Walsh in 1731.
Proper 3 couple longways dance.
Adapted by Pat Shaw in 1960.
Recording: prince_williams--044.mp3.zip
prince_william-walshb18-04.mp3.zip
prince_williams--011.mp3.zip
prince_william-x12-vemh-13.mp3.zip

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fri9DtCgjaw

   First Figure
   A1   16  First couple mirror hey on opposite side (cross-over)
            (First lady cross to pass between men, first man to pass between ladies)
   A2   16  First couple cross back and mirror hey on own side.
   B1   16  First couple cross and go below as second lead up, 
             and turn both hands 1 1/2 times.
   B2   16  Second couple the same, first lead up.
   A3   16  Contra corners: First man cross down middle and turn third lady right
             as first lady, passing behind her partner (second lady move up),
             turns second man right
            First couple turn partner left.
   A4   16  First couple turn other corner right, partner left.
            End proper, facing right wall
   B3   16  First couple lead out and cast around ladies
            Return through ends to middle.
   B3   16  2-hand turn 1 1/4, end proper facing left wall
   B4   16  First couple lead out and cast around men
            Return through ends to middle.
   B4   16  2-hand turn to bottom, as third couple cast to middle.
     Repeat two more times until all in original places

Part 1
Al 1-8 Hey on opposite side, Ist couple crossing through the middle place to begin.
A2 1-8 Hey on own side, 1st couple Crossing again through middle place.
Bl 1-4 Ist couple cross and go down outside to middle Place, 2nd couple moving up on bars 3-4.
   5-8 1st couple turn two-hands once-and-a-half,
B2 1-8 2nd couple repeat Bl, Ist couple moving up.

Part IT
Al 1-4 Ist man move down center ahead of his partner and turn 3rd woman right-hand
       while 1st woman turn 2nd man right-hand and 2nd woman move up to top place.
   5-8 1st couple turn left-hand in center.
A2 1-4 1st man turn 2nd woman right-hand, 1st woman turn 3rd man right-hand.
   5-8 1st couple turn left-hand in center and end facing women's wall, woman on partner's right.
Bl 1-8 Ist couple lead between women, cast around and back to middle place
       and turn two-hands, opening to face men's wall, woman on partner's right.
B2 1-8 1st couple lead between the men, cast around and back to middle, turn two-hands while
        moving down into bottom place, 3rd couple casting up.
Repeat dance twice more.

PRINCE WILLIAM Prince William was choreographed in 1721 by L'Abbé, and probably named in honor of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, the infant son of George II, then Prince of Wales, certainly suitable for a young man who was to gain fame and notoriety as “the butcher” in his zealous management of the defeat and disarming of the Scottish Jacobites in the rebellion of 1745-1746! The tune was called “Rigodon”