The Grand Vizier's Flight

Kynaston writes:

Note: The first strain twice the last but once

The 1^st. man turn y^e 2^d. wo. quite round, then y^e 1^st. cu. take hands with y^e 2^d. man & go round the 1^st. wo. do th[e] same The 1^st. man change place with the 2^d. wo. the 1^st. wo. change with y^e 2^d. man, y^e 1^st. cu. figure through y^e [2^d.] cu. & turn improper in y^e 2^d. cu. place: the 1^st. cu. set two steps, slip up the middle and cast off

The text in [] is hidden in the facsimile I have access to, I have made my best guess as to what it should be (and I'm pretty confident of that guess, but it is just a guess).

The music consists of a repeated 8 bar A strain and a non-repeated 12 bar B strain.

The A part seems pretty clear.

In the B part the 2s seem to be left improper after the corner changes. The 1s become proper after the half figure eight, but then immediately turn to become improper and never become proper again.

Could it be that the 2s are to turn proper as the 1s half figure eight? That seems a stretch, but the only alternative I see is to throw out the turn entirely and have a double half figure eight (yes, people knew about double figure eights back then, but seem to have used them rarely).

The last four bars the 1^st. cu. set two steps, slip up the middle and cast off seem a bit tight. It is a slip jig, so there's a bit more time, but still one bar to slip up, and 1 more to cast down seems rushed. If I were to dance this, test it first and then I might omit the setting.

The animation plays at 120 counts per minute normally, but the first time through the set the dance will often be slowed down so people can learn the moves more readily. Men are drawn as rectangles, women as ellipses. Each couple is drawn in its own color, however the border of each dancer indicates what role they currently play so the border color may change each time through the minor set.

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A1	1-4	1st corners two hand turn
	5-8	1s+M2 circle left three
A2	1-4	2nd corners two hand turn
	5-8	1s+W2 circle left three
B	1-4	1st corners change, 2nd corners change
	5-8	1s half figure eight up through 2s, who wait, and two hand turn half to proper
	9-10	1s set
	11-12	1s slip above 2s and cast back to 2nd place