And prively he caughte hire by the queynte,
And seyde, "Ywis, but if ich have my wille,
For deerne love of thee, lemman, I spille."

– Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales, The Miller’s Tale. One day while the carpenter John is away, his womanizing boarder Nicholas makes a pass at Alison. Grabbing her by the genitals, he says he will die if he does not have sex with her.