To the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Lady
Lady Hieronima Colonna,
Duchess of Monte Lione
Proud Colonna, whose valor sustains
All the Roman lineages, all the honors,
Which to seem of your great fruits, budding grasses, and flowers,
Are the others prizes, and of such large hope:
Then which to mortal language it is convened
For most divine prize, which soul would be loving,
Turn drawing with joyful and fair colors
That which gold, scarlet, and carbuncle at all times maintains;
Whilst all my desire in you is leaned unto,
Whilst most bold to you I approach, and whilst
I bind myself near to the already coveted object,
Sustain you request the heart, which to left hand, and to right hand
Fearful it folds, and with novel manners
Make that which lacks in him full and perfect.
Original rhyme scheme - ABBA/ABBA/CDECDE
Passo E Mezo (Step and a Half)
d'Incerto
With the new Change, and Walk, of the Author of the Work:
In Praise of the Most Illustrious and Most Excellent
Lady
Duchess of Monte Lione
This Passo e mezo will be started with the people standing facing
without taking hand, as is had in the figure, with the Riverenza grave
facing, and 2 Continenze: then walking together in the wheel to the
left, they will do 2 Passi gravi, and 1 Seguito ordinario, starting
with the left foot: then they will follow doing 1 Passo grave with the
right, and 2 Passi presti, 1 with the left, and the other with the
right, with 1 Trabuchetto grave with the left: letting the right foot
fall, which will be found raised, they will do 1 Balzetto to feet even
to the right.
This walk done, they will return to do it of new another turn.
First Change of the man, and Walk of the lady.
When they will have finished the said 2 first walks together, the man
will start his first change putting the left foot some in the air, and
with this will do the Riverenza presta: then with the same foot he will
do 1 Zopetto in air, and 1 Passo with the right to manner of gagliarda,
and the Cadenza with the same foot back, doing suddenly 1 Groppo to the
left, and 2 Riverenze preste with the left: then he will follow with 1
Trabuchetto to the left, and 1 Sottopiede to the right, doing Punta et
calcagno first with the right, and then with the left, with 1
Trabuchetto, and 1 Sottopiede to the left, and the Riverenza presta,
with the Cadenza in gagliarda with the left back: then he will do 1
Zoppetto with the left in air, and 1 Passo with the right forward in
gagliarda, concluding to the time of the sound with the Cadenza to feet
even.
In the same time which the man will do said first movement, the lady
will walk doing 2 Passi gravi and 1 Seguito ordinario to the left side,
starting it with the left foot: then turning to the right, she will do
1 Passo grave with the right, and 2 Passi presti, 1 with the left, and
the other with the right: together with 1 Trabuchetto grave to the
left, and diminishing the right foot, which she will hold raised, she
will do gracefully 1 Balzetto to feet even to the right.
First Change of the lady, and Walk of the man.
The lady will start her first change, doing 2 Seguiti spezzati flanked
forward, and 3 Trabuchetti gravi, starting it with the left foot: then
she will return to do the same another turn by opposite, being careful
to do the final Trabuchetto to feet even.
The man in the same time which the lady will do her change, will do the
following walk; that is, first he will do 2 Passi gravi, with 1 Seguito
semidoppio, starting it with the left foot: then turning to the right
he will do 1 Passo presto with the right, and 3 Fioretti turned to the
left, with the Cadenza in gagilarda with the right foot back.
Then he will do 2 Passi in gagliarda, and the Cadenza to feet even, as
in Pavaniglia.
Second Change of the man, and Walk of the lady.
The man will follow the second change, doing 2 Passi in
gagilarda, and 1 Cadenza also in gagliarda, starting it with the left
foot: then he will do 1 Balzetto to feet even to the left, with 1
Groppo, and 2 Fioretti forward: he will do then 3 Passi presti back,
starting it with the right, and 2 Riverenze preste, and 1 Trabuchetto
with the left: then he will do another Trabuchetto with the right, 1
Sottopiede also with the right foot, 2 Fioretti to feet even starting
with the right, and will finish said Change with 1 Cadenza in
gagliarda, and 1 Capriola in 3, or in 5, to the time of the music.
The lady in the said second change will do the same Walk, which she
will have done in the first change of the man.
Second Change of the lady, and Walk of the man.
The lady will turn the left flank inward, doing 2 Riprese, and 1
Trabuchetto with the left, settling her there a little: she will do the
same also by opposite, turning the right flank inward: then turning to
the left, she will do 2 Seguiti spezzati, starting it with the left,
doing 1 Trabuchetto to the left, and diminishing the right foot, which
will be found raised, she will do 1 Balzetto to feet even to the right.
The man in this same time will do the same Walk, which he will have
done in the first change of the lady.
Third Change of the man, and Walk of the lady.
The man will do 1 Puntata with the left foot, turning the left flank
inward, and 2 Fioretti, starting with the right: after he will do the
same back by opposite, turning 2 Passi gravi, and starting it with the
left, then he will do2 other Fioretti forward, and 1 Trabuchetto to the
left; and diminishing the right, he will do 1 Balzetto to feet even to
the right.
The lady in this time will do her abovesaid Walk.
Third Change of the lady, and Walk of the man.
The lady will start her third change, with doing 2 Riprese to the left,
and 2 Trabuchetti, with 2 Seguiti spezzati flanked forward: then she
will do 2 Passi turned to the left, and another Seguito spezzato,
starting each thing with the left foot, and will finish said change
with doing 3 Trabuchetti, which will do started with the right, and the
final of these would finish to feet even.
The man also in this said time will do his ordinary Walk, as he has
done of above in the other changes of the lady.
Walk together.
They will do 2 Passi presti, and 2 Fioretti: then they will follow with
2 other Passi presti, and 2 Fioretti, 2 other Passi presti, and 2
Fioretti turned to the left: then they will do 1 Trabuchetto to the
left, and diminishing the right, they will do 1 Balzetto to feet even
to the right.
Fourth Change of the man, and Walk of the lady.
The man will do 2 Sottopiedi to the left, and 2 Riverenze preste with
the right foot, and 1 Trabuchetto: then with the same foot he will do
another Sottopiede to the right, with 2 other Riverenze preste with the
right, and 1 Trabuchetto to the right, 1 Sottopiedi to the left, with 2
Fioretti forward, starting with the left, and Punta e calcagno with the
right and with the left, and the Cadenza with the left back, doing 2
Passi in gagliarda, starting it with the left, and 1 Capriola,
diminishing in time to the end of the sound
The lady will do the Walk which she will have done in the other Changes
of the man.
Fourth Change of the lady, and Walk of the man.
The lady will start this change with doing 2 Trabuchetti presti, and 2
Seguiti spezzati forward, with 2 other Trabuchetti presti then she will
turn 2 other Seguiti spezzati to the left, doing 1 Trabuchetto, and
starting each thing with the left foot. After this she will
diminish the right foot, and will finish the change with doing 1
Balzetto to feet even to the right.
The man in this time will do his ordinary Walk.
Fifth Change of the man, and Walk of the lady.
The man will do 2 Fioretti a piedi pari flanked with 2 Passi gravi
forward, and 2 Riverenze preste, starting each thing to the left foot;
then with the same foot feigning to turn to the right, not diminishing
said foot on the ground, he will turn suddenly to the left: then
diminishing it, he suddenly will do 2 Riverenze preste facing to the
lady with the right foot, and 2 Trabuchetti, 1 to the right, and
the other to the left: after that he will do 1 Sottopiede to the left,
with 2 Fioretti forward, and 1 Trabuchetto to the left: then
diminishing the right, he will finish the Change with 1 Capriola in 3,
or in 5, as most he will turn commodiously.
The lady in this time will do her accustomed Walk.
Fifth Change of the lady, and Walk of the man.
She will do 2 Fioretti forward, and if she would not know how to do
them, she will do 2 Passi, and 2 Trabuchetti gravi with 1 Seguito
spezzato, starting with the left foot: then turning in perspective to
the left, she will do 1 Riverenza with the right, and with the same
foot she will be turned to the right, and will finish the change with 2
Seguiti spezzati, and 3 Trabuchetti facing to the time of the sound.
The man in the said time will do his accustomed Walk.
Sixth Change of the man, and Walk of the lady.
The man will start this Change, doing 2 Seguiti trangati in air
semidoppi to the left, and another 2 to the right, with 4 Fioretti, 2
forward, and 2 flanked back to feet even: then he will do 3
Capriole, or 1 Trabuchetto to the left, suddenly diminishing the
right, and doing 1 Balzetto to feet even to the right.
The lady in said time will do her accustomed Walk.
Sixth Change of the lady, and Walk of the man.
She will do 1 Puntata forward with the left foot, and 2 Fioretti,
starting it with the right; and after that she will do 3 Trabuchetti
gravi, starting it with the right; then she will do 2 Seguiti spezzati,
turning it to the left with 1 Trabuchetto facing, and suddenly
diminishing the right foot in earth, will finish the change with 1
Balzetto to feet even to the right.
The man in this time will do his ordinary Walk.
Second Walk done in the wheel together.
The man will do 2 Fioretti, and 2 Capriole spezzate, then he will
follow doing of new another 2 Fioretti, and another 2 Capriole, then he
will do 2 Riverenze preste with the left, and 1 Trabuchetto presto, and
1 Sottopiede to the right, with 1 Fioretto and 1 Trabuchetto to the
left, and 1 Capriola in 3, or in 5.
The lady in the same time will do 2 Fioretti, and 2 Trabuchetti: then
another 2 Fioretti, and another 2 Trabuchetti with 4 Fioretti, 2 in the
wheel, and 2 turned to the left: then she will do facing 1 Trabuchetto
to the left, and diminishing the right foot in earth, will do 1
Balzetto to feet even to the right. After that in the final time
of the sonata, they will finish the Passo e Mezo with doing together 2
Continenze gravi, and the Riverenza.
Lute tablature, with the music of Passo e mezo.
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