Real he was, he was namoore aferd.
He fethered Pertelote twenty tyme,
And trad hire eke as ofte, er it was pryme.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Pentelote calms her husband down after his bad dream, and Chauntecleer feel royal and is no longer afraid – letting his guard down to danger prophesied in his dream. He has sex with Pertelote twenty times before six in the morning. A very busy cock, for he has six other wives to satisfy as well!