"Go fro the wyndow, Jakke fool," she sayde;
"As help me God, it wol nat be ‘com pa me.’
I love another – and elles I were to blame –
Wel bet than thee, by Jhesu, Absolon.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Miller’s Tale. Absolon gets short shrift from Alison after his romantic overtures to her from beneath her window. He tells him to clear off, that he is an idiot and that she loves another well better than him. Looks like he has lost out in this competition.