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Wherein Your
Future Welfare May Be Known,
By
Physiognomy, Cards, Palmistry, and Coffee Grounds.
Also,
A Distinct Treatise on Moles.
Printed for the Booksellers
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THE
FORTUNE-TELLER
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SECRET INDICATIONS.
Judgments to be drawn from the Hair,
according
to the substance and colour.
The hair is one of the
most beautiful natural ornaments that adorn the head of man or woman. The
Apostle Paul permits women to wear longhair as an advancement to their
beauty, and to be pleasing in the eyes of their husbands.
1.
Hair that is soft and thick
denotes a man of much mildness.
2.
When the hair hands down and is
soft, it denotes the body to decline to dryness.
3.
Much hair denotes a hot person,
and that he is soon angry.
4.
Abundance of hair in young
children shows that they increase in melancholy.
5.
Curled hair and black, denotes
heat; the people in the south have it most parts alike.
6.
Hair standing upon end, like the
prickles of a hedge-hot, signifies a fearful person, and of ill courage.
Colour of the Hair.
1.
White hair signifies great
frigidity or cold, as may be seen in old men; but many people after much
sickness, or trouble of mind, will on a sudden
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find their hair turn grey or white, as also
after a fright or disappointment a
French Officer, aged 23, on a sudden received
sentence of death: the news
had such an effect on him, that before morning
his hair was changed to
milk white.
2.
Black hair shows a person very
amorous, but cruel and ungenerous.
3.
Hair the colour of gold shows a
treacherous person, arbitrary and proud.
4.
Dark hair has the same
signification. The perspiration of a red haired person is disagreeable.
5.
Chestnut coloured hair, or dark
brown, denotes a fair, just, and liberal person.
The Beard.
1.
A thin soft beard shows a person
lustful, effeminate, of a tender body, fearful and inconstant.
2.
A red beard denotes the person
courteous and friendly, a great flatterer, and very soon angry.
3.
A dark beard is good, yet it
denotes a person to be cordial, sincere, thoughtful and bold.
4.
He that hath a decent beard,
handsome and thick of hair, is good-natured and reasonable.
The Chin.
1.
A long chin denotes the person
angry, and importunate in the use of words.
2.
A little chin shows inveteracy
and malice.
3.
A round and thin chin in not
manly, but womanish, and signifies boldness and much pride.
4.
A square chin is manly, and
denotes much courage and strength of body; and such persons are commonly
given to words.
5.
A round chin and dimpled shows
good nature but much addicted to pleasure.
6.
A lean wrinkled chin, represents
a cold, impotent, and malicious person.
The Eye-brows and Eye-lids.
1.
A person having much, and long
hair on the eye-brows, and both join across the nose, is a very simple
person, but conceited in his own opinion.
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2.
[A person whose] eyebrows are
short and [?] denotes the man good natured and reasonable.
3.
The eye lids short and small,
who thought [w]ise and secret, yet covetous of great matters.
4.
When the eye-lids are long, and
long hair the eye-lashes, they signify a person of low [?]ccity, and false
in his dealings.
The Neck.
1.
He or she that has a long neck,
is of a simple nature, not secret, fearfully, unlearned, a glutton, and
great drinker in general.
2.
He that hath a neck short and
small is wise, but deceitful, secret, constant, discreet, yet passionate
and ingenious.
3.
He that hath the neck fat and
fleshy, is proud, wherefore he is compared to a bull, who is always ready
to be angry.
4.
A small neck denotes a weak
understanding; if a female she will be much inclined to sickness, and
knowing of the stomach.
5.
A neck inclined to the right
side, denotes prudence, generosity, and curious in studies: but inclined
to the left side, declares vice and impudence.
The Eyes.
1.
Great eyes denote a slothful,
bold and lying person, of a rustic and coarse mind.
2.
Eyes deep in the head, denote a
great mind, yet full of doubts, but generous and friendly.
3.
Little eyes, like that of a mole
or pig, denote a weak understanding, and easily imposed on.
4.
Beware of squint eyes, for out
of one hundred you will not find two faithful. It is very ill luck to
meet a squinted person.
5.
Eyes that move slowly, or look
sleepy, denote an unfaithful and slothful person.
6.
The worst of all the eyes are
the yellowish or citron – beware of them, for the possessor is a dangerous
person, if you are in his power.
7.
