Note 84 — SCENE II.—St. James's Park.
Reading edition
"The corant is a melody or air consisting of three crotchets in a bar, but moving by quavers, in the measure of ¾, with two strains or reprises, each beginning with an odd quaver. Of dance tunes it is said to be the most solemn." "The bouree is supposed to come from Auvergne, in France; it seldom occurs but in compositions of French masters." (Hawkins's History of Music, IV. 387-8, 390).