This easy-to-read modern tablature should be completely faithful to Anthoine Carre's original tablature. Let me know of any errors you find. Donald Sauter.

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Short ID:  AC18b.
Title:     Sarabande.
Composer:  Anthoine Carre.
Source:    Livre de pieces de guitarre et de musique.
           Page 18. 
Date:      ca. 1690?

Tuning:    Baroque guitar (A D G B E).
Time sig:  3. 

Fixes, modifications and comments (M=Measure; p=Place in measure; s=String): 
  M5p1 and m15p1: The chute (see below) was notated as it always is, a curved 
    line above the staff, which seems to suggest the ornament applies to the 
    uppermost note.  I'm guessing the intention is for the chutes to be on 
    the 2nd and 3rd strings, respectively, which makes them more playable. 
  Richard Pinnell, in his dissertation on Corbetta, notes that this 
  Sarabande is similar to Corbetta's on page 54 of his 1674 book.  

Tablature elements to be added by hand:
  Slurs. If only a starting point is given, slur includes all the following 
  uninterrupted notes on the same string.
    M3 p3-4s1.
    M6 p3-4s2.
    M7 p3s1.
    M13 p4-5s1.
    M16 p4-5s4, p5s4.
    M22 p5-6s4, p6s4.

Strums: Arrowheads ^ and v indicate strums. Open strings in strummed chords 
  were not shown in the tablature; add as many open strings as sound good. 
  Take a moment to re-draw the ^ arrowhead right at the top of the associated 
  stem.

Explanation of symbols: 
  " = trill (starting on upper neighbor). 
  , = mordent (main note to lower neighbor and back to the main note).
  . = do not strum this string in the chord. 
  $ = petite reprise symbol. In this piece, I suppose it means to play the 
      final chord again.
  ( = "chute."  A note in a chord is reached by a slur from its lower 
      neighbor.  It is not crushed like a mordent.  For example:  

         ^ ___ ___          ___ ___ ___  
         | | | | |          | | | | | |  
      _____v_______       __^___v_______
      |_(3________|       |_2_3________|
      |__3________|       |_3__________|
      |______3_2_0|   =   |_______3_2_0|
      |___________|       |____________|
      |__1________|       |_1__________|
      |___________|       |____________|

Octave doublings: If you are playing on a modern, single-string guitar, 
  consider adding or substituting the next octave up almost everywhere 
  you see a 4th- or 5th-string note. 

Performance style: consider playing the 8th notes inegales, that is, as dotted 
  8ths or "swing" 8ths (triplet feel).

Leading measures in Carre's original tablature:
  1 4 10 15 20 24.  Last measure is 24.


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                                  Sarabande.                               AC18b: Page 1 of 1.
  Baroque guitar (A D G B E).  Leading measures: 1 9 18.                       Anthoine Carre.

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_____v___________________^__________________v___________________________________________________
___3_5_6|_5___5__|_3___0_1_,3|_"0______|__1___3|___________|_____6_5____|_________"1|___________
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___3____|_5______|_3_________|______2__|__3____|___5______3|____________|_______3__2|______3____
___5____|_4_____3|_5_________|________0|__3____|___________|_0_______5__|___0_______|___________
___5____|_.______|_3_________|__0______|__1____|_0_________|____________|_6___3_____|___________
________|________|___________|_________|_______|___________|____________|___________|___________

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____|________1__||__1___1|_3_3___.|________.__|__3______|__3____|__2_3___3__|_____3___3|________
____|___________||_______|________|___________|_________|_______|___________|__________|________

    ^   ^   ^ ___        __    ___ ___ ___  ___   ___      __                                   
 |  | | |   | | |  |  |.  | |  | | | | | |  | | | | |   |.  |    |                              
______v________________________^_v_^_v__________________________________________________________
__|_3_5_5|_"2___2_,3|________|_5_6_5_3_2__|_____3___3|_"3___2___,3__||__________________________
__|_5____|__3_______|_3___3_4|_4__________|__________|______________||__________________________
__|_5____|__2_______|_0_____5|_5__________|__________|___________0_*||__________________________
__|_3____|____0____1|________|_3_______0_1|_0________|__0__________*||__________________________
_3|_3____|__________|_2_____3|_3__________|___3_1_3__|______________||__________________________
__|______|__________|________|____________|__________|________$_____||__________________________