Right of hire hand a lettre made she,
In which she graunteth hym hire verray grace.
Ther lakketh noght oonly but day and place
Wher that she myghte unto his lust suffise.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant’s Tale. May writes a letter to Damian granting him his wish to be her lover. Now nothing remained but to arrange a time and place where she might satisy his desires.