This fresshe May, that I spak of so yoore,
In warm wex hath emprented the clyket
That Januarie bar of the smale wyket,
By which into his gardyn ofte he wente;
And Damyan, that knew al hire entente,
The cliket countrefeted pryvely.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant’s Tale. The scene is all set for May’s infidelity with her husband’s younthful squire. She imprints January’s key to his secret garden in warm wax and squire Damien who is in on her plan makes a secret copy of the key.