Up peril of my soule, I shal nat lyen,
As me was taught, to heele with youre eyen,
Was no thyng bet, to make yow to see,
Than strugle with a man upon a tree.
God woot, I dide it in ful good entente.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, The Merchant’s Tale. I shall not lie, May assures a distraught and roaring January after he sees her copulating with Damien in a fruit tree. She then lies through her teeth, claiming that she was told the only cure for her husband’s blindness was to struggle with a man up a tree. God knows, I did it in full good intent, she adds for good measure.