Labonetta

Measure

[Dulwich 2nd XCIV]

Couples in procession

Intermediate


I	A1	1-4	Singles on left, right	Pavan: SSD x4	The pavyon
		5-8	Double on left
		9-12	Singles on right, left
		13-16	Double on right
	A2		Repeat A1 on same side		twyes over:
	B1	1-8	2 Doubles on left, right	Double-tree x2 (Draws roots, trunk, branch, trunk)	2 doubles foreward;
		9-12	Set left, right		2 singles syde.
		13-16	Double back on left		Reprince back
	B2		Repeat B1 on other side		twise,
	C1	1-4	Double on left	Hook x2 (Draws shank, bend, throat)	a double
		5-10	6 Steps, starting on right		and 6 foreword :
		11-12	Set right		one single syde.
		13-16	Double back on left		Reprince back
	C2		Repeat C1 on other side		twise.

Reconstruction by Peter Durham, informed by that of Anne Daye and feedback from Madrone dance practice participants. Transcription from The Shakespeare Society's Papers vol 1 (1844), Art. VII - "The passing measure Pavan" Illustrative of a Passage in Twelfth Night. By J. Payne Collier Esq, FSA.

Notes

Sources. This dance only appears in one source: Dulwich College MSS, 2nd Series XCIV, fol. 28.

Music. Anne Daye in "English Measures Old and New" in Historical Dance vol. 4 no. 3 (2018) notes that this dance and two others from the Dulwich Manuscript have matching tunes in the Mulliner book.

Recordings. A recording of La Bonetta from the Mulliner Book can be found on "Music from the Time of the Spanish Armada" by the York Waits.

Performance. Given that each Step in C1 gets only a single beat, I reconstruct a Step as a single movement (one foot moves forward) without a closing gesture. In other places, I use ordinary Alman steps (each ending with the last moved foot in the air, ready to move forward and take weight on the first count of the next step).