| Nonesuch (version 2) | |
| for a line of four numbered couples | |
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr to be closer to the source | |
| Note: this reconstruction only uses Nonesuch as a reference, ignoring A la mode de France | |
| Music: | Playford Re-Play’d (not enough repeats, of course) - 15 repeats are required, among others |
| Part 1, Verse 1 | |
| 1: | Couples take inside hands, face up the hall; lead up a double |
| 2: | Fall back a double |
| 3&4: | That again, face your partner |
| 5&6: | Set and turn, left |
| 7&8: | Set and turn, right |
| Part 1, Chorus 1 | |
| Please note that in this chorus, everyone progresses up and back down the line following normal "virus" dance conventions. | |
| The instruction "Doe thus to the last" is a code for progression with the real question being whether it means exactly what it says (i.e. invert the line) or go all the way down and back up. | |
| In order for the dance to work properly, everyone needs to be back where they started at the end of the chorus. | |
| 1: | Moving couple(s) (couple one to start) meet a double |
| 2: | Slip down between and just past the next couple in line (couple two to start) |
| 3: | Turn outwards (down the line) in a 3/4 circle to face the person on your own side |
| 4: | Push this person back a double into the place you just came from (inverting the couples) |
| 5: | Still keeping both hands, turn this person so their back is into the center of the line (i.e. so the inactive pair (couple 2 to start) end up back to back) |
| 6: | Turn them back the opposite way so that they end up back in their new places |
| 7&8: | Turn your partner all the way around |
| Repeat Figure 1 as follows: | |
| Couples 1 and 3; | |
| Couples 2 and 3, and 1 and 4; | |
| Couples 2 and 4; | |
| Couples 3 and 4, and 2 and 1; | |
| Couples 3 and 1; | |
| Couples 4 and 1, and 3 and 2; | |
| Couples 4 and 2; | |
| And finally, couples 4 and 3. | |
| Part 2, Verse 2 | |
| 1&2: | Side left with your partner (double forward to line up right shoulders, double back) |
| 3&4: | Side right with your partner (double forward to line up left shoulders, double back) |
| 5&6: | Set and turn, left |
| 7&8: | Set and turn, right |
| Part 2, Chorus 2 | |
| 1: | Man 1 slip/walk a double into the center of the line, slightly above his starting position, facing down the line |
| 2: | Woman 1 slip/walk a double into the center to face her partner (facing up the line) |
| 3: | Man 2 slip/walk a double into the center facing down |
| 4: | Woman 2 slip/walk a double into the center facing up |
| 5: | Man 3 slip/walk a double into the center facing down |
| 6: | Woman 3 slip/walk a double into the center facing up |
| 7: | Man 4 slip/walk a double into the center facing down |
| 8: | Woman 4 slip/walk a double into the center facing up (completing the line) |
| Part 3, Verse 3 | |
| 1&2: | Arm left with your partner |
| 3&4: | Arm right with your partner |
| 5: | Everyone take four slips to the left |
| 6: | Everyone take four slips to the right (to line up again) |
| 7: | Everyone take four more slips to the right |
| 8: | Everyone take four last slips to the left (to line up again) |
| Part 3, Chorus 3 | |
| 1: | Man 1 slip/walk a double back to his place at the side of the set |
| 2: | Woman 1 slip/walk a double back to her place at the side of the set |
| 3: | Man 2 slip/walk a double back to his place |
| 4: | Woman 2 slip/walk a double back to her place |
| 5: | Man 3 slip/walk a double back to his place |
| 6: | Woman 3 slip/walk a double back to her place |
| 7: | Man 4 slip/walk a double back to his place |
| 8: | Woman 4 slip/walk a double back to her place |
| Part 4 | |
| This will be a single, handed hey starting with right hands | |
| 1: | Couples 1 and 4, men 2 and 3, women 2 and 3, take right hands; changes places |
| 2-8: | Continue the hey, alternating hands, crossing over at the top and bottom as required. Couple 1 will go all the way down and back up in the single repeat of the music that this version takes |
| It takes 15 repeats of the music to do the dance like this. | |
| Nonsuch Palace was possibly the greatest of King Henry VIII's building projects. It was built in Surrey, started April 22, 1538 and mostly finished by 1541 (though construction continued for a few more years). | |
| The name "Nonsuch" was given to it during construction because it was claimed there was no such palace elsewhere equal to its magnificence. | |
| It was destroyed in 1682 or so by the Countess of Castlemaine, mistress of Charles II (the building materials were sold to pay gambling debts). | |