The Old Measures:

 

Quadran Pavan. The Quadran Pavan.

Honour, 2 singles side, a double forward, 2 singles side and a double back 4 times, honour.

 

Turkeylone

Honour and back, 4 doubles forward, 2 singles side, 2 forward, 2 back, 4 doubles forward and 4 doubles back, honour.

 

The Earl of Essex Measures

Honour, 1 double forward and 1 single back. 4 times, 2 singles side, 1 double forward and 1 single back, again all, Honour and so end.

 

Tinternell

Honour. 1 double forward and 1 double back. 2 singles and a double round both ways. 3 doubles forward and 3 doubles back. Change hands. Honour and so end.

 

The Old Almain

Honour, take both hands, 2 singles and a double round both ways, 4 doubles forward, take both hands, 2 singles and a double round both ways, so end.

 

The Queen’s Almain

Honour, a double forward and a double back, 2 singles side and a double round on your left hand, a double forward and a double back, 2 singles side and a double round on your right hand, 4 double forward, a double forward and a double back, 2 singles side as afore.

 

The Cecilia Almain

Honour, 2 singles side and a double forward and a single back twice, part hands, 2 singles side and honour with your left foot, change places with 2 singles and a double, honour with your right foot, step forward and embrace, 2 singles side honour with your left foot. Into your own place, honour as afore.

 

The Black Almain

Honour, 4 doubles forward, part hands with a double back, meet again with a double, a double on your left hand, another on your right hand, the man does 2 singles and a double round, the woman as much, take both hands, change places with a double and slide upwards, 4 into your own place with a double, slide down, 4 back a double 1 from another, meet again. The same again.

 

The Cinquepace[1]

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

 

Roberto’s Galliard

Honour, is performed with the Cinquepace and 4 or 5 several tricks taking the gentlewoman out of her place and walking 3 or 4 steps.

 

The Bodkin Galliard. Mark Williams his Galliard. Passing Measure Galliard

Steps, so honour, then pace further, 4 steps, take her in your left hand, honour, you walk 3 steps down the room, she up and so fall in to your Cinquepace. In the end, honour and convey the gentlewoman to her place.

 

The Temple Coranto

Honour, take hands and fall in to your pace, change round, fall from, shift hands voluntarily, honour and so end.

 

The Spanish Pavan.

Honour. It must be learned by practice and demonstration, being performed with bounds and capers and in the end honour.

 

The French Lavolta.

Honour, by demonstration likewise, falling into your pace, holding hands, and conveying the gentlewoman with your right arm and right leg by bounds in to 4 several places, honour and end.

 

The Lady Layton’s Measures

Honour, 2 doubles forwards and 1 double to the left hand, 1 double back, 2 long steps and a double backwards, 2 long steps and a double forward, 1 single forward and a double backwards, 1 double forward and 1 double back, 2 long steps and a double forward, 2 long steps and a double back.

 

The Spagnoletta[2]

Honour, take hands, fall into your pace, part with your pace, traverse sideways, meet with your pace, and heave up the woman in your arms, part again, pace, traverse meet again, the woman heave up the man, honour and so end.

 

The Measures of Heaven and Earth. Mapeur[3]

Honour, a double forward and a double back, a double forward, 2 singles side, a double back, and slip with the right leg, another with the left, a half caper and fall back, round into your Cinquepace, a half caper and a round cross, etc.

 

Basilina

Honour, a double forward and a double back, a double forward, and 1 single back, 5 steps forward and close, thrice together, a double forward and a double back, a double forward and a single back, 4 doubles forward.

 

Leicester’s Galliard

 

The French Galliard

Honour, is performed with the Cinquepace, half capers, traverses, the round turns and such like, learned only by practice.

 

The French Brawls

Honour, take hands and go round to the left hand, round again to the right hand, slip 2 together, afterwards 3 to the left hand, 3 more to the right hand, all a double round, the same again.

 

Finis.

 

                              


[1] The name of this dance is alternatively spelt Cinquepace or Sinkapace in the 8 MSS (see diplomatic and semidiplomatic editions with original spelling). In order to facilitate computational lexical analyses, it has been decided to modernise and homogenise its spelling as “Cinquepace”, to respect the French/Italian etymology (i.e., five steps).

[2] I.e., a Spanish dance.

[3] Payne (2003, 226) transcribes this as Massene or Masseve, probably an alternative name of the Measure of Heaven and Earth or another dance whose steps have not been described.