Step Stately

A long Dance for 3,5,7, or 9. Couple

Lead up all a D. change places each with his owne, keeping your faces still to the presence, the men slipping behind the We. and the We. before the men, face all to the Wall Men hands, and We. hands, first man and 2. Wo. lead all the rest round to the bottome, facing all to the presence	The first man and We. being in the middle, lead up all a brest a D. and back We. slip before the men to the right, and men behind the We. to the left, going a compasse to their places, as at first
The first Cu. lead up a D. change hands, and lead down a D. Take hands with the 2. Cu. and all four halfe round, first man and 2. Wo. change places	The 2. We. lead up between the second, then crossing over, the first Wo. go behind the 2. man and the 2. behind the first Men change over by the right hands, then giving left hands to their owne We. turn the first Cu. in the 2. place, and the 2. in the first
First Cu. crosse over, meet in the 2. place, change places The three uppermost men, and the three We. hands, fall a D. back, 2. and 3. Cu. change each with his own, while the 1. Cu. meet, then fall a D. back againe three and three	Now standing as in Greenwood, the first man between the 2. and 3. Wo. and the first Wo between the 2. and 3. man, the first Cu. lead up, cast off and meet below, whilst the 2. and 3. We. and the 2. and 3. man change places The 1. Cu. being in the 3. place, armes whilst the other four take hands and go half round to the left

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