He hadde assayed hir ynogh bifore,
And foond hir evere good; what neded it
Hir for to tempte and alwey moore and moore?
Though som men preise it for a subtil wit,
But as for me, I seye that yvele it sit
To assaye a wyf whan that it is no nede,
And putten hire in angwyssh and in drede.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. The Clerk sees no need for Walter to test his wife and put her in anguish and dread. He had tested her enough before and found to to be always good, the narrator says.