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This Dance is began by a ingle Peron, (either man or woman) who taking a Cuhion in his hand dances about the room, and at the end of the Tune he tops, and ings, This Dance it will no farther go. The Muician anwers, I pray you, good sir, why ay you o? Man. Because Joan Sanderon will not come to. Muic. She must come to, and he hall come to, and he mut come whether he will or no. Then he lays down the Cuhion before a woman, on which he kneels, and he kies her, inging, Welcom Joan Sanderon, welcom, welcom. Then he ries, takes up the Cuhion, and both dance, inging, Prinkum, Prankum, is a fine Dance, and hall we go dance it once again, once again, and once again, and hall we go dance it once again. Then making a top, the Wo. ings, as before, This Dance, &c. Muic. I pray you, Madam, &c. Woman. Becaue John Sanderon, &c. Muic. He mut, &c. And o he lays down the Cuhion before a man, who kneeling upon it, alutes her, he inging, Welcom John Sanderon, &c. Then he taking up the Cuhion, they take hands and dance round, inging as before: And thus they do till the whole Company are taken into the Ring. And then the Cuhion is laid before the firt man, the wo. inging, This Dance, &c. (as before) only intead of —come to, they ing —go fro; and intead of Welcom John Sanderon, &c. they ing, Farewel John Sanderon, farewel, farewel: And o they go out one by one as they came in. Note, That the woman is kis’d by all the men in the Ring at her coming in and going out, and the like of the man by the women.