"A wily wench there was (as I have read) Who us’d to capricorn her husband’s head, Which he suspecting, lay in private…"

"The Cuckold is the last that knowes of it."

"Oh that all the World were mad, Then should we have fine Dancing, Hobby horses would be had, And brave Girles keepe a…"

"She Acts the jealous, and at Will she cries; For Womens Tears are but the sweat of Eyes. Poor Cuckold-Fool, thou thin…"

"Now, when Shah Zaman saw this conduct of his sister-in-law he said in himself, “By Allah, my calamity is lighter than…"

"Who hath no wyf, he is no cokewold."

"This Carpenter had wedded newe a wyf Which that he lovede more than his lyf; Of eightetene yeer she was of age. Ialou…"

"Now ther ye seye, that I am foul and old, Than drede you noght to been a cokewold; For filthe and elde, al-so moot I …"

"By the haven of safety, cried out Rondibilis, what is this you ask of me? If you shall be a cuckold? My noble friend,…"

"When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the mead…"