How that he wroghte, I dar nat to yow telle,
Or wheither hire thoughte it paradys or helle.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant’s Tale. This is reference to May’s dissatisfaction with January’s performance in bed – following her reading of Damian’s love letter to her. This foreshadows that the unfulfilled May will soon seek out new sexual pastures with her young lovestruck suitor Damian.