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The Art of lugting fct forth in his proper colours, folly; plainly. andexaltly, fo that an ignorantpel{on maytbereb, learn the full perfeCtion of the fame,after a bttle prattife.

Vnto each Tricke is added the figure, where it is needfull

• for iDftruaion.

The jitlnJ EJ;ti~lI, 'With mlblJ IIJdit;'nl. ~ Prdllt nibili quam nibi!faccl(',

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7"he AnAtomie of LEG E ROE 1\1.A. I N .

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Printed by T. H. for R. M. 1 6 3 S ~

Be-que'S" 'of" Harry Houdini

April 1927

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To theReader.

Ou~te91"'S (j{eader, do, JOu not ~onder ~ if you doe not, weD youmay,tQjeeJo Pigln a Pamphlet fo qUick!>, Jpen,; but lightly come, ami lightly gOt;

. ie's It luglers term«, and it

well befits the jubie8. Would you k"ow ",hence it fir/l came'~ 'Why, {rom Bartholomew Fa)'re: 'Would you know whither it'! bellt~ for the Fayrs againe; it's a ftrttgler, a wanderer, and as I Jaid, PJ it lzghtIy comesJo it lightly goesjfor it mcanes tofte not oneIy Bartholomew Fayre, but aD the

Fayres in tbe Kitfgdome alfo,at1d therefore in the !rant, Hiccius Doccius is tbe Poft-marter; 4nd . . ,what he wants there, fie gil'e him here, a ~ord

. or two of command, a terme of art, not fo much JUbflantiall aI circumftantiaO, Celeriter, vade, over hedges and ditches, thoro'W thicke 61ndthin, to come to your F~yres. rI{omefora Iugler ; aUin poft,yet with a defire to gil'd you full fatis/Mtion. If you like it, then buy it and r~Ade it)if otberwije, leaJ1c it/or the,m that lift.

Farewell.

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Tbe drt of LEGERO'EMAINE Difcovered.

The Irigin,/l "fLcgerd(maine, 4na h,,., it clime ftrft i"t, Ihil K;f1gac",e.

T came firA into the Klngdome by certain/Egyptians, that were tranfportc:d hither, who growing to nutnerousmulritudes.difperfed rhemtelues rhorow mon parts of the Kingdomc: who being mofl -~~ expert in this art, and in Palmeftrie,coafcned the people in all parts whcrcfoeDer they came. Now diners vagr~nt EngJifb joyning with them in time learnt both their language and coufening delufions. whereby at length they were difcovcrcd, and thereupon the next ,coCuing Parliament, there was a "atqJ~c:naacd: tha~ whoC()(uer Ihoald tlaofport an· Egyptian, Ihould have a Fine impofed upon. him; Marconer, that whgfocvcr lbould a[ume unto them.

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1be AT t of Legerde main difco"Pcred. {dYe, the names of iEgy ptians, it Ihould be impnred unto them as fellonie, in fo high a degree, that they michr nor haue their Boeke granted unto them,which n~~ute was put in execution, and fince mat time ODr Kuigdome hath beene well disburdened of tborc d.

gyprian Iuglers- .

The Dtftnilion 'ftht Ar, DfLegcrdcmaiB. fS'ith;N

p,intip,il p"IS.

LEgerdem4iI'Jt is an operation, whereby ODe may Ieeme to worke wonderfull, impolIible,.nd inGl'e. dible things by agility, nilDblcndfc, and Uightnc[c of hand. The parts ofthlsArt arc principaUytwo. The ftrfi is in rbe conveyance or Balls, Cards, Dice, Money, &c. The fecoad is in Confederacle,

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The end urlhe .Art" Legerdemaine,

THe end of this Art is either good or batt, aceor-

. dingly as it is ufcd : Good, and la.hill when itis

ufed at Fcftiv31s, and merry meetings to procure mirth:cfpcdally ifit be done withoYI defire of eftimarion above what weare. Bad, and altogether bDlawfall

, when it is ufed on purpofe, to cozen, decciy~, or for vaine glory to be dlcemcd above what is meet and honeft.

he D ejil1iliDII, I' titP,ip#'" I/'th, 0ler.I":

Flr~!hcc mufl be one of an impudcDuand audacious Ipirir, fo tbat hee may fet a good face upon the

md«~ .

