Longways for Six; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).
Note: This text is from a later edition. In the first edition the second part's A 1-2 explanatory "the dancers falling into one line (the three men below/above the three women)" was missing.
| MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
| First Part. | ||
| A1 | 1–4 | All lead up a double and fall back a double to places (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
| A2 | 1–8 | All that again. |
| B1 | 1–4 | Men face left wall, move forward a double, turn round and return to places (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | Men set to their partners and turn single. | |
| B2 | 1–8 | Women do the same to the right wall. |
| Second Part. | ||
| A1 | 1–2 | Men face down and move forward a double obliquely to their left; while women face up and do the same, the dancers falling into one line (the three men below the three women) (r.s.). |
| 3–4 | Each file falls back a double, the men moving up into the women's places, and the women down into the men's (r.s). | |
| 5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
| A2 | 1–2 | Men face up and move forward a double obliquely to their left; while women face down and do the same, the dancers falling into one line (the three men above the three women) (r.s.). |
| 3–4 | Same as in A1, the men moving down to places, the women up (r.s). | |
| 5–8 | As in A1 | |
| B1 | 1 | First and second couples change places, first couple moving down between the second (sk.s.). |
| 2 | First and third couples change places, third couple moving up between the first (sk.s.). | |
| 3–4 | Second and third couples change places, second couple moving down between the third (sk.s.). | |
| 5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
| B2 | 1–4 | Same as B1 to places, reversing the direction of the movements. |
| 5–8 | Same as in B1 | |
| Third Part. | ||
| A1 | 1–4 | Men face left wall and both files move two doubles forward (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | Partners face, set, and turn single. | |
| A2 | 1–4 | First and third men face each other, move forward a double on the outside of second man, meet, and fall back a double; while first and third women do the same (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | First and third men turn each other, while first and third women do the same. Simultaneously, second man turns his partner. | |
| B1 | 1–4 | Partners fall back two steps and change places (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
| B2 | 1–8 | First man and first woman, followed by second and third couples, lead down the middle to the bottom, turn to their left and lead up to places (sk.s.). |
Note: This text is from a later edition. In the first edition the second part's A 1-2 explanatory "the dancers falling into one line (the three men below/above the three women)" was missing.
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart