OLD SIMON THE KING
("Mr Kynaston's Famous Dance"; from Supplement, 1679, et seq.)
Longways duple minor IMPROPER, Key F, 9/4

A 1-4: Neighbors lead out (3 steps), turn toward each other 
       and change hands (3 steps), lead back (3 steps), then 1s cast down 
       to 2nd place and face down while 2s lead up and face up (3 steps)

B 1-2: With the next cpl: 1s lead down through the couple below and cast back
       while 2s move up outside the couple above, meet, and lead back, 
       finishing all facing original neighbors.

  3-4: 1s lead up through (original) 2nd couple and turn away from each other
       to face down while 2s move down outside 1s and turn toward each other
       to face up.  All in original places.
      
C 1-2: Neighbors back-to-back (3 steps out, 3 steps back)
  3-4: Starting with neighbor, 2 changes of a circular hey (no hands);
       1s finish facing up in the centers, 2s finish facing down on the
       outside.

D 1-4: Half double figure eight as follows:
    1: 1s lead up and face, 2s moving down the outside and face.
    2: Prtners cross R, finishing 1s facing down on the outside, 2s
       facing up in the center.
    3: 2s lead up and stay close together facing up while 1s
       move down the outside and finish close together facing down
    4: Partners turn away from each other (men L, we. R) to  move back
       into side lines facing out and join inside hands with new neighbors,
       ready for the next round of the dance.