Swich deyntee hath in it to walke and pleye,
That he wol no wight suffren bere the keye
Save he hymself; for of the smale wyket
He baar alwey of silver a clyket,
With which, whan that hym leste, he it unshette.
And whan he wolde paye his wyf hir dette
In somer seson, thider wolde he go.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant’s Tale. In summer whenever he desires it January has sex with his beautiful young wife in his walled garden. The garden gate is kept locked and only January has the key which he has always on his person. He likes to keep beauty in a prison.