Playford's Dancing Master of 1651.
Interpreted by Cecil Sharp in 1916.
Proper 4 couple longways dance.
Tune: Prince Rupert's March
A 1-8 1s, followed by others lead right and down, around the set,
back up the middle to places
B1 1-4 M1, followed by other men, loops W1 goes down outside and
ends behind W4 (M2 behind W3, M3 W2 and M4 W1)
5-6 Face the men's wall and go forward a double
7-8 Change places with opposite
B2 1-4 M4, followed by other men, loops W1 goes down outside and ends behind partner
5-6 Face the men's wall and go forward a double
7-8 Change places with partner
A 1-8 1s, followed by others, lead left to the bottom and up the middle
9-12 The women do as the men did: W1, followed by others cross around M1
going down outside to behind M4
13-14 Face the women's wall and go forward a double
15-16 Change places with opposite
17-20 W4, followed by others cross around M1 going down outside to behind partner
21-22 Face the women's wall and go forward a double
23-24 Change places with partner
A 1-8 As at first: 1s, followed by others leads right and down, around the set,
back up the middle to places
B1 1-4 M1, followed by other men single file circles clockwise to the
woman's line, going down to the bottom, at the same time W4 goes up
the men's line ending at the top
5-8 Partners face, fall back come forward
B2 1-4 M4 leads the men, and W1 the women counter-clockwise
5-8 Partners face, fall back come forward
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkMcIUlZPzA
Rupert, the grandson of James 1 of England was commander of the royalist cavalry in the English civil war
History:
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Prince_Rupert%27s_March