Also known as Confess/Confais/Confesse/Confesse his Tune
Playford's English Dancing Master of 1651
two facing trios

   Lines meet and fall back; repeat.
   Each man goes to his L, leads 2 women out, 
   all turn round and lead back; men turn each other 5/4 while
   each man's 2 partners turn each other. 
   Each man leads his 2 partners out and back; men turn each other as
   do opposite women.
   All face 1st man's (L) wall, balance back and go forward a double, 
   turn round and repeat to places.
   1st man faces half L towards 2nd man's 1st woman, 
   they balance back, meet, and form arch; the others
   hands-4 round the 1st man, under the arch. 
   2nd man and 1st man's 2nd woman do the same; hands-4 round him.
   All face 2nd man's wall, and do as before.
   Opposite women lead out and return while men go out 
   towards own walls and return; women hands-4
   round men who turn single R then L inside. 
   All out and in again; this time women turn single R and L while
   men turn each other.
   Lines meet and fall back; repeat.
   Each man leads his top partner down and then up making an arch, 
   while the other woman casts up outside,
   then goes down under arch; 
   the 2 single women turn, while the men turn the women they have. 
   Repeat with the other women.

music-
Alternative tune “Confesse, His Tune,” “Court Lady,” “Rosamond.”

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZjPwLI16zA

Cecil Sharp, 1912

Part I -
A  1-8 All forward a double and fall back a double. That again.
Bl 1-4 Men lead both women on their left {their own left-hand partner and right-hand 
       partner of opposite} out 2 double {up or down the hall}, change hands and 
       lead back a double.
   5-8 Men turn two-hands ‘once-and-a-half while women turn opposites two-hands once around. 
B2 1-4 Men lead their two original partners out a double to the walls, change hands and lead back.
   5-8 All turn opposites two-hands to end in original places: 

Part II
A  1-8 Ist man and partners, 2nd man and partners, face 1st man's wall, balance back,
       then forward a double and turn around: Repeat to place:
Bl 1-2 1st man and left corner woman {on 2nd man's right}, balance back and forward,
       then make an arch with right hands.
   3-8 The others circle four-hands once around 1st man, passing under arch.
B2 1-8 2nd man and left corner woman {on Ist man's right}, balance back and forward,
       then make an arch with right hands (1-2). The others circle four-hands once 
       around 2nd man, passing under arch.

Part III
A  1-8 Repeat Part II, to 2nd man's wall.
Bl 1-4 Women lead opposite woman away from set 8 double, change hands and lead back
       while men face out and move away from set a double, turn around and move back.
   5-8 Women circle four-hands around men who turn single right, then left.
B2 1-8 Repeat Bl, but this time in bars 5-8 the women turn single right, then left,
       and men turn two-hands once around.

Part IV
A  1-8 All forward a double and fall back a double. That again.
B1 1-4 1st man lead woman on his left down toward his other woman's place,
       change hands, lead back making an arch while woman on his right cast
       up and return to place under the arch.
       Meanwhile the 2nd man lead woman on his right down a double, change hands,
       lead back making an arch while woman on his left cast up and return to place
       under the arch.
   5-8 Men turn the same women two-hands while other two women turn two-hands.
B2 1-8 Repeat Bl, 1st man leading woman on his right, 2nd man the woman on his left,
       up a double, back and arch, the other women casting down.

CONFESS
Mr. Confesse was a court dancing master active in the early seventeenth century. The claborate dance and modal tune were simply called “Confesse, his tune” in the table of contents of The Dancing Master between 1651 and 1665, but in 1670 the title became “Confess, or: The Court Lady”