Longways for Eight; in three parts (3rd Ed., 1665).
| MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
| First Part. | ||
| A | 1–4 | All lead up a double and fall back a double to places (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | That again. | |
| B1 | 1 | All fall back two steps. |
| 2–4 | The two upper couples hands-four half-way round; while the two lower couples do the same. | |
| 5–6 | The two files fall back two steps and move forward two steps. | |
| 7–8 | Partners at the top and bottom change places. Simultaneously, the two middle man change places; while the two middle women do the same (r.s.). | |
| B2, B3, B4 | Same as in B1. All are now in their original places. | |
| Second Part. | ||
| A | 1–2 | First and second men move backward, each into each other’s place; while third and fourth men, first and second women, and third and fourth women do the same (r.s.). |
| 3–4 | Partners change places (r.s.). | |
| 5–8 | All that again to places. | |
| B1 | 1–4 | First man, followed by second man, casts off and moves down into the second place, second man falling onto the outside of first man, and both facing down; while fourth man, followed by third man casts off, and moves up into the third place, third man falling on the outside and both facing up (r.s.). Simultaneously, first and fourth women, followed by second and third women, respectively, cast off and do likewise. |
| 5–8 | Second and third men, first and fourth men, first and fourth women, and second and third women set and change places (r.s.). | |
| B2 | 1–4 | The two files face. Third man turns out to his right and casts off into the fourth man’s place, the fourth man following him and falling immediately above him on his left; while third woman turns out to her left and casts off into the fourth woman’s place, the fourth woman following her and falling immediately above her on her right. Simultaneously, second man and second woman, followed by first man and first woman, respectively, cast off and do likewise (r.s.). |
| 5–8 | Partners set and change places (r.s.). | |
| B3 | 1–4 | Same movement as B1, the fourth man and fourth woman casting off and moving down into the second place, the first man and first woman casting off and moving into the third place. |
| 5–8 | Same as in B1. | |
| B2 | 1–4 | Same movement as in B2. Couples are now in their proper order, the men on the women’s side, and the women on the men’s. |
| 5–8 | Partners set and change places (r.s.). | |
| Third Part. | ||
| A | 1–2 | All face left wall and move forward a double (r.s.). |
| 3–4 | Partners face and change places (r.s.). | |
| 7–6 | All face right wall and move forward a double (r.s.). | |
| 7–8 | Partners face and change places (r.s.). | |
| B1 | 1–2 | All fall back two steps and move forward two steps to places (r.s.). |
| 3–4 | First and fourth couples face each other and move forward a double; while second couple slips up into the first place, and third couple slips down into the bottom place. | |
| 5–8 | Partners at the top and bottom arm with the right; while the two middle men and the two middle women do likewise. | |
| B2 | 1–8 | Same movement as in B1, the second and third couples meeting in the middle, and all arming with the left. All are now in their original places. |
| B3 | 1–8 | Same as in B1. |
| B4 | 1–8 | Same as in B2. |
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart