And if that he forbede it, wolde he say, / 'A man may do no synne, but if he may / Nat touche a womman, for al his lyf.'
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, the Summoner's 'weird' and perverse argument that one can only sin by not touching a woman, twisting religious doctrine for his own ends.
c. 1387-1400
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