Pastyme with good companye I love and shall untyll I dye; Grugge who lust, but noon denye; So god be plecyd, thus leve woll I; For my pastaunce Hunte, syng and daunce; My hert ys sett All godely sport For my cumfort: Who shall me lett?
Yowth must have sum dalyaunce, Of good or yll some pastaunce; Companye my thynckyth then best All thoftes and fancys to dygest. For idelnes Ys cheff mastres Of vices all; Than who can say But myrth and play Ys best of all?
Companye with honeste Ys vertu, vices to flee; Companye ys gode and yll, But every man hath hys frewyll. The best insew, The worst eschew, My mynde shall be; Vertu to use, Vyce to reffuse, Thus schall I use me.