Secondly, he muil have a nimble an~ cleanl, conveance,

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The Art o/Lcgerdcmain difco~ered~' Thirdly, flcmuft have firangc termes, and emph.::

. ticall ~ords, to grace andadorne his aB:ions, andchc ' more to aftonifli the beholders.

. Fourthly, and lafilYa fuch gellure of body as may

leade away the fpcClators eyes &om I aria and diU· gCDt beholding his manner of conveyance. ..,

o/Ille pUJ '/Ille B.U,.1

THe Operator thus qualified muG havcbis Implc: ments of purpofc to play witball:and firft he muft have three Cups, ma~c or bram:, o~ Cr!lOkcd lan~

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IS he

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platt: There Cupsmuft be all of one fife, and the bot:

/' tome of each ofrhcm mufi bee fer a little within the cup- marke the following figure, for thereby they are trudy reprefented, bothin forme and bignc(fe: it is noted with the letter B. Alfo he: m\lfi have foure Bals, made of Corse about the bignefle of (mall Nutmegs. Firf], he mull praCl:ife to hold thefe Cork balls.two or three of them at once in one hand. The ben place.and the readrefl to hold one ball is berwecne the ball of the: thn be, and rhepalme of tbe hand; bur if you hold more than 0 e It one time, be weene YOUI fingcrs towards the: bottoms. The place to hold a great ball is betweene your two middle fingers Remember in your play al waies to keepe the palme of your hand downe, wal'd:Afrcr you have once learned to hold thefe balls handfomely, you may worke divers arange, and de. Jigbtfull feats.

But whether you fccmc to caft your ban in the .yre~ ~om.e Ihare or iatcyour mouth,or into your other hand, yet aill lcc~~ fit W',th reraine it in the Iame hand am rcmembring to keepe

dlClrCodp1C:C': ,

open, others the palme of your hand downcward,and out ofwght. pl,ay {bndi~g Now to begin;

With a budgee '. 1 n: fi h f h Iid

h4noingbtforc He tbat IS to p ay muu It on teart C[ I e of a

the~,bll[ all. Table, which mull be: covered with :I carpet:'p:urly eo :~~cstoone keepe the balls from rollingaway, and pardy to keepe Somlf,:alsmay them from ratling: likewifc hee mull fet his hat in his

,witbmboIC, 12p, or fit in fiich manner as that hee may receive any

,r2CC e per- hi • hi I d 1 bi (1 hi f

forrutd ftiding t mg IOt() IS ap, an ct rm eau e a IS ptlt-ators

eheo fitting. to fit downer Then let him draw his foure balls and

~b~oid~;e:he ~ay t.hr~e of them upon the table, (and retain the f~urth cups will con- m hIS right hand) and fay, Gentlemen, here are three cealelhebal~ bals youfee I.Mlfedill 2.. Benttlic and '>.PnIJ41 h» thuyou rercm ' , ,:) '.I." J

iA your hand, !~C~ I~~ ~iD! ~raw ~i~ cupsand hold !~~m aU three in

his

tbing there, thcre,nor there, Then ihcw yonr hands; and ~ay, SeDtlcmcn, YOll fcc here is nothing in my hands, and faYiNo" to begin,and take up with your right hand one of the three bals that you layed downe, and ray this is tbe firft,aDd witb that feemc to put itlnro your left hand, and prcfcndy (but your left hand, and being {hut,clap it unto your care; faying, This is for the purging of the braine, Prejll bee gone, then

. move botb the. DtmoftcupsCQotcd with A,anJ B. with . both your bands, {ayigg, And there is nothing there nor there.and in the clapping them downe, conveigh the ball in your right hand under the Cup noted B.

The :Ail ofLtgerdcmain dift(J~erid.

his right band alfo,fiying, Here are lIfo three Cups; raying,Sec there·, notbing in them, neither have tticy any falfe bottoms: Then fay,Sec I will fet them all on arow,and clap them all on a ro w, & in clapping them downe, convey the: ball that you reteined under the middlcmofl cup, faying as you fet them downe, No~

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The .Are o/Lcgerdcmain tlifio"9ered.

Then with your right band rake -up the fccond ball, and Ieeme to put it into the lefe hand (but rereine it) {hutting vour left hand in due timethen clap yourlc:h hand uero your mouth. fccme to fuppe the ball out of your hand, and make a face as if you fwal .. lowed it, then fay, Prd/',and that's gone you Icc, and withyourright band move the cup noted A, raying, And there is nothing, and in clapping it downe conve.y the ball you reteined, under if, fo bave you conveyed into each eup a ball,

Then with your right hand take u~c third BaU,and feemeeo purie into your left hand" {burring it in doc time, and chen reach it out frOID you~fayiDg.'U4Je,,,,,, .. ,.4giDIII,aad open your band.and blows blaft,looking

. up asif yoa faw it flying away" and fay p 1./fo ".r'g;. '/11, and that·s gone: then take up the cup, one after another.and f."D¢vcrthclc[c Gentlemen,there is ene, there is c"o,and there is all tbree againc: Then cover thcm,and fay,(ee yotl Gentlemen, I will cover them all againe. Then fay noW for the fidl.thcn with your right hand cake tip the SrLleup, & with your lcft hand cakc tip eb: ball thlt is under it,fJyi~g, fee, I take bim out, and in rettingdowl1c the cup againe. convey the ball in YOllr right hmdunderie.then with your right band uk:~ th~blU oacofy~tJr lef] hind, Ieeme to puc it into

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The Art of Legerdemain di[co'"'Pered.

your pocket (but retaine it) faying, 'VAJe, that's gone: into my pocket you fcc, then take up with your right hand the fccond cup.and with your lefe hand take the: ball from under it, and fay, fcc, 1 take this out fair.c:ly alto.and in fetting downe the cup, convey the ball thar you retained under it, and then with your right hand, take the: ball out of your left, and [feme to put it into your pocket, (but retaine it) raying, I"beo, and that·s gone into my pocket: then with your right hand take up the third and Jan cup.and with your left hand rake: the ball from under it,and fay, here I take my laO: . our, and in feuing downe the cup, convey the ball that is in your right hand under it,and then with your right hand tab the ball out of your left hand, and

Cceme to pur itinto your pockc:r(bot reraine it) and fay ""J','-cis gone i.to my pockctJthen take up your cnps orderly,faying, Gentlemen, here is one you fee, here istwojlnd here Is all three again;and in fcuing downe the laft cup noted ~.conve1 the ball thac you retained in ,oar hand under it"

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Then take up one of the three bals with your right hand,and feeme to put it under the cup s, but rccaine it, and then fay by tbe powder of experience, I.beu. come a way when I bid you under this cup ..",tben cake up B,and fay, fee you firs, hee fcornes to tarry under this cup, but is crept under here: then take the cup .I. and they will wonder how it came thither. Then fay Gentlemen, and you fcc here is but one, and in (etting it downe, convey that in yopr right hand under it.

, then with your right band takeupthefecond Ball,and Ieeme to put it into your left band, GlUtting your lefe

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band in due time: then hold your raid left hand from off you,and pronounce there words with a ReVD&I }Ii. VDt4(opcn your hand toRing it up) that's gone, chen take up the cup A, and my, fee here they arc got both together; Then fay here arc but twO, and is fetting it

downe,

The Art oJLegctdc:~ain tliftOllered. down)convcy the ball you retained in your [isht band

under it, . ,

Then with your right band take up the third ball.and Ieeme to put it into your left hand, aad {butting i. in due rime) faying, this is my laft Ball,'V4de p4./fo &our,gi6111,( p:n your hand then, toUing it up, and flaring alier it )and that's gone you Ice, then' take up the CD p

A, nd fay, here they are all three againc. .

Set your cups then all on a row againe, and under one ofrhcm, as DJ convcigh your fourth ball which YOll retained in your hand, and lay the ocher three

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Then with yotsr right hand rake up the {ira ball, and fccmc to put it into you left band, {butting your faid Icfc hand in due time, then as if you were at dice, caft your Idt band at the cup D. and blow afrer it, .

it raying, 'lJ4ae p.s, and 'dsgone, then take up the cup

e, notc~AJand clap irupon ~~c cup D, andrn clappin.8

It

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it on, convey the ball you retained in your right hand upon ,be top of the cup D~ .

