Round for eight; in three parts (4th Ed., 1670). Numbering clockwise.
MUSIC | MOVEMENTS | |
First Part. | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Hands-all, eight slips clockwise. |
5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
A2 | 1–4 | Hands-all, eight slips counter-clockwise to places. |
5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
A3 | 1–2 | First and second men change places (r.s.). |
3–4 | First and second women change places (r.s.). | |
5–8 | First and second couples circular-hey to places, two changes, partners facing. | |
A4 | 1–8 | Third and fourth couples do likewise. |
N.B. — This Part can, if desired, be made equal in length to each of the subsequent Parts, if the movements in A3 and A4 be repeated, respectively, by the first and fourth couples and by the second and third couples. | ||
Second Part. | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Partners side. |
5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
A2 | 1–4 | All that again. |
A3 | 1–4 | Men lead their partners out a double, away from the centre, change hands, and lead them back again. |
5–8 | Men, passing in front of their partners, turn the next woman on their right once round. | |
A4, A5, A6 | Movement in A3 repeated three times to places, the men in each repetition leading out the woman they have just turned. | |
Third Part. | ||
A1 | 1–4 | Partners arm with the right. |
5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
A2 | 1–4 | Partners arm with the left. |
5–8 | Partners set and turn single. | |
A3 | 1–4 | The men move forward a double to the centre and fall back a double to places. |
5–8 | Each man turns the woman on his left once-and-a-half round, and moves into her partner’s place. | |
A4, A5, A6 | Movement in A3 repeated three times to places, the men in each repetition turning the woman on their left and passing on, clockwise, into the next man’s place. |
Page transcribed by Hugh Stewart