Beware also of them, who when
they speak
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Twinkle their eyes, for they are double
minded, if it is a woman that do so with her left eye, trust her not as to
the faithfulness of her love.
8.
But you will seldom find deceit
where the eye looks with a modest confidence, not staring you out of
countenance, nor averting as if detected of a crime – but when in
business, love, or friendship, there appears a tender firmess.
The Nose
1.
A long nose denotes a vain mind,
unruly disposition, much given to wrangling, and not to be depended on.
2.
A high nose denotes a violent
person, a vain liar, and extremely lascivious, easily believing another,
and very inconstant.
3.
He that hath a big nose every
way, long and hanging down, is covetous in every thing.
4.
When the nose is crooked,
signifies a proud man, and him or her is never good, but justice overtakes
them.
5.
He that hath the nose hairy at
or above the point, is a person altogether simple hearted.
6.
A Roman or acquiline nose
denotes a haughty, arbitrary, and wranglesome person.
7.
A nose that is round and long,
of a pleasant feature, besides being one of the perfections of beauty,
denotes the woman or maid wise, prudent, and chaste, particularly if she
has blue eyes.
The Mouth.
1.
He that hath a great and broad
mouth is shameless, a great babbler and liar, proud to an excess, and ever
abounding in quarrelsome words.
2.
A little mouth denotes a person
peaceable and faithful.
3.
Those that have the lips small
and thin, are great talkers, and railers, and given to deceit and
falsehood.
4.
Lips that are a little thick and
well coloured, are faithful, and given to virtue; and those who
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[?] of
Venus’s greatest beauties.
5.
Those that have one lip thicker
than the other are of little understanding, slow to comprehend, and rather
guilty of folly than wisdom.
The Ears.
1.
Great big broad ears, signify a
simple man, of no understanding: sluggish, slothful, and of an ill
memory.
2.
Small ears denote a good
understanding; but very small signify nothing but mischief.
3.
Those that have them long and
thin, are bold, impudent, unlearned, gluttons and whore-masters, and very
proud in general.
4.
Those that have them well
proportioned and neither too small nor too large, are persons of good
understanding, wise, discreet, honest, shame-faced, and courageous.
The Face in General.
The face that is round, plump and ruddy, shows
the person to be of an agreeable temper, well deserving of friendship, and
faithful in love.
A face with
very prominent cheek bones, thin and long visage, shows a restless
disposition, and rarely satisfied with any thing.
A face
naturally pale denotes the person very amorous.
Blue eyes are
mostly to be depended on for fidelity, though there is never a rule
without an exception, for many blue-eyed are capable of bad deeds.
Dark eyes are generally suspicious, artful,
and proud to deceit.
A very fair person is in general indifferent,
proud, neglectful to please, and though amorous, is too haughty to let the
world believe they would think it worth the trouble.
A countenance tolerably . . . formed, with
dark brown . . . can be depended on for fidelity.
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There are little marks on the skin, although
they appear to be the effect of chance or accident, and might easily pass
with the unthinking for things of no moment, are nevertheless of the
utmost consequence, since from their colour, situation, size, and figure,
may be accurately gathered, the temper of, and the events that will happen
to the person bearing them.
A Mole on the wrist, or between that and the
finger ends, shows the person to be of an ingenious and industrious turn,
faithful in his engagements, amorous and constant in his affections,
rather of saving disposition, and with a degree of sobriety and regularity
in his dealings.
A Mole between the elbow and the wrist, shows
a placid and cheerful disposition, industry, and a love of reading,
particularly books of science.
A Mole near either elbow shows a restless and
unsteady disposition, with a great desire of traveling – much discontented
in the marriage state, and of an idle turn.
A Mole on the right or left arm, shows a
courageous disposition, great fortitude, resolution, industry, and
conjugal felicity.
A Mole on the left shoulder, shows a person of
a quarrelsome and unruly disposition, always inclined to dispute for
trifles, rather indolent, but much inclined to the pleasures of love, and
faithful to the conjugal vows.
A Mole on the right shoulder, shows a person
of prudent and discreet temper, one possessed of much wisdom, given to
great secrecy, very industrious, but not very amorous, yet faithful to the
conjugal tie.
A Mole on the loins, shows industry and
honesty, an amorous disposition, with great vigor, courage and fidelity.
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A Mole on the
hip, shows that the person will have many children.
A Mole on the
right thigh, shows that the person will become rich, and good luck in
marriage.
A Mole on the
left thigh, denotes that the person suffers much by poverty and want of
friends, as also by the enmity and injustice of others.
A Mole on the
right knee, portends that the person will be rash, with an inconsiderate
turn.
A Mole on the
left knee, shows a hasty and passionate disposition, with an inconsiderate
turn.
A Mole on
either ankle, denotes a man to be inclined to effeminacy and elegance in
dress; a woman, to be courageous, active and industrious.
A Mole on
either foot, forbodes sudden illness, or unexpected misfortune.
A Mole that
stands on the right side of the forehead or right temple, signifies that
the person will arrive to sudden wealth and honour.
A Mole on the
right eye-brow announces speedy marriage; and that the person to whom you
will be married will possess money, amiable qualities, and a fortune.
A Mole on the
outside corner of either eye denotes the person to be of a steady, sober,
and sedate disposition, but will be liable to a violent death.
A Mole on
either cheek, signifies that the person never shall arise above mediocrity
in point of fortune, though at the same time he will never sink to real
poverty.
A Mole on
both cheeks denotes the person will know a deal of trouble, losses, and
crosses, but at last arrive to be a great tradesman, and will gain great
riches, will be a very public character; and also fond of rural scenes.
A Mole on the
upper or lower lip, presents the person to be fond of delicate things, and
very
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much given to the
pleasures of love, in which he or she will be successful.
A Mole on the
side of the neck, shows that the person will narrowly escape suffocation,
but afterwards rise to great consideration by an unexpected legacy or
inheritance.
A Mole on the
throat, denotes that the person shall become rich by marriage.
A Mole on the
bosom portends mediocrity of health and fortune.
A Mole under
the left breast over the heart, foreshows the man will be of a warm
disposition, unsettled in mind, fond of rambling, and light in his
conduct; in women, it shows sincerity in love, quick conception, and easy
to travel in child-birth.
A Mole on the
belly denotes the person to be addicted to sloth and gluttony; selfish in
almost all articles, and seldom inclined to be nice or careful in points
of dress.
A Mole
situated in the recesses which modesty conceals from view, is not to admit
of being discovered but by another; and yet to have a mole so placed is
the most fortunate for them.
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PALMISTRY.
The palms of
the hands contain a great variety of lines running in different
directions, every one of which bears a certain relation to the events of a
person’s life; and from them, with the utmost infallible certainty, can be
told every circumstance that will happen to any one, by observing them
properly. It is therefore recommended to pay a strict attention to this
object, as by that means you will undoubtedly gain very excellent
knowledge for your pains.
And first is
given the name of the several lines, as they hold their places, and then
particularize their qualities.
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There are five principal lines in the hand,
viz.
The Line of Life, or Life Line as it is here
called.
The Line of Death.
The Table Line.
The Girdle of Venus.
The Line of Fortune.
And besides these there
are other Lines, as the Line of Saturn; the Lover Line and some others,
but these only serve to explain the principal Lines.
The chief
Lines on which persons of the profession lay the greatest stress, is the
Line of Life, or the Life Line, as it is here called, which generally
takes its rise where the thumb joint plays with the wrist on the inside,
and runs in an oblique direction to the inside of the innermost joint of
the forefinger.
The next [?]
the line of Death which separates the fleshy part of the hand on the
little finger side, from the hollow of the hand, running in various
directions in different people.
The Table
Line originates with the Life Line, at the wrist, and runs through the
hollow of the hand towards the middle fingers.
The Girdle of
Venus, takes its course from the extremity of the Innermost joint of the
little finger and forming a curve, terminates between the fore and middle
fingers.
The Line of
Fortune strikes from behind the ball or mount of the fore finger, across
the palm and Line of Life, and loses itself in or near the fleshy part of
the hand on the little finger side.
If the Line
of Life is crossed by other Lines at or near the wrist, the person will
meet with sickness in the beginning of life, and the degree of sickness
will be proportioned to the size, length and breadth of the intervening
lines. If the Life Line runs fair and uninterrupted, the person will
enjoy good health: and according to its length towards the
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outside of the fore
finger, you may judge if the person will live long, as the longer the Line
the longer the Life.
If the Line
of Death is short, and runs even without being broken or divided, it shows
that the person will enjoy a good length of days, and not be subject to
many maladies; but if it is interrupted it evidently shows that the
person’s life will be endangered by illness, but by the care of providence
will recover.
When the
table Line is broad, strong, and well marked, it shows the person to be of
a sound constitution, and peaceable contented mind; if it is broken, it
shows for every break a violent interruption to happiness; if these breaks
happen towards the part next the wrist, he will be crossed in love and
either be disappointed in the person he has fixed his affections on, or be
saddled with a person of a disobliging temper, and a most audacious and
abusive tongue.
The girdle of
Venus, when it goes on fair and well marked, shows that the person will be
prosperous in love, fair in his dealings with the fair sex and be
sincerely beloved; he will obtain a partner for life of a fortune equal to
his own, sweet tempered, faithful, and affectionate; but if it is
interrupted at its beginning near the little finger, he will meet with
early disappointments in love; if towards the middle of the line, he will
ruin his health, and injure his fortune with lewd prostitutes; if near the
end, he will be foolishly amorous in his old age, still expecting to gain
the heart of a woman, but never obtain it.
The Line of
Fortune by its approach to the Girdle of Venus, shows that there is a
strong kindred between them, and their distance at their two extremities
clearly point out that love is inconsistent with childhood and old age;
yet in those where the crosslines approach from the one to the other
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near the ends, prove that
the person was or will be susceptible of love in childhood, or old age.
If the hollow
palm of the hand, which some call the plain of Mars is full of cross lines
running into each other, the person will be of a humoursome uneven and
testy temper, jealous and hasty, quarrelsome and fighting, and
endeavouring to set others by the ears; he will meet with very frequent
misfortunes, and bear them very uneasily; whereas, if the hollow or palm
of the hand has none but the unavoidable lines; that is to say, those that
must unavoidably pass through it, he will be of a sweet and amiable
disposition, full of sensibility, gratitude and love, faithful, benevolent
and kind, and though subject to losses, crosses, and disappointments, will
bear them with an even and agreeable temper; from this party chiefly, it
is recommended to persons to choose their companions for life, either for
friendship or marriage.
The mount or
ball of the thumb, bears a particular analogy to the event of a person’s
life with respect to disputes, quarrels, and law-suits; if this mount has
many long strait lines reaching from the thumb to the Line of Life, they
show that the person will have several personal encounters; either with
hands, clubs, pistols, or swords, but if the lines are curved and crooked,
they will indicate lawsuits, and according to the degree of crookedness,
they will be long or short; but if these lines end in a single direction
towards the Line of Life, the will end prosperously, whether encounter or
lawsuits, if otherwise, they will be attended with an unfavourable issue;
the nearer to the Line of Life these lines begin, the later in a person’s
life the quarrels, or law-suits will take place; and the [farther from]
the line of Life they end, the later in life [?] t[e]rminate.
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TO TELL FORTUNES BY THE
GROUNDS OF A COFFEE CUP.
Directions to pour out the Coffee Grounds.
Pour the
grounds of coffee in a white cup, shake them well about in it, so that
their particles may cover the surface of the whole cup; then reverse into
the saucer, that superfluous parts may be drained, and the figures
required for fortune-telling be formed. The person that acts the
fortune-teller, must bend their thoughts upon the person that wishes their
fortune told, and upon their rank and profession, in order to give
plausibility to their predictions. It is not to be expected upon taking
up the cup, that the figures will be accurately represented as they are in
the pack, and it is quite sufficient if they bear some resemblance to any
of the following emblems.
The Roads.
Or serpentine lines, indicate ways; if they
are covered with clouds, they are said to be infallible marks either of
past or future reverses. If they appear clear and serene, they are a sure
token of some fortunate chance near at hand encompassed with very many
doats, they signify an accidental gain of money, likewise long life.
The Ring
Signifies marriage; if a letter is near it, it
denotes to the person that has his fortune told, the initial of the name
of the party to be married. Likewise if the ring is in the clear, it
portends happy and lucrative friendship. Surrounded with clouds designs
that the person is to use precaution in friendship he is about to
contract. If the ring appears at the bottom of the cup, it forebodes and
entire separation from the beloved object.
The Leaf of Clover
Is as well here as in common life a lucky
sign. Its different position in the cup alone makes the difference;
because it is on the top, it shows that
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the good fortune is not
far distant; but it is subject to delay, if it is in the middle, or at the
bottom. Should clouds surround it, it shows that many disagreeables will
attend the good fortune; in the clear, prognosticates serene and
undisturbed happiness as bright as the party wishes.
The Anchor
This emblem of hope and commerce implies
successful business carried on by sea and by land if on the bottom of the
cup; at the top, and in the clear part, it shows constant love, and as
unshaken fidelity. In the thick and clouded part it also denotes love,
but tinctured with the inconstancy of the butterfly.
The Serpent,
Always the emblem of falsehood and enmity, is
likewise here a general sign of an enemy. On the top, or in the middle of
the cup, it promises to the consulting party the triumph which he desires
over his enemy; but he will not attain it so easily if the serpent be in
the thick or cloudy part. By the letter which frequently appears near the
emblem, the enemy may easily be guessed, it makes the initial of his name.
The Letter.
By letters we communicate to our friends
either pleasant or unpleasant news, and such is the case here; if this
emblem is in the clear parts it denotes the speedy arrival of welcome
news; surrounded with dots, it announces the arrival of a considerable
remittance of money; but hemmed in by clouds it is quite the contrary, and
forebodes some melancholy or bad tidings of a loss, or some other sinister
accident.
The Coffin,
The emblem of death, prognosticates the same
thing here, or at least a long and tedious illness, if it be in the thick
or turbid. In the clear it denotes long life. In the thick, at the top
of the cup ?
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The Star
Denotes
happiness if in the clear, and at the top of the cup; clouded, or in the
thick, it signifies long life, though exposed to various vicissitudes and
troubles. If dots are above it, it foretells good fortune, wealth, high
respectability, etc. Several stars denotes so many good and happy
children; but surrounded with dashes, shows that children will cause you
grief and vexation in your old age, and that you ought to prevent it by
giving them a good education in time.
The Dog
Being at all times the emblem of fidelity or
envy, has also a two-fold meaning here. At the top, in the clear, it
signifies true and faithful friends; but if his image be surrounded with
clouds and dashes, it shows that those whom you take for your friends are
not to be depended on; but if the dog be at the bottom of the cup, you
have to dread the effects of extreme envy or jealousy.
The Lily.
If this emblem be at the top, or in the middle
of the cup, it signifies that the consulting party either has or will have
a virtuous spouse; if it be at the bottom, it denotes quite the reverse.
In the clear the lily further betokens long and happy life; if clouded, or
in the thick, it portends trouble and vexation, especially on the part of
one’s relation.
The Cross.
Be it one or more, it generally predicts
adversities. Its position varies, and so the circumstances. If it be in
the top, and in the clear, shows that the misfortunes of the party will
soon be at an end, or that he will easily get over them; but if it appears
in the middle or at the bottom in the thick, the
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party must expect many
severe trials; it if appears with dots, either in the clear or in the
thick, it promises a speedy change of one’s sorrow.
The Clouds.
If they be more light than dark, you may
expect a good result from your hopes; but if they are black, you may give
it up. Surrounded with dots they imply success in trade, and in all your
undertakings; but the brighter they are, the greater will be your
happiness.
The Sun.
The emblem of the greatest luck and happiness,
if in the clear; but in the thick it bodes a great deal of sadness;
surrounded by dots or dashes, denotes than an alteration will easily take
place.
The Moon.
If it appears in the clear, it denotes high
honours, in the dark, or thick part, it implies sadness, which will,
however, pass without great prejudice. But if it be at the bottom of the
cup, the consulting party will be fortunate both by water and land.
Mountain.
If it represents only one mountain, it
indicates the favour of people of high rank, but several of them,
especially in the thick, are signs of powerful enemies; in the clear they
signify the contrary, of friends in high life, who are endeavouring to
promote the consulting party.
The Tree.
One tree only, be it in the clear or thick
part, points out lasting hearth; several trees denotes that your wish will
be accomplished.
The Child.
In the clear part it bespeaks innocent
intercourse between the consultor and another person; in the thick part,
excesses in love matters attended with great expences; at the bottom of
the cup, it denotes the consequence of libidinous amours, and a very
destructive end.
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[Picture with heart in
top left; club in top right; spade in bottom left; diamond in bottom
right. A hand holds eight cards, with the eighth, reversed.]
The true method of Telling your Fortune by
CARDS.
TAKE a Pack of Cards, and pick six out of each
sort, viz., the 8, 9, 10, Knave, King and Queen, these being the most
prophetic cards in the pack. Let the person whose fortune is to be
learned, be blindfolded. This done, let the cards be shuffled, and the
whole dealt out singly on the table with their faces downwards. The
bandage being then taken off the eyes of the blinded person; he or she
must take up any one of the cards; when, by examining the following rules,
the true fortune may be known.
[hand figure, finger pointing to right]
The W. at the beginning of each stanza, stands
for woman, and M. for man.
Eight of Diamonds
W. – Dear miss, you seem mighty uneasy,
And look on the cards with a frown:
The conjuror wants not to tease ye,
But all the bad fortunes your own.
You are doom’d for to live an old maid ma’am
And never be blest with your man;
But have courage and be not afraid ma’am
You’ll give us the lie if you can.
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M. – To wander through y[?]
On rural pleasure bent,
This card to you that blessing yields,
O take it as ‘twas meant.
Cheerful improve each fleeting hour
Alas they fly full fast;
Do all the good within your power
And never dread the last.
Nine of Diamonds.
W.—The English girl who draws this card,
Will have no cause to fret her;
Yet if she thinks her fortune hard,
She’ll struggle for a better.
But if the same card comes again,
Old Scotland’s curse attend her,
And she may scratch and scratch again,
Till grease and brimstone mend her.
M. – Ill fate betide the wretched man,
To whom this card shall fall;
His race on earth will soon be run,
His happiness but small.
Disloyalty shall stain his fame,
His days be mark’d with strife,
Newgate shall record his name,
And Tyburn end his life.
Ten of Diamonds
W. – Madam your fortunes mighty queer,
The conjuror discovers.
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And knaves will be your lovers.
M. – In venus wars, on London plains,
He’ll spend his early youth
The knave of diamonds if he gains;
Nay never doubt the truth,
To prove this bold assertion just,
Your surgeon’s bill produce;
Expose your nose, and own you must,
That nose unfit for use.
Queen of Diamonds.
W. – If this queen to an amorous widow shall
come
She who lately interred a Goodman,
For a husband again she will quickly make
room,
And plague him as much as she can.
But let her beware how she trifles with him,
Tho’ she fooled with the sot that’s departed;
For in that case, most surely her hide he will
tan
Till her ladyship dies broken-hearted,
M. – The married man that draws this card,
Will soon a cuckold be;
Nor let him think his fortune hard
In so much company,
For out of twenty married pairs,
Scarce all the country through,
Nineteen at least the horns must wear,
And, pray, why should not you?
King of Diamonds.
W. – Alas! poor girl, though I lament your
fate,
I cannot save you from a husband’s hate,
A tyrant lord will rule you thro’ your life,
And make you curse the wretched name of wife.
M. – To Lords and great people frequenting the
court,
This card will most suspicious prove,
To the closets of princes they’ll freely
retort,
And be rich in their sovereign’s love.
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But oppression and hardship foreruns;
Unkind will be all their relations and
friends,
Ungrateful their daughters and sons.
Eight of Clubs.
W. – Little peevish crabbed elf,
Fond of no one but herself;
Cross, and still for trifles striving,
With her truly there’s no living.
M. – Tho’ honest you look and you speak a man
fair.
Yet you know you’re a rascal in grain;
For sixpence your soul to the devil you’ll
swear,
But he’ll send such a thief back again.
Nine of Clubs.
W. – If this card you should draw, return it
again,
Be quick, ma’am, to take my advice;
For its only productions are trouble and pain,
And I hope you will not draw it twice.
But such your misfortunes, I’ve nothing to
say,
To assist you is out of my power.
The stars are enacted the devil to pay,
And the play-house is open at four.
M. – Full well I oversaw that the devil to
pay,
Would harass each young man like myself,
And see my dear Ladies to help on the play,
That here comes the devil himself.
Ten of Clubs.
W. – ‘Tis not your fortune, wit, or birth,
Can the day of death defer:
You’ll soon return to parent earth,
And mix your lovely dust with her.
This will prove a mourning card,
And drown in tears the fairest face,
But her fate is no ways hard,
The lot of all the human race.
M. – Bad luck to a woman, good to a man,
And it happens so often through life;
Let the man who draws this deny it if he can;
For he quickly shall bury his wife.
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Knave of Clubs.
W. – Though much I pity your sad fate,
Yet does my pity come too late
To ward off fortunes rubs;
Though you the queen of hearts should prove,
A surly brute shall gain your love.
A very knave of clubs.
M. – Whatever you presume to say,
The world will take a different way
Ere well your words transpire;
Ask you, good sir, the reason why,
You’ll know my answer is no lie,
No man believes a liar.
Queen of Clubs.
W. – Ah, madam, too well you love kissing I
find,
My reason I scarcely need tell ye;
For while you draw this, by a fortune unkind,
Your neighbours regard your big belly.
M. – And here comes the hero that got the grey
brat,
Lord, sir, you your blushes may spare,
For the world too well knows what you have
been at,
But dispel the poor lass’s despair.
King of Clubs.
W. – This, the last, the generous card.
Will the first of blessings prove:
Be but true, nor doubt reward
In a husband’s faithful love.
M. – Of Clubs the king, to you who ill
portends,
Friendly yourself, you’ll meet with many
friends.
Eight of Hearts.
W. – In the days of your courtship you’ll bill
like a dove,
But when age shall advance you’ll drink hard,
Both kissing and tippling you’ll show that you
love,
If your fortune shall send you this card.
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A numerous family falls to the man,
Whose fortune shall give him this card;
So let him maintain them as well as he can,
Nor grumble or think his case hard.
Nine of Hearts.
W. – A coach and six horses will fall to the
maid
Whose first chance this card shall obtain,
But if ‘tis her second, I’m greatly afraid,
She must come of plain walking again.
M. – The man however great or grand,
Who draws the nine of hearts,
For aught that I can understand,
Is one of shallow parts.
Ten of Hearts.
W. – Deck’d with every female grace,
Sweet in person,mind and face,
Thou a mother soon shall be,
With thy lovely progeny.
M. – Ten children you’ll have, if this card
you get,
And I think you will wish for no more;
If you try again, ‘tis your fate,
You cannot have less than a score.
Knave of Hearts.
W. – This rascally Knave will your fortune
confound,
Except special care you shall take;
For while scores of young lovers your steps
shall surround,
You’ll accept of a doating old rake.
M. – Nothing can ever save the man
Who draws this cursed card;
A vixen will his heart trepan:
Alas! his case is hard.
Queen of Hearts.
W. – The queen of love will favour
Who draws the queen of hearts.
And many a blessing will confer
The fruit of female hearts.
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M. – From girl to girl you’ll often range
Never with one content;
But yet the oftener you shall change,
The oftener you’ll repent.
King of Hearts.
W. – If this you draw, condemned through your
life,
A peevish maiden, and a vexing wife;
Unchaste while married and a widow wanton.
M. – Your fortune can’t be might good,
For a vile whore will please you,
Who never would do what she should,
But make your life uneasy.
Eight of Spades.
W. – If youthful lasses draw the eight of
spades,
They’ll toy away their time with amorous
blades.
M. – If a doctor, lawyer, quaker, priest,
Should fix on this card but his hand,
The conjuror swears, and he swears ‘tis not,
That some rogues will be found in the land.
Nine of Spades.
W. – The lass who gets this unlucky hated
card,
A shrivell’d maid shall die, which you think
is hard.
M. – How often our fortunes by opposites,
What brings bliss to a man, to a woman brings
woe.
Ten of Spades.
W. – Pretty ladies young and fair,
Always young and debonair,
Life with you will sweetly glide;
And you will be a happy bride.
M. – You the happy man will prove,
Who obtains the lady’s love.
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Knave of Spades.
W. – If this knave you should obtain,
Put him in the pack again;
For the rascal brings all kinds of news,
Such as you would never choose.
M. – Of all the cards throughout the pack,
No worse to man can come;
His wife shall stun him with her clack,
And make him hate his home.
Queen of Spades.
W. – An elegant behaviour makes the lass,
Thro’ whose fair hand this card shall pass.
M. – The rule of contrarieties we see,
Of man the most unhappy he,
Who this ill fated card shall take,
His wife shall be a perfect rake.
King of Spades.
W. – The ladies of fashion this card who
obtain,
In vain on the court may attend,
His Majesty’s favours they never will gain,
Nor find at St. James’s a friend.
M. – But a contrary fate on the man will
attend,
His King will some favours bestow.
The poor and the wretched he’ll often
befriend,
And cherish the children of woe.
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