This prison caused me nat for to crye,
But I was hurt right now thurghout myn ye
Into myn herte, that wol my bane be.
The fairnesse of that lady that I see
Yond in the gardyn romen to and fro
Is cause of al my criyng and my wo.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Knight’s Tale. Nazareth were right when they made a hit song about it – Love hurts! Lovesick prisoner Palamon speaks of his love at first sight for fair Emily as hurting him like a poison that has entered his eye and then made its way to his heart. The sight of her roaming to and fro yonder in the garden makes him cry with pain and woe, as he remains locked in his tower.