For who so wolde senge a cattes skyn / Thanne wolde the cat wel dwellen in his In (For if someone wants to singe a cat’s skin, the cat would rather stay in its house.) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Tale of the Wẏf of Bathe”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 62, recto:]