MUNDESSE

Round for six; in seven parts (1st Ed., 1650).
An illustration shows American numbering – anticlockwise

	MUSIC	MOVEMENTS
		First Part.
A1	1–4	Hands-six eight slips clockwise.
	5–8	Partners set and turn single.
A2	1–4	Hands-six eight slips counter-clockwise.
	5–8	Partners set and turn single.
B	1–4	First man sets to his partner and turns single.
	5–8	First woman sets to her partner and turns single.
C	1–2	First man honours his partner.
	3–4	Second man the same.
	5–6	Third man the same.
	7–8	Partners honour each other.
D	1–4	Partners turn.
	5–8	Each man turns the woman on his left.
		Second Part.
A1	1–8	First man leads his partner forward eight steps and falls back eight steps.
A2	1–8	First man leads his partner forward betewwn second and third couples; they cast off, the man to his left, the woman to her right, and return to places, passing behind the third and second couples respectively.
B	1–4	First woman sets to second man and turns single.
	5–8	Second man sets to first woman and turns single.
C	1–2	First woman honours the man on her right.
	3–4	Second woman the same.
	5–6	Third woman the same.
	7–8	Partners honour.
D	1–8	As in First Part.
		Third Part.
A1, A2		As in Second Part, first woman leading second man between third man and third woman.
B	1–4	Second man sets to his partner and turns single.
	5–8	Second woman sets to her partner and turns single.
C	1–2	Second man honours his partner.
	3–4	Third man the same.
	5–6	First man the same.
	7–8	Partners honour.
D	1–8	As in First Part.
		Fourth Part.
A1, A2		As in Second Part, second man leading his partner between first and third couples.
B	1–4	Second woman sets to third man and turns single.
	5–8	Third man sets to second woman and turns single.
C	1–2	Second woman honours the man on her right.
	3–4	Third woman the same.
	5–6	First woman the same.
	7–8	Partners honour.
D	1–8	As in First Part.
		Fifth Part.
A1, A2		As in Second Part, second woman leading third man between first man and first woman.
B	1–4	Third man sets to his partner and turns single.
	5–8	Third woman sets to her partner and turns single.
C	1–2	Third man honours his partner.
	3–4	First man the same.
	5–6	Second man the same.
	7–8	Partners honour.
D	1–8	As in First Part.
		Sixth Part.
A1, A2		As in Second Part, third man leading his partner between first and second couples.
B	1–4	Third woman sets to first man and turns single.
	5–8	First man sets to third woman and turns single.
C	1–2	Third woman honours the man on her right.
	3–4	First woman the same.
	5–6	Second woman the same.
	7–8	Partners honour.
D	1–8	As in First Part.
		Seventh Part.
A1, A2		As in Second Part, third woman leading first man between second man and second woman.
B	1–8	As in First Part.
C	1–8	As in First Part.
D	1–8	As in First Part.

Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart