Withouten wordes mo they goon to bedde,
Ther as the carpenter is wont to lye.
Ther was the revel and the melodye;
And thus lith Alison and Nicholas,
In bisynesse of myrthe and of solas,
Til that the belle of laudes gan to rynge,
And freres in the chauncel gonne synge.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Miller’s Tale. The amorous clerk Nicholas and adulterous Alison are not just content to have sex under her husband John’s nose. But they do it in his bed! And they carry on their pleasure-making until the morning service chapel bells ring and the friars start to sing.