No good at all that I can do for him, Vnlesse you call it good to pitie him, Bereft and gelded of his patrimonie Nor.
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William
And besides, Phanorinus being knowen for an Eunuke or gelded man, came by the same nippe to be noted as an effeminate and degenerate person.
"The Arte of English Poesie"
George Puttenham
And if you consent thereto, I will by and by, when I go to the next market fetch mine irons and tooles for the purpose: And I ensure you after that I have gelded and cut off his stones, I will deliver him unto you as tame as a lambe.
"The Golden Asse"
Lucius Apuleius