He solders the belt which he calls a bezil, a term which applies to any ring formed of fiat metal. […] When the bezil has taken the shape of the stone, it is rubbed on a flat slab of holystone till its bottom is worn level.

Other people's problems, they overwhelm my mind / They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time

Your awful song is making my ears sad.

Le roman de la rose, ed. A. Strubel, 2097 ff: “See to it that you will not use these dirty and vulgar words, and also see to it that you don’t open your mouth to utter villainly things. I do not consider him courtly who calls the dirty and ugly by name.”