Then take up the Ieeond ball with your right hand, and Ieeme to put it iaeo your left. lhutdng it in due time, and as YOD did before: now in Jike manner (ccme to make the fame to vanitb with a word 01 command, then take up the cup C, and clap it upen the cup A. and in clapping it OD, convey the bal1)'ou retained in your right hand, UpOD the: top of the cup noted ~~

The Art a/Legerdemain di[co-pered.

Then rake one cup in your right hand, and clap it up: on another, raying; fcc Gentlemen I will fet you one cup upon anothe~, and in ~Japping it on, convey the ball you retained In your righr hand upon the top of the lo~ermoft cup: marie the figure following.

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, Then take up one ball,and Ieeme to caft it in the ayre~ and airing after itJfay, v,dt, that·s gone, then with yourrighr hand take up the oppermon cup, fay, fee here be is crept bct"eene my cups, and in clapping it downe againe, convey the ball that you retained un .. der ir. - >.

Then with your right hand take up the Ieeond ball, and Ieeme to put it into yoar left haad, Ihutting'ie in due rimenhen open your left hasd, toOing it, fay, v,de, and that's gone,theri with your righlltandta~. up the

C upper-

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'fb, ~r' of Legerdemain difoo~ereJ. uppermo(l cup. and fay, doc you fee Gentlemen, they sf arcfnug'd like a yong man and a Maid in bed togcth~r, w and in fetting it down,convey the ball that you reran, te

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Then with your right band take up the third ball,and fc:eme to put it in yoar left hand.bue retain ir,lliuning your Jeft band in due time: then bold it from you, and then open your hand,tofling it up, and gaping after it1 fay, M'Mnti{iledit, mount,fhats gone, and then take up ibccup andfiy,bae are all rhree againe. Then cover them againe.and fay fingle is nothing, then clap tbe third cuI' upon them .. faying.but double is fomewbat .

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1 Then may YOD fccme to pull all the tbrce corks out of

the fOp .of th~ upper cup, !=3pfing ~h~ to vanilb one

alier

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7he .Art of Legerdemain difco"Pered. . after anoeher.as I have fufficiently taught you before, which may be performed by that one ball that you reteine in your right band.

And laftly,take the uppermofl cup.and fet it down lirO: by it felfe, then with both hands nimbly hoRing the two other cups,fhufHe them one upon another,and the bals will not rail our.and fo it will be thought that you have pulled the three bals OUt of the benomes of the t\Vo uppermofl cups. I could teach you to vary rhefe feats a hundred wayes, but I leave that to rhofe that intend to foUow the trade.

HDW to mIke A g,eM B4/J [ttme II lome th"ugh •

. TAUt ;111,. Clip.

SEt one of your cups upon a Table. and take agood big floole-ball out ofyourpocker,and fay,clapping your hand with the ball in it under the Table,My mafiers would you not think it a pretty trick that I Ihonld

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make this ball come tborew the table into the cup:

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The Art of Legerdemain difco"Perea'

/ Thcnfomcone or other will rake up the cup to fcc if it be fo;then holding the balJ betwcene your two mid. dle fingers of your right hand.Ilare him in the face,and Cay nay but yau muR not move: my cupourofirs place, wh.le I have faid my words of command: with thar fet your cop in its former place.and in fctring it downc nimbly, convey the ball under it,and fay, Hti forllll1. "."'lfltl11lcrtJO, 'V4de cDII,agioll4: Now fcc (fay) if it be there or not, which when they fcc: they will imagine: was conjured into it by venue of your words.

Other 'VI'Y "ttly tr;ds with BtI!t.

. R Etaine one fmall ball in your hand. and lay three

other fmall bals upon the table: then with your right hand take upone onhe three bals, and put into your left hand,raying. There is one, then rake up the fecond.aud PUI that into your left hand alfo,and therewith Iikewifc put the: ball you retained in your right hand, laying, And there is two (yet you know there is three already) and Ihut your hand in due time: then take up the third ball in your right hand.and clop your right hand unto the upper part of your left arrne, retaining the ball firmcly pronounce there words: I.he8 CtItrile',come all into my hand when I bid you. Then withdraw your right hand (holding the palm thereof downward) layiAg, That's gone Gentlemen: then open your left band,aoofay, Here arc all three together, and lay them downc 00 the Table.

