Old Doubles. On Five Bells
This Peal call’d Old Doubles, is to be rang on five bells, wherein are Six-score changes, which are all Doubles, except only when the whole Hunt leads, and then there is always a single change made. It has a whole Hunt, a half Hunt, and three extream bells; every bell leads twice together all the way, and lies twice behind, except only when the whole Hunt leads, and then the bell behind lies there four times together, unless the extream is made behind, and then but twice. Every bell hunts in a perfect course, until the whole Hunt leads, and then the single is to be made, at which time the bell in seconds place lies there twice (unless the extream is made in second and thirds place) and every single change is made in third and fourths places, except the extreams which are (in this Peal) made by the same rule and after the same manner, as I shewed before in the Six-score call’d Doubles and Singles on five bells. In making the single changes in third and fourths places, it is observed, that the bell which lies in fourths place (the change next before the single) is hunting up; and in making the single change, it does dodge with the bell in thirds place, and so hunts up behind; and likewise the bell that lies in thirds place (in the change next before the single) is hunting down, and in making the single it does dodge with the bell in fourths place, and then hunts directly down.
In this following Peal, the treble is the whole Hunt, the second the half Hunt, and an extream change is alwayes made, when the half Hunt lies before the extream bells next to the whole Hunt; every extream is made between the two farthest extream bells from the half Hunt, as in the following changes.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
This Peal of Old Doubles, is grounded on the Twenty-four changes Doubles and Singles on four bells, which are made in a perfect course herein; every time the whole Hunt leads, there are two changes made in the Twenty-four; the half Hunt, and three extream bells, makes the Twenty-four changes, and every single change in this Peal, is a single change in the Twenty-four.
This Peal may be rang Six-score several wayes; with one whole Hunt, and half Hunt, it is to be rang six wayes (i.e.) three wayes in hunting up the whole Hunt at the beginning of the Peal, and the other wayes in hunting it down; in which six wayes, the Extream Changes are to be made by the same rule, and in the same manner, as those in the Six-score Doubles and Singles on five Bells, and Paradox before set down; so that with the twenty Hunts, it may be rang twenty times six wayes, which makes Six-score.
In these Six-score wayes, the whole Hunt is before the Bells when every single Change is made; but it may be rang Six-score several wayes more, by making the single Changes when the whole Hunt lies behind them, which being never practised, I will say no more of it.
For the convenience and benefit of the Practitioner, I have set down certain rules, shewing how to begin each Peal of Old Doubles (with any Hunt) by the former course (i.e.) in making the single Changes, when the whole Hunt lies before the Bells, these Rules serving only for moving the whole Hunt at the beginning of each Peal, for it may be hunted either up or down.
In hunting either the treble, third, or fifth Bells up, the first change is made between the four foremost Bells, thus.—
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
—The treble down, the first change is single in third and fourths places, unless the half Hunt lies so, as that the Extream is to be made.
—The third or fifth down, the first change is between the four hindmost Bells, thus.—
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
—The second or fourth up, the first change is between the four hindmost Bells.
—The second or fourth down, the first change between the four foremost Bells.
In ringing any of these Peals, where the first change is made between the four hindmost Bells, it must be made at the Back-stroke, otherwise the Bells will cut Compass all the way; every double change is made either between the four foremost, or four hindmost bells.