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Two other examples of dancing to one's own singing are, Mids. $5⁄2, 25$ and Wiv. $5⁄5, 93$.

The Brawl was written in quick four-in-a-bar time. There are several well-known tunes to it. [See Note on Arbeau's 'Orchésographie.' 1588.] The derivation of the name is from the French, bransle, a totter, swing, shake, etc., or perhaps from Old French Brandeler, to wag, shake, swing. Skeat thinks the original dance may have been a sword dance, and with this he connects the word Brandish. It was danced, sometimes in a ring, holding, hands, and sometimes 'at length.'

The Canary (or Canaries) was in $6⁄8$ time, and was a lively dance. [Stainer and Barrett's Dict. gives one by Delaborde in $4⁄4$ time.] There are many examples by Lully and other Frenchmen of the 17th century. One of Lully's, in Lajarte's 'Airs à Danser,' dates 1666. There is no history of the name. Skeat says