Ne in noon oother place, neverthemo,
He nolde suffre hire for to ryde or go,
But if that he had hond on hire alway;
For which ful ofte wepeth fresshe May,
That loveth Damyan so benyngnely
That she moot outher dyen sodeynly
Or elles she moot han hym as hir leste.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant’s Tale. The blind January’s jealousy grows and he restricts May’s movements inside and outside the house. He refuses to let her ride or walk unless he has a hand always on her, his new method of controlling her. Meanwhile she grows more lovesick for Damian, whom she must have or die. She has already commited adultery on her husband in her heart, only the act of consummating it remains.