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OUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat; As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's slight, And still the less they understand, The more th' admire his slight of hand. Some with a noise, and greasy light, Are snapt, as men catch larks by night, Ensnar'd and hamper'd by the soul, As nooses by the legs catch fowl. Some, with a med'cine and receipt, Are drawn to nibble at the bait;