In swich estaat as God hath cleped us
I wol persevere; I nam nat precius.
In wyfhod I wol use myn instrument
As frely as my Makere hath it sent.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue. With no squeamishness either talking about sex or performing it, the bawdy Wife of Bath says that in such condition as God placed her she will persevere. In wifehood she will use her vagina as freely as her maker has sent it to her.