7-12 are the same again.
Then for the 2nd half, instead of the 'tappements' at the minims, you
should make 'une greve fort haulte, rabaissée en tappement de pied
trainé en derrier, comme si on marchoit dessus un crachat, ou qu'on
voulust tuer une araignée.' (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 approché (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.'