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 forgive you, but now I will punih you with the utmot everity, not only becaue you are a gameter, but becaue you are a liar alo.

J My Lord, ays Jack, your Lordhip may ue your pleaure, but I hope, you will not condemn me for a fault I am not guilty of.

N. You villain, what tronger evidence need there be than the cards being found in your pocket, how can you peak for yourelf?

J. My Lord, if you call thee cards, I do not; neither do I ue them as uch.

N. Why, what do you call them then?

J. My Lord, this is my Almanack.

N. Your Almanack! you dog, Did ever any one make an Almanack of a pack of cards? you villain; What ene could one make of them?

J. My Lord, I am no cholar, and for that reaon I ue them as an Almanack to rule and govern the year by.

N. Well Jack, if o, let me hear how you manage your cards, and if I find you convert them to a proper ue, I will not in the leat be angry, but will freely forgive you.

J. Why then my Lord, conider in the 1t place. There are four uits in the cards, that intimates the four quarters of the year; then as there are thirteen cards in each suit, that is jut as many, as there are weeks in a quarter; there are alo as many lunations in a year as there are cards in a uit; there are twelve court cards which intimate the twelve months of the year, and the twelve igns of the