Pastime With Good Company

This picture shows a Christmas scene at Henry VIII's table as the boar's head is carried in and The King's Ballad (Pastime With Good Company) is sung. The song was composed by Henry VIII himself. In the court Henry VIII is seen with his lords and ladies, the man carrying the boar's head (either a chef or a servant), a jester and a boy playing a trumpet

Ballad Banquet Baynes Boar Boars Frontispiece Jester Jesters Lords Pastime Pauline Sphere Sung

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