O nedelees was she tempted in assay!
But wedded men ne knowe no mesure,
Whan that they fynde a pacient creature.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk’s Tale. The Clerk here is critical of Walter for wishing to test his wife Griselda’s loyalty a second time. He attacks it as needless, accusing married men like Walter of knowing no moderation when they find a patient creature like Griselda.