First Figure single, and Right hands and Left, then Figure single with the next cu. and Right hand and Left, then cast up 1. cu. and change the Man into the Wo. Place, then cast up at top and change again Then you will be in your own Places, then Right-hand and Left till you come below, then lead through the first cu. then you will come right
Do the single Figure and turn single, and cast off and change places with your Partner, then you will be in the 2. cu. place, then 2. cu. does the same; Then clap hands and cast off, the next cu. do the same, then right and left till you come to the 2. cu. place, and lead through the 1. cu.
The 1. man cast off and slip up the middle, his Partner goes between the 2. man and 2. wo. and cast up The 1 man cast up and his Partner slip up the middle and cast off The 2. men and 2. we. lead to the wall, then right and left Then all four hands a-breast, and single Figure, then turn
The 1. cu. go the Figure through the 2. cu The 2. cu. do the same The 1. Man goes round the 2. Man till he comes into his own place, then the 2. Wo. does the same round the 1. Wo. at the same time, the 1. cu. goes the Figure through the 2. cu. And hands half round and go the single Figure through the 2. cu.
The first Couple cast off and lead up Hands all a-breast with the second Couple, then the single Figure round the second Couple, into the second Couple's Place and turn The first Couple lead thro' the second and third Men, and turn in the middle, then the same thro' the second and third Women and turn as before.
The first Man Setts to the second Woman, then turn her with his Right-hand, then your Partner with your Left-hand; then your Partner does the same likewise Then cross over and Figure in, and Right and Left quite round, then the single Figure at the Top, and Right-hands and Left quite round with the third Couple.
Note: The first Strain is to be play'd twice, and the last but once.
The first Couple cast off, and Right and Left single. This to the first Strain play'd once. The second Couple cast up, and single Right and Left. This to the first Strain play'd twice. The first Couple clap and cast off, the second Couple do the same. This to the second Strain play'd once. Then cross over and go single Figure and turn. This to the second Strain play'd twice.
The first Couple Sett and cast off, and Sett and cast up again; then cross over and Figure in and go the single Figure, and then turn your Partner; then lead your Partner through the third Couple; and cast up and turn it out.
Note: The first Strain twice, and the last but once.
The first Man Setts to the 2d Woman, then turn single and cast off, then turn the 2d. Woman and stand Below Then the first Woman do the same Then both cross over the 3d Couple andsingle Figure, then Right and Left to the Top, then both cross up to the Top and single Figure; then Right and Left to the Bottom.
First Figure single, and turn your Wo. half round, then cast off, and the Man goes with his face to the 2. cu. and the Wo to the 1. cu. and turn them half round, and come between them and clap Hands with your Partner, and lead through the one side, and meet and clap Hands, and lead through the other cu. then all turn your Partners in their own Places
The first Couple clap Hands and cast off and turn The second Couple do the same Then the first Couple cross over and single Figure Then Right-hands and Left quite Round
First Figure single and Right-hands and Left, then Figure single with the next cu. and Right-hands and Left, then cast up first cu. and change the Man into the Wo. place, then cast up at top and change again Then you will be in your own places, then Right-hand and Left till you come below, then lead thro' the first cu. then you'll come right.
The Dancing Master, 1726, Ed: 3.2
Duple Minor
12 matches.
Sources
In 1651 (1650 in the old Julian calendar) John Playford published the first
edition of The English Dancing Master. In 1652 he published the second
edition and shortened the title to The Dancing Master. He continued to
publish new editions containing new dances until 1686 after which his son Henry
took over. In 1706 John Young printed the work until the
last edition in 1728. Online scans of many of these editions are available from
the International Music Score Library Project,
while the Library of Congress hosts
the 10th edition, and the Library of Dance hosts the fourth
edition of the second volume.
But by far the most useful sources are Robert Keller's and
Scott Pfitzinger's sites
which each contain a scan of every Playford dance ever printed.
In 1699 Thomas Bray published Country Dances: Being A Composition Entirely New,
with online scans available at the Library of Dance
In 1705 John Walsh began publishing an annual collection of 24 new dances for
each year until 1766. He published several collections which were the work of
the dancing master, Nathaniel Kynaston. Not all of his books have survived, and
I have found even fewer of them. The Library of Dance
has scans for the years 1711, 1714, 1716, and 1718. The British Library,
the Library of Congress, the National Library of Ireland, Bodlean Library,
Harvard University Library and University of New Hampshire, Durham have physical
copies. Books published by Andrew Shaw, Philipe Callens and Pat Shaw have
facsimilies of the dances they have interpreted.
In 1726 John and William Neal published A Choice Collection of Country
Dances in Dublin. There is a physical copy in the National Library of Ireland,
and printed facsimiles in Jackson and Fogg's book of the same name.
Sometime between 1620 and 1650 the Lovelace Manuscript was written. The
original rests in the Houghton Library at Harvard University, while an online
transcript may be found on Contra Fusion.
Sometime around 1679 the Sloan Manuscript was written. The original
rests in the British Library, but an online transcript may be found on
Andrew Swaine's site.
My work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Most of the dances have more restrictive licensing, see my notes on copyright, the individual dance pages should mention when some rights are waived.