Father of fornicationists

• St John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent: "Satiety in food is the father of fornication"

• Thomas Heywood, The Captives, or, The Lost Recovered: "Stay, oh thou father of fornication and marchant of nothing but mysteries and mischief; wheel about, thou dungcart of diseases; sail this way thou galley foist of galls and garbage! Dost not hear my master? Stay!" → the "father of fornication" addressed here is called Mildew → Mildew Lisa

• Satan ?

• fornication: arching, vaulting → Noah’s rainbow

• fornication: sexual intercourse outside of wedlock; adultery; idolatry archaic)

• fornicator: one who engages in fornication