By this proverbe thou shalt understonde,
Have thou ynogh, what thar thee recche or care
How myrily that othere folkes fare?
For, certeyn, olde dotard, by youre leve,
Ye shul have queynte right ynogh at eve.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue. This is a very loose interpretation of a proverb supposedly from Greek philosopher Ptolemy, stating that of all men he is the highest in wisdom who never cares who has the world in his control. The Wife of Bath claims this means that a husband shouldn’t care if his wife is having sex with others, as long as he himself is getting enough "queynte" – a vulgar word for women’s genitalia.