Pastime with Good Company

Pastime with good company
I love and shall until I die
Grudge who will, but none deny
So God be pleased thus live will I
For my pastance
Hunt, sing, and dance
My heart is set:
All goodly sport
For my comfort
Who shall me let?

Youth must have some dalliance
Of good or ill some pastance
Company methinks then best
All thoughts and fancies to digest:
For idleness
Is chief mistress
Of vices all
Then who can say
But mirth and play
Is best of all?
Pastime with good company
I love and shall until I die
Grudge who will, but none deny
So God be pleased thus live will I
For my pastance
Hunt, sing, and dance
My heart is set:
All goodly sport
For my comfort
Who shall me let?

Youth must have some dalliance
Of good or ill some pastance
Company methinks then best
All thoughts and fancies to digest:
For idleness
Is chief mistress
Of vices all
Then who can say
But mirth and play
Is best of all?