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====== VAUGHAN'S RAMBLE ====== 
Nathanial Kynaston in 1711\\  
Interpreted by Ken Sheffield in 1995. \\
proper 3 cpl set (originally a triple minor)\\
Tune: VAUGHAN'S RAMBLE\\
3 couple set\\

<code>
A1        All set and turn single.
          1st man and 1st and 2nd woman hey for three while 3rd
          woman and 2nd and 3rd man hey for three. 1st man starts
          R.S. with 2nd woman while 3rd woman starts R.S. with 2nd
          man.
A2        Repeat for 3rd man and 1sr woman who start the heys L.S.
B1        1st couple cast. 1st man turn 3rd woman while 1st woman
          turns 2nd man R.H. 1st couple turn with L.H. and then turn
          the corner R.H. finishing 1st couple improper in middle place.
B2 1-4    All balance back.
          1st couple cross over and 1st man cast up while 1sr woman
          cast down into lines of 3 facing up and dowt.
   5-8    Lines forward and back.
          1st couple turn 2 hands 314 to finish in middle place proper
          while 2nd and 3rd man and 2nd and 3rd women change places L.S.

          Set now 3-1-2.</code>
Source Walsh Kynaston 24 Dances for 1711\\
O Copyright 1995 Kepas Consultants. Eynsham Oxford\\
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7tgwjpl4bI

History:\\
The melody was composed by dancing master Nathaniel Kynaston (1683-1757). Although very little is known about him, Kynaston appears to have been active from 1705 to about 1722 in the Shropshire/Wales border area. Walsh published some 120 of Kynaston’s tunes and dances over several publications; this tune is unique to Walsh's annual edition for 1711. The Selattyn parish register in Shropshire records that a “Nathanial Kynaston, gent., & Mrs. Elizabeth Davies, both of Oswestry” married on August 25th, 1719—although whether this was the dancing master is unknown. Kynaston appears to have been a not uncommon name in Shropshire, and the family includes Sir Humphrey Kynaston, a notorious 16th century highwayman and Robin Hood figure, who preyed on the wool merchants of Shrewsbury.\\

Graham Christian (2015) believes the title references John Vaughan [1] (1639-1713), 3rd Earl of Carberry, an English peer, politician and Governor of Jamaica from 1675-1678 during which time his deputy was the notorious privateer Sir Henry Morgan. He was in constant conflict with the deputy-governor who intrigued with buccaneers and endangered the peace with France and Spain, which Vaughan was instructed to preserve. Vaughan, however, was little better, for he was himself unpopular and corrupt, and it is even said that he sold his servants as slaves. After his return from Jamaica he was made President of the Royal Society, founded in 1660 to promote scientific knowledge and discovery, and he also joined the Kit-Cat Club. Vaughan was known for his love of the theatre and the pleasures of London; Samuel Pepys described him as 'one of the lewdest fellows of the age, worse than Sir Charles Sedley'.
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