araignee.' (Make a very high step, but instead of
tapping the foot, scrape it backwards, as if you were treading on
spittle, or wanted to kill a spider.)

Arbeau gives 17 different kinds of Branle (Brawl of Shakespeare)
before coming to the Branle des Sabots, which is danced, 2 beats in a
bar, four steps to the right, then four to the left, like the branle
doubles; then two simples (see above), and three taps of the foot, and
Repeat.

BRANLE DES SABOTS, p. 88.

[Music]

{ 1. Pied gaulche largy (left foot forward).
_Double_ { 2. " droit approche (right foot up to the left).
_gaulche._ { 3. Pied gaulche largy.
{ 4. Pieds joincts (join feet).

{ 5-8 are the same, 'right' and 'left' changing
{ places, forming a 'double _droit_.'

_Simple_ { { 9. P.g. largy.
_gauche._ { { 10. Pieds joincts.
{
_Simple_ { { 11. P.d. largy.
_droit._ { { 12. Pieds joincts.

_a._ Tappement du pied droit.
_b._ Do.
_c._ Do.

There is only one step to each Semibreve, so the tune must have been
played fast.

On p. 64 Arbeau treats of the Lavolta ('high lavolt' of Shakespeare),
which he says is a kind of galliard well known in Provence. One
feature was that you had to keep turning round.

_Capriol_ does not agree with these whirlings, for he immediately
says--'Ces vertigues et tornoiements de cerveau me fascheroient.'

AIR D'UNE VOLTE. [LA VOLTA.]

[Music]

1. Petit pas, en saultant sur le gaulche, pour faire pied en
l'air droit.

2. Plus grand pas du droit.

3. Sault majeur.

4. Posture en pieds joincts; etc., all over again every two
bars.

The sault majeur of the 'high lavolt' comes at the _semibreves_ in
this tune.

On p. 67 he gives the Courante--

COURANTE.

[Music]

The movements are--

1, 2, simple gauche; 3, 4, simple droit; and 5-8, a 'double a gauche.'
These terms have already been explained.

One of the many Bransles is the 'Branle de la Haye,' the Hay of
Shakespeare. Arbeau says--first the dancers dance alone, each
separately; then together _so as to interlace_, 'et font _la haye_ les
uns parmy les aultres.' That is, during each batch of 4 steps, the
dancers _change places_ one with another, so that if there are three
dancers, A, B, C, in t