This house is to be let for life or years;

Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears.

Cupid, 't has long stood void; her bills make known,

She must be dearly let, or let alone.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674): Emblems. Book ii. Emblem 10, Ep. 10.

See what a rent the envious Casca made.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iii. Sc. 2.