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W.—If this knave you should obtain, Put him in the pack again; For the rascal brings all kinds of news, Such as you must never chuse. M.—Of all the cards throughout the pack, No worse to man can come; His wife will stun him with her clack, And make him hate his home.

W.—An elegant behaviour makes the lass, Through 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 will be a perfect rake.

W.—The ladies of fashion this card who obtain, In vain on 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.