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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 2750342, member: 74968&quot;]The cuckold&#039;s horns are very prominent in the works of Shakespeare. Look to &quot;Much ado about nothing&quot; for examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might also consider the reference to cuckoos from middle English: </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Middle English[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumer_Is_Icumen_In&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sumer_Is_Icumen_In&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font></p><p>Svmer is icumen in</p><p>Lhude sing cuccu</p><p>Groweþ sed</p><p>and bloweþ med</p><p>and springþ þe wde nu</p><p>Sing cuccu</p><p><br /></p><p>Awe bleteþ after lomb</p><p>lhouþ after calue cu</p><p>Bulluc sterteþ</p><p>bucke uerteþ</p><p><br /></p><p>murie sing cuccu</p><p>Cuccu cuccu</p><p>Wel singes þu cuccu</p><p>ne swik þu nauer nu</p><p><br /></p><p>Sing cuccu nu • Sing cuccu.</p><p>Sing cuccu • Sing cuccu nu</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Modern English</b></p><p>Summer<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer_Is_Icumen_In#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer_Is_Icumen_In#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[a]</a> has arrived,</p><p>Sing loudly, cuckoo!</p><p>The seed is growing</p><p>And the meadow is blooming,</p><p>And the wood is coming into leaf now,</p><p>Sing, cuckoo!</p><p><br /></p><p>The ewe is bleating after her lamb,</p><p>The cow is lowing after her calf;</p><p>The bullock is prancing,</p><p>The billy-goat farting,</p><p><br /></p><p>Sing merrily, cuckoo!</p><p>Cuckoo, cuckoo,</p><p>You sing well, cuckoo,</p><p>Never stop now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sing, cuckoo, now; sing, cuckoo;</p><p>Sing, cuckoo; sing, cuckoo, now![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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