"Myn housbonde is so ful of jalousie
That but ye wayte wel and been privee,
I woot right wel I nam but deed," quod she.
"Ye moste been ful deerne, as in this cas."
"Nay, therof care thee nought," quod Nicholas.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Miller’s Tale. Alison warns her soon-to-be new lover Nicholas that her husband John is a very jealous man and unless Nicholas is very discreet and careful she is as good as dead. But the ever so confident Nicholas tells her not to worry about that, he will take care of it.