"Approche donc, ma belle, Approche-toi, mon bien; Ne me sois plus rebelle, Puisque mon coeur est tien; Pour mon âme apaiser, Donne-moi un baiser."
In the _Pavane_ and _Branle_, and in nearly all the dances of the 17th and 18th centuries, the practice of kissing formed a not unimportant part, and seems to have added greatly to the popularity of the pastime. Another extremely popular dance was the _Saraband_, which, however, died out after the 17th century. It was originally a Spanish dance, but enjoyed an enormous success for a time in France. Every dance at that time had its own tune or tunes, which were called by its own name, and of the _Saraband_ the chevalier de Grammont wrote that "it either charmed or annoyed everyone, for all the guitarists of the court began to learn it, and God only knows the universal twanging that followed." Vauquelin des Yveteaux, in his eightieth year, desired to die to the tune of the _Saraband_, "so that his soul might pass away sweetly." After the _Pavane_ came the _Courante_, a court dance performed on tiptoe with slightly jumping steps and many bows and curtseys. The _Courante_ is one of the most important of the strictly modern dances. The minuet and the waltz were both in some degree derived from it, and it had much in common with the famous _Seguidilla_ of Spain. It was a favourite dance of Louis XIV., who was an adept in the art, and it was regarded in his time as of such importance that a nobleman's education could hardly have been said to be begun until he had mastered the _Courante_.