[SCA-Dance] Some images from MSEng 1356

sarah scroggie sarah.scroggie at gmail.com
Thu Apr 15 03:30:07 EDT 2010


Thank -yo to GunDormr! this is fun! - please send more I want to know how
goddesses ends!

(the following is mostly written to Greg)

I transcribed three pages (9, 10 11) then I lost them when the computer went
down, so I just did the bottom of 11 and then 12 for the dance the Winde
Mille I used similar question marks to Greg. There is a little missing in
your transcription (like the title of this dance), in this exact area but
you are right it is not to hard to read. The capital letters are also
confusing - W got me for a while, but after doing this I was able to read
Goddesses straight off with out needing to make a transcription.

The options for 6 or 8 ppl. and the instructions of how to adjust the dances
is interesting.

Here is my transcription  of the Winde Mille for comparison

       Emma



[end of page 11]

      __________________________________


8:    The wind????, for 8       [symbol for square dance]
              onely,

           _____________________

Lead up twice, the the fir??

[ page 12 ]

The Winde Mille,

man shall r[?]asse downwards, in y^e
midle, and change places, with y^e
last woeman, @ then the last
man shall change places just soe
with y^e first women, after that y^e
4 y^t are in y^e midle, shall take right
hands, @ runne round, @ then backe
againe, @ then y^e afforesayd last man
being at the top shall fall downe
agayne as before, w^th y^e first woeman,
@ soe y^e other into their places;

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the same backwards; after sides, the
last man, @ y^e first woman shall
change, @ then as before Y^e first man,
@ the last woeman, @ then y^e foure
midlemost ru(^x)ne rounde as before

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Doe the first part agayne, and
if yo^u please, each doe his part;

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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Greg Lindahl <lindahl at pbm.com> wrote:

> I'm not finding it hard to read at all. At first glance it was one of
> those nasty Elizabethan hands, but actually it's just a bit more
> ornate than the usual easy-to-read 17th century hand.
>
> The weirdest letters are k and D. Abbreviations are fairly minimal.
>
> In the transcription below, (?) means I'm unsure about the previous,
> and ? (no parens) means I'm unsure about 1 letter.
>
> I don't think it would be much effort at all to get the whole thing
> done. This is just 15 minutes of effort. Really, it's more work
> to get the images!
>
> -- Gregory
>
> [image 6]
> [squiggle]
> Sides all, @ y^e same agayne, @ foetheyd(?)
> ?ime, @ if you please each doe his
> part;
>
> The mill?ing Bayle;
> for 6: or 8:,
>
> Lead up, @ sett, that againe, @ then
> all the woe?men standing still, y^e man
> sett each to his mayde, and then
> having sett, y^e woemen dance y^e Hay
> till the end of the turne, @ then y^e
> woemen being in their places shall
> sett to their man, they standing still,
> after they have sett; the men daunced
> the Hay as affore sayd;
>
> [squiggle]
>
> Sides all, @ sett, that agayne, @ the
> the men standing still ?he woemen
>
> [image 7]
>
> The mil??ing Bayle;
>
> sett first, @ then the men daunce ??
> Hay first, like as y^e woemen did before,
> and then the men sett as before sayd, and(?)
> then the woemen daunce y^e Hay;
>
> [squiggle]
>
> Halfe turne, @ sett, that agayne, and
> then lile(?) as before;
>
> [squiggle]
>
> 5: The highway to Westminster;
> only for 8;
> [...]
>
> [image 9]
> [...]
>
> 6: Ladyes D(?)iller, for as many
> as you please
>
> [symbol]
>
> Leade up, @ sett once, or twice; after
> that, all men come downewards @ woemen(?)
> goe upwards, soe as they stood before
> in length of the roome, they shall
> stand then in the fread?h, or over=
> brert(??) y^e roome, @ then having s??? up=
> wardes, soe as before sayd, they shall all
> sett once, @ after that, they shall
> change places @ then set againe, and
> then he that leades the dance, shall
> take his woeman by y^e left h and,
> leade her throw all the rest ???
> ward, all y^e rest follow(?) ????
> shall leade about soe ????
> right ????
>
> [image 10]
>
> Ladyes D(?)iller;
>
> ??? then sides all twice, @ sett twice
> and then, the woemen come up=
> wardes, @ the men doe goe down=
> wardes, contrary to that afforesed,
> and then chainge places againe
> as before, and then sett; then
> the woeman takes y^e man by y^e
> right hand, @ leads him toward
> the right, @ all following, and
> soe they shall come into their
> places agayne;
>
> [squiggle]
>
> Doe y^e first over agayne.
>
> [squiggle]
>
> The cherping of the
> Nightingall, for 6: or 8
>
> [squiggle]
>
> Leade up twice, and sett twice,
> then all the rest standing still
> ????????????????????? to his
>
> [image 11]
>
> The cherpring of y^e Nightingale,(?)
>
> owne woeman, and then, turneth y^e(?)
> third, and then the 4: and if there
> be byt six, then having sett to the
> 2 first woemen, he shall turne y^e
> third, and ???e her up softly to
> top, @ there turne her agayne,
> and then leade up againe, but if
> 8 as above sayd, he shall leade
> up the 4^th woman as fast as he can
> and then lead up agayne, @ sett
> 2 times, @ soe sett to the 2 first,
> and turne the other, or to the
> 2 last if there be 4: @ that soe
> oft till he comes to his place a
> gaine, and the(?)n leade of, @ the ??
> may doe that li??e if. they pl???
>
> [image 12]
>
> man shall crosse downwardes, in y^e
> ????e, and change places with y^e
> last woeman, @ then the last
> man shall change places just soe
> with y^e first woeman, after that y^e
> 4 y^t are in y^e midle, shall take right
> hands, @ runne round, @ then backe
> agayne, @ then y^e afforesayd last man
> being at(?) the top shall fall downe
> agayne as before, w^th y^e first woeman,
> @ soe y^e other into their places;
> [symbol]
> The same backwards; after sides, the
> last man, @ y^e first woman shall
> change, @ then as before y^e first man,
> @ the last woeman, @ then y^e foure
> midlemost runne rounde as before
> [symbol]
> Doe the first part agayne, and
> if y^e(?) please, each doe his part;
> [symbol]
>
> [image 13]
>
> 9: The Gipsys for 6: or 8:
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