Rules to be observ’d in Dancing by written Characters.

You must first find out the beginning of the

Tract

, by which means you will know towards what part of the

Dancing-Room

the Body is to be plac’d, before the

Dance

begins, as has been shewn before, in speaking of the

Posture

, and

Presence of the Body

. Then observe whether there be any

Position

, as you will find in the following Examples, and there you are to place your self. Then see what

Step

is nearest to the said

Position

, and you will find it to be that which is mark’d

Number

1. Which having perform’d, observe which is nearest to that, and you will find it is that mark’d

Number

2. After this, you must move to

Number

3, then to

Number

4, &c. and so continue moving, observing exactly to perform that

Step

which is nearest to the place where you are, and to follow always the same

Rule

as well in moving forwards, backwards, and sideways, as in moving round.

Examples.

To move round. To move forwards.

To move sideways. To move backwards