"One day it didst rain with nary a reprieve until the moon shone full thrice. We had seen all manner of rains. There being drops that doth bite thy skin, corpulent drops, water that fleweth as if 'twer launched by drawn bow, and some that rose from underfoot. Verily, even the dark of night could not conceal us from the flood."
~ Sir Gump of the Forrest on Crusade in the Orient, 1068 Anno Domini.[b/]