And on a Friday fil al this meschaunce.
O Venus, that art goddesse of plesaunce…
Why woldestow suffre hym on thy day to dye?
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Friday is Chauntecleer’s unlucky day when misfortune befalls him. Why would goddess of pleasure Venus allow her servant Chauntecleer to die on her day, the Nun’s Priest asks?