"Now I've written the whole thing: for Christ's sake give me a drink."

Monks Complaining in the Margins of Illuminated Manuscripts:

http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/20015465181/monks-complaining-in-the-margins-of-illuminated#

still more:

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/21/monk-complaints-manuscripts/