A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous, But he not[I-8] which the righte wey is thider.
And if hym list for to lape, The lawe of kynde wolde That he dronke at ech dych, Er he for thurst deide.
Therewithall he was so dronke with the beautie of the Greeke, that the leste matter, wherewith they might geue occasion to withdrawe him from his negligent life, was enough to driue him into rage and furie.
Sutch was the state of this myserable yong gentleman, who dronke with hys owne Wyne, balanced himselfe downe to despayre rather than to the hope of that which he durst not looke for.
When that he is dronke as a dreynt mous'; Ritson, Ancient Songs, i.
Thus satte they swilling and carousyng, one to another, till they were both as dronke as rattes.
We faren as he that dronke is as a mous; A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous, But he noot which the righte wey is thider; And to a dronke man the wey is slider.
Wel coude I daunce to an harpe smale, And singe, y-wis, as any nightingale, Whan I had dronke a draughte of swete wyn.
Thou drank eek of his vessels boldely; Thy wyf eek and thy wenches sinfully Dronke of the same vessels sondry wynes, And heriest false goddes cursedly; Therfor to thee y-shapen ful gret pyne is.
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