1 Pastime with good company br 2 I love and shall unto I die. br 3 Grudge whoso will, but none deny, br 4 So God be pleased, this live will I. br 5 For my pastance br 6 Hunt, sing, and dance. br 7 My heart is set br 8 All godely sport br 9 To my comfort. br 10 Who shall me let? br br 11 Youth will have needs daliance, br 12 Of good or ill some pastance. br 13 Company me thinketh then best br 14 All thoftes and fantasies to digest. br 15 For idleness br 16 Is chief mistress br 17 Of vices all. br 18 Than who can say br 19 But "pass the day" br 20 Is best of all? br br 21 Company with honesty br 22 Is virtue, and vice to flee. br 23 Company is good or ill br 24 But every man hath his free will. br 25 The best ensue, br 26 The worst eschew, br 27 My mind shall be. br 28 Virtue to use, br 29 Vice to refuse, br 30 I shall use me.