And han wel founden by experience
That dremes been significaciouns
As wel of joye as of tribulaciouns
That folk enduren in this lif present.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Chauntecleer argues that there are many written authorities who say that dreams are significations of good things and bad things to come in this present life. This is in contradiction to what his wife Pertelote is telling him.