http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/apr/19/clockmaker-john-harrison-vindicated-250-years-absurd-claims
"What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day? Unless hours were cups of sack and minutes capons and clocks the tongues of bawds and dials the sign of leaping houses and the blessed sun himself a fair hot wench in flame-colored taffeta, I see no reason why thou should be so superfluous as to demand the time of the day." - Henry to Falstaff