| Malum | |
| a bassadanza for two | |
| Source: AW Smith (Foligno), reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr | |
| Music: La perfetta del danzare (DHDS) (1 measure intro) | |
| Starting position: side by side | |
| Section 1: | |
| 1&2 | Two sempi and a doppio, beginning on the left foot |
| 3 | One saltarello, right (maybe just a doppio right) |
| 4 | Ripresa left to mezavolta |
| 5&6 | Volta del Gioioso (two sempi, right and left, ripresa right) |
| 7 | Two continentie, left and right |
| Section 2: | |
| 8&9 | Two sempi and a doppio, beginning left |
| 10 | One saltarello, right (again, possiblly just a doppio right) |
| 11 | Ripresa left to mezavolta |
| 12 | The woman does a ripresa right as the man does a doppio right to mezavolta (shifting to the side) - end up facing opposite directions |
| Section 3: | |
| 13&14 | Moving apart, two sempi and a doppio, beginning left |
| 15 | One saltarello, right (ditto above) |
| 16&17 | Two ripresa, left and right, mezavolta to face each other |
| 18 | Riverentia |
| Section 4: | |
| 19 | Both scosso (perhaps the man could start, the woman respond on beat two, the man finish on 3, woman finish on 4) |
| 20&21 | Approach with two saltarelli, left and right |
| 22 | Ripresa left |
| 23&24 | Volta del Gioioso (two sempi, right and left, ripresa right) |
| 25 | Come together with two sempi, left and right, woman mezavolta |
| 26&27 | Join hands, two ripresa, left and right |
| 28 | One continentia (and rest?) |
| Section 5: | |
| 29&30 | Two sempi and a doppio, beginning left |
| 31 | One saltarello, right (maybe just a doppio right) |
| 32&33 | Two ripresa, left and right, to mezavolta |
| 34 | One continentia (and rest ...) |
| Entire dance repeats, and then is followed by 32 measures of saltarello music (in the track listed above) | |