CONFESS.
For Six; in four parts (1st Ed., 1650).
facing triples
2nd woman	2nd man	4th woman
3rd woman	1st man	1st woman
CDB-2, Barnes
(4ABB) Key: Em  Meter: 6/8

First Part.

A 1-4: The two files move forward a double, meet, and fall back a
       double to places (r.s.).
  5-8: That again.

B1 1-4: M1 leads his trio up a double, turns round, leads them down WHILE
        M2 goes the other way.	(Set orientation changed)
   5-8: Two-hand turn same-sex person you're facing.

B2 1-4: All face out, lead out a double in trios, turn round and come back.
   5-8: Two-hand turn same-sex person you're facing.

Second Part.

A  1-8: Both trios face left wall, lead double, turn round and return.

B1 1-2:	M1 and W2 fall back two steps, meet, and take right hands to
        make an arch.
   3-8: The others circle four round first man, passing under the arch

B2 1-2: M2 and W1 do the same.
   3-8: The others hands-four round second man, passing under the arch


Third Part.

A  1-8: Trios face right wall, lead out a double, turn and come back.

B1 1-4:	Explode the set: Same-sex ends and solo men lead out and back.
   5-8:	The women circle four, while man turns single twice, once
        clockwise and once counter-clockwise.
B2: 1-4: Same as in B1.
    5-8: The men two-hand turn each other, while each woman turns single twice.

Fourth Part.

A 1-8: As in First Part.
B1: 1-4: Each man and the woman above him lead down a double and up a double
         WHILE 	bottom women move up a double on the outside, turn round,
         and come back up the arched arms of their partners.
    5-8: Those who are holding a hand turn each other two hands; the others
         (loose women) turn two hands.

B2  1-4: Each man and bottom partner lead up a double, and down a double 
         WHILE top partner goes down a double on the outside, turns up and
         returns home under the joined arms of partners.

    5-8: Joined partners turn two hands, loose women turn each other two hands.
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In modern terms, as danced at the Round, this dance is for two triples, facing
each other across the room:

  Forward and back a double, twice
  Men go to their left and lead a pair of women out and back; 
  all two-hand turn what you face.

  Men lead partners out a double and back; all two-hand turn what you face.
  All face left wall, all balance back and forward, then go forward a 
  double and turn round, balance back and forward and return to places.

  Man in triple on left  side look to the woman diagonally left: those two
  balance back and forward to make a right hand arch, and the others circle 
  left under it.

  The other man look diagonally left and with that woman balance 
  back and forward to make an arch for the others to circle left underneath.

  All face right wall, balance back and lead out, turn round, balance back and
  lead back.

  Women lead out up or down and the men go out to their walls, 
  turn and lead back a double. 
  Women circle left round the two men while the men turn single right
  then left. 

  Repeat the leading out and back; the men two-hand turn each other
  while the women turn single right and then left (women in their places, not
  inside the men's two-hand turn).


  Forward and back twice.

  Men lead their top partners down a double, turn in and lead back, arching
  over the bottom partner who has cast up the outside and then goes back home
  under the arch; men turn the partner they are holding while the two bottom
  women turn each other.

  Repeat that figure with the men leading their bottom partners up and down 
  while the top women cast down and return up under the arch; top women turn 
  each other while the men turn the partner they are holding.