Pastyme With Good Company


 * Passetyme with good companye
 * I love, and shall until I dye;
 * Grugge who wyll, but none deny,
 * So God be pleeyd, this lyfe wyll I:
 * For my pastaunce,
 * Hunt, syng, and daunce,
 * My hert ys sett;
 * All godely sport,
 * To my comfort,
 * Who shall me lett?


 * Youth wyll have nedes dalyaunce,
 * Of good or yll some pastaunce,
 * Companye me thynketh them best,
 * All thouts and fantasyes to dygest.
 * For ydleness,
 * Ys chef mastres
 * Of vices all:
 * Than who can say,
 * But passe the day
 * Ys best of all.


 * Company with honeste,
 * Ys vertu and vyce to flee;
 * Company ys gode or yll,
 * But ev'ry man hath hys frewylle;
 * The best I sew,
 * The worst eschew,
 * My mynd shall be:
 * Vertue to use,
 * Vyce to refuse,
 * I shall use me.