Longways for Eight; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).
Longways set, bottom two couples improper, numbered 3124 from the top
Note: This text is from a later edition. In the first edition where the second figure B2 makes it clear the middle couples are in the middles of the lines leading up or down it originally said:-
"First and third couples, four abreast (first man on the left, first woman on the right), lead up a double and fall back a double; while second and fourth couples lead down a double and fall back a double (r.s.)."
| MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
| First Part. | ||
| A1 | 1–4 | All move forward a double, meet, and fall back a double to places (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | That again. | |
| B1 | 1–2 | First man and second woman lead out to the left wall, and second man and first woman to right wall; while third and fourth couples move up and down, respectively, and meet (r.s.). |
| 3–4 | First and third couples, four abreast, take hands, and fall back a double toward the Presence; while second and fourth couples, facing the Presence, take hands and fall back a double (r.s.). | |
| 5–8 | All move forward, and each man turns the woman opposite to him. | |
| B2 | 1–2 | Third couple leads up a double, and fourth couple leads down a double; while first man and second woman and second man and first woman move forward a double and meet (r.s.). |
| 3–4 | First and third men, second and fourth women, four abreast, take hands and fall back a double toward left wall; while the other four takes hands and fall back a double toward right wall (r.s.). | |
| 5–8 | All move forward, and each man turns his partner. | |
| Second Part. | ||
| A1 | 1–4 | Partners side (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | Third and fourth men side with their partners; while first man sides with second woman, and second man with first woman (r.s.). | |
| B1 | 1–4 | First and third men, and second and fourth women take hands, move forward a double to left wall, and fall back a double to places; while the other four do the same to the right wall (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | First and third men, and second and fourth women, hands-four to places; while the other four do the same. | |
| B2 | 1–4 | First and third couples, four abreast (third man on the left, third woman on the right), lead up a double and fall back a double; while second and fourth couples lead down a double and fall back a double (fourth man on the left, fourth woman on the right) (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | First and third couples hands-four to places; while second and fourth couples do the same. | |
| Third Part. | ||
| A1 | 1–4 | Partners arm with the right. |
| 5–8 | Third and fourth men arm their partners with the left; while first man arms with second woman, and second man with first woman in like manner. | |
| B1 | 1–2 | First man and second woman lead out a double to left wall, and second man and first woman to right wall; while third and fourth couples move forward and meet (r.s.). Third man and fourth woman then take hands and face left wall; while fourth man and third woman take hands and face right wall. |
| 3–4 | First man and second woman, and second man and first woman, lead back to places, holding up their hands. Simultaneously, third man and fourth woman lead out to left wall, passing under the arch made by first man and second woman; while fourth man and third woman, passing under the arch made by second man and first woman, do likewise (r.s.). | |
| 5–8 | Each man turns the woman he is handing. | |
| B2 | 1–2 | First couple leads up a double, and second couple down a double; while third man and fourth woman, fourth man and third woman, move forward and meet (r.s.). Third man and third woman take hands and face up; while fourth man and fourth woman take hands and face down. |
| 3–4 | First and second couples lead back to places, holding up their hands. Simultaneously, third man and third woman lead up to places, passing under the arch made by first man and first woman; while fourth man and fourth woman, passing under the arch made by second man and second woman, lead down and do likewise (r.s.). | |
| 5–8 | Each man turns his partner. |
Note: This text is from a later edition. In the first edition where the second figure B2 makes it clear the middle couples are in the middles of the lines leading up or down it originally said:-
"First and third couples, four abreast (first man on the left, first woman on the right), lead up a double and fall back a double; while second and fourth couples lead down a double and fall back a double (r.s.)."
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart