OR, THE SHEPHERDESS
Cook/ A. Shaw,
Four-couple longways set; non-progressive
Tune: DAPHNE

Part I
Al, A2 Partners lead up a double and fall back, twice.
Bi 1-4 Is and 2s push-pull poussette clockwise halfway, 
       while 3s and 4s do the same, 1st and 3rd men moving, forward to begin.
B2 1-4 1s and 4s (now in middle places) push-pull poussette counterclockwise halfway. 
        Set is now: 2-4-1-3.
B2 1-4 1s and 4s (now in middle places) push-pull poussette counterclockwise halfway. 
        Set is now: 2.4-1-3.
C1 1-6 2s (now at top) cross and go below three times (skipping), ending at the foot of the set. 
C2 1-6 2s cross and dance up the set three times (skipping), ending at the top. of the set.

Part II 
Al A2  Partners side into line right shoulder, then left shoulder.
Bl, B2 As in Part I, but from these positions. Set is now: 4-3-2-1.
C1,C2  As in Part I, but with 4s crossing and going below to the foot of the set, 
       then crossing and dancing up to the top of the set.
       
Part III 
Al,A2 Partners arm right, then left.
B1, B2 As in Part I, but from these positions. Set is now: 3-1-4-2.
C1, C2 As in Part I, but with 3s crossing and going below to the foot of the set, 
      then crossing and dancing up to the top of the set.
      
Part IV 
Al,A2 Partners lead down a double and fall back, twice.
Bl, B2 As in Part I, but from these positions. Set is now: 1-2-3-4.
Cl, C2 As in Part I, but with 1s crossing and going below to the foot of the set, 
    then crossing and dancing up to the top of the set. ; 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaiXxArgz_I
“Daphne” appeared in the 1st edition of The Dancing Master and was reprinted through the 8th edition of 1690. The tune seems to have originated with an early 17th century ballad based on Ovid’s account of the god Apollo’s unsuccessful pursuit of the nymph Daphne, culminating in her mutation into the first laurel tree, the leaves of which Apollo used for the wreath that ever alter distinguished the poet. The tune rapidly became one of the most popular of the period.