Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione Philosophiae"

by Boethius

II. A DRUNKEN MAN.

A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous,

But he not[8] which the righte wey is thider.

(Knightes Tale, vol. ii. p. 39.)

Ryȝt as a dronke man not nat[9] by whiche paþe he may retourne home to hys house.

(Chaucer’s Trans., [p. 67].)

Sed velut ebrius, domum quo tramite revertatur, ignorat.

(Boeth., lib. iii. pr. 2.)