 162.