The temper of Xantippe herself, if she be but the decent mother of one's children, might work less havoc with a life than this embroidered Cestus.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
"Well, your Grace, it was like this: I was sitting to him in a Cestus for 'The Judgment of Paris,' when someone called as wished to see him most particular; so he said: 'Don't move, Miss Dragon, or you'll disturb the Cestus.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
And with that I off with his Cestus an' wished him good-morning, an' I never been near him since!"
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions