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( 17 ) The wheel of fortune and what is meant by it. WHEN you deſire to know a queſtion, ſtate a number not exceeding thirty, ſo that let the number of the day be added, and the firſt letter of your name, and the letter perhaps may prove a literal figure, and let the number be divided by three, and if the diviſions come even, then expect a good iſſue of what you require, whether relative to love, buſineſs, and the like, but if broken and odd, then your ſucceſs will be bad, if not altogether unfortunate.

Several queries reſolved in love and buſineſs.

A 2 3 4 5 6 THE method of uſing B 2 3 4 5 6 this table is as fol- C 2 3 4 5 6 lows: you muſt throw a die, D 2 3 4 5 6 and what number comes up E 2 3 4 5 6 go to that figure in the book, otherwiſe you muſt cover the table with a piece of white paper, and then with a needle or pin prick through it, and the figure you prick neareſt to, go to that figure in the book,

What kind of a huſband a maid or widow will have

1 A Handſome youth be ſure you'll have, Brown hair high note, he 1 keep thee brave 2. A man unto thy lot will fall, Straight, but neither ſhort nor tall, 3. An honeſt tradeſman is thy lot, When he proſers, ſlight him not. 4 Fair and ruddy, buſhy hair'd is thy love, He'll keep thee well, and call thee ſtill his dove. 5 A widower, though rich, thou'll marry, And for a huſband won't long tarry 6. Proper and gay will be the man, That will thee wed, my pretty Nan.