The expression, "As you pipe, I must dance," means: "I must accommodate myself to your wishes." To "pipe another dance" is to change one's bearing, to put out of favour. Skelton, speaking of the clergy, says that their pride no man could tolerate, for they "would rule king and kayser," and "bryng all to nought," but, if kings and nobles, instead of wasting their time on hunting and hawking, would attend to politics, i'They would pype you another daunce."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1940, Page 5
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