O foule lust of luxurie, lo, thyn ende!
Nat oonly that thou feyntest mannes mynde,
But verraily thou wolt his body shende.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale. After the attempted rape on Constance, the Man of Law decries the foul lust of lechery. Not only does it make the minds of men grow faint, but it truly destroys their bodies too.