Longways for eight; in three parts (1st Ed., 1650).
MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
Running-step throughout the dance. | ||
First Part. | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Partners lead up a double and fall back a double to places. |
5–6 | Partners face; men fall back two steps in fifth bar, women the same in sixth bar. | |
7–8 | All move forward to places, turning single as they do so. | |
A2 | 1–8 | All that again. |
B1 | 1–4 | First man and first woman cast down, meet below the second couple and change places; while fourth man and fourth woman cast up, meet above the third couple and change places. |
5–8 | First man and first woman cast up to the top, cross over and move down into the second place, the first man taking second man by both hands and turning him counter-clockwise up into the first place, the first woman in like manner turning second woman clockwise into the first place. Simultaneously, fourth and third couples do likewise. | |
B2 | 1–8 | All that again to places, second and third couples initiating the movement. |
Second Part. | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Partners honour (2 bars) and change places, passing by the left (2 bars). |
5–6 | Men fall back two steps in fifth bar, women the same in sixth bar. | |
7–8 | All move forward a double to places, turning single as they do so. | |
A2 | 1–8 | All that again to places. |
B1 | 1–2 | All face up. First and third men and women go four slips outward; while second and fourth men and women go four slips inward. |
3–4 | First and third couples fall back a double; while second and fourth couples move up a double. | |
5–6 | Still facing up, first and third men and women go four slips inward; while second and fourth men and women go four slips outward. | |
7–8 | First and third couples move forward a double; while second and fourth couples fall back a double. | |
B2 | 1–2 | As in B1, all facing down. |
3–4 | First and third couples move forward a double; while second and fourth couples fall back a double. | |
5–6 | As in B1, all facing down. | |
7–8 | First and third couples fall back a double to places; while second and fourth couples move forward a double to places. | |
Third Part. | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Partners arm by the right once-and-a-half round, and change places. |
5–6 | Men fall back two steps in fifth bar, women the same in sixth bar. | |
7–8 | All move forward a double, turning single as they do so. | |
A2 | 1–4 | Partners arm by the left once-and-a-half round, and change places. |
5–8 | As in A1 to places. | |
B1 | 1–4 | Second and third couples cast off and move into first and fourth places respectively. |
Simultaneously, first and fourth couples face, move forward, meet, change places (opposites pass by the right), and stay in the third and second stations respectively. Whereupon first and fourth men change places with their partners. | ||
5–6 | First man with his right hand takes the fourth man by the left and changes places with him, both moving counter-clockwise; while first woman with her left hand takes the fourth woman by the right and changes places with her, both moving clockwise. | |
7–8 | First and fourth men change places with their partners. | |
B2 | 1–8 | Movement repeated to place, first and fourth couples casting off, while second and third couples meet, pass each other, etc.. |
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart