The devel have al, bothe hors and cart and hey!
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Friar’s Tale. A frustrated carter whose three horses and cart full of hay get stuck in the mud shouts for the Devil to take all. The Summoner urges the Devil to heed the carter’s curse and take all his belongings, saying he gave it to the Devil. But the Devil cannot, because the carter didn’t mean what he said, he spoke one thing and thought another.