St. Martin's Lane, triple minor longways 1696, reconstructed by Christine Helwig 1995. (Barnes) 2/2, Gm - counts in beats! The B part is 19 bars! A1: 1-4: M1 casts to second place (M2 moves up) 5-12: M1 and W3 turn two hands once round and 13-16: m1 casts back to original place (second gentleman moves down). A2: [Same as A1 but on the woman's side] 1-4: W1 lady casts to W2s place (W2 moves up); 5-12: W1 and M3 turn two hands once round and 13-16: W1 casts back to original place (second lady moves down). B 1-4: 1s lead down the center (couple 2 move up); 5-16: 1s and 3s dance a full double figure of eight, 1s crossing down and casting up to start WHILE couple 3 cast up and cross down to start. 17-28: Then 1s and 2s full figure 8, 1s crossing up and casting down to start WHILE couple 2 cast down and cross up to start. 29-38: When these couples are back to progressed place, everyone turn partner once around with both hands and fall back. NOTES: According to Richard Semmens in "Music and Letters" (vol 78, no 3); http://www.jstor.org/stable/737425 this tune - which appears in substantially similar form as a first act tune in Purcells "The Virtuous Wife" - crossed the channel and was known in France as La Furstemberg, possibly after Mlle Anne-Marie-Louise, Comtesse de Furstemberg, who was a noted enough dancer to have been asked to perform at the ball celebrating the marriage of the Duc and Duchesse de Bourgogne in 1697. Then the dancing-master Pecourt wrote "La Contrefaiseurs" in 1702. In Phillidor's 1712 collection, it's La Furstemberg. In 1729, John Gay used the tune as "St. Martin's Lane" in "Polly", a sequel to the Beggar's Opera.