Sire Monk, namoore of this, so God yow blesse!
Youre tale anoyeth al this compaignye;
Swich talkyng is nat worth a boterflye,
For therinne is ther no desport ne game.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, Prologue of the Nun’s Priest’s Tale. The Host calls time on the Monk’s tale, accusing him of annoying all the company with his stories of sadness, in which there is no pleasure or amusement.