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TAke up one of the bals in your right hand, &put i; into your left, holding it firmely between your forennger and thumbe of your faid lefe hand. Then

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The .4rtoj Legerdemain difco11tred.

with your forefinger and rhumbe of your right hand (but be nimble) Ieeme to pull one ball out ofanorher •. which you may doe by flipping the ball that you retained in your right hand berweene the forefinger and thumb of the (aid hand.faylng, Thus by atl:ivity hove I learn'd to do.our of one little ball for to make ewo.and ;11 of a bignefle, then Ia.y 311 foure balls upon the table.

4IJOIIJtf'.

V Vlth your right hand take up one: of the balls, and feeme to put it into the left,but retain i r, {hutting your Jeft hand in due time, and fay, There is one: then hold your hand from you. Then with your right hand take up another, raying, Here I take ano .. ther.Thenprcnounce there words, Mtr,lI4mtrcu,iUl by the: powder of experience, I./;~. then open your left hand, raying, That's gone, and then open your . right hand and thew them both together.

iJgw II) m.kJ 4 f/QTlefttme II vllni!h out Df

YOll1 h4"d.

YOu mul1: have 8 aone of a reatonable bignefTe,fu(h as you may well bide in your hand, fitting in Inch manner as I have: formerly raid, that you may receive any thing into your lappe, rake this none out of your pockct,(aying, You fee, Gentlemen, here is a flone, a - miraculous fione:Will you have: it vaniCb)v4de, or go away invifibleiwhich being Iaid, withdraw your hand to the fide of the table letting thefione flip down inro your lap, in whi,h rime fiare about you, faying)chufe you whether. Then reach out your hand andfay:For~ '''"4Varia&iliJJA!ilifJljlim46i/iI III!;el,vadc.vaJt./ol$Tlgim. Open ),our band then toffing it up, and blow

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The Art of Legerdemain Ji/co1Jtred.

a blall,and look up.faying.Doyou fee it is gone. Your looking up will make them ro looke up, in which time you m:iy take the Ilene againe in the: other hand, and flip it into your pocket.

J""her.

1- Ake your Ilene againe out of your pocket, faying, here it is once againe.and I willgive it unto aDY of you tohold.and reach your hand our unto them, and opening your handJay,Loe here it is. Then whc:n .ny one is about to take ie.wirhdraw yourhand rothefide of the table.and make your conveyance as before, in

B ·1 :a d which time fay, Bur you mull promifc: mce to take it nr~g;ell~~ff~of quickly: Then wiU hee fay, I will, then reach your hand yo~ mly hand being {hut, our unro him againe, and while hee :fa:H~~~~~n Ilriveth, thinking to take it quickly, bold faa aad (ay,

to fiir and run r a'tlt "IIT4gi0I/4, ctllrittr 'Vaal" in which time you 1i~~~[r:a~~r~::l may take up the flone in the other hand, and hold it . and at laft to -Irom you. Then open your hand and faY:I Joe, If you ~hl~~ ~il~'~e canl.holda ~rctty ~affe DO faClcr~ when yow have her,

imagined to be I Will not give a pm (or your skill. .

rome F:amiliar v

t~at you deale How II maKe" Card 'l/Alli/h, 411d jiluie it

Wlth_Jl. 6gt(iflt in II NUl.

TAke \\!bat card you will, pill the priared paper from ofi'ir, and roll it hard up, and make a hole: in a" nut, and take out the kernell, and then thruft in the card.atterwards Clop the: hole of the Nut neatly with

~ waxe, this Nut you mull hauc in readindTeabout you, and when you arc in your play, call for fach a card as you inclofed in your Nus, or eIfe haue one in a rcadi. nefle, and fay, You fcc G(ndc:men, here is Iuch a card: then wetitJand pill off the printed fide, roUit up, and

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The Art oJLegerdcmain difto-,eretl.

the uruaU manger conuey it away: Then take your Nut out of your pocket.and giue it unso one.and fay

. Cracke that Nur.and eell mee if you can finde the: card there, which being found, will bee thought very . flrange.

Then haue another Iuch like Nut, but filled wirb Inke.and flopped after the fame manner thllt your 0 .. ther Nut was, and giue that unto another, and bid him eracke ir,aAd fce what be can finde in that, and fo Ioone as he hath cracked it, all the inke will ron about his moutb,which will move more: mirth and laughter than the former.

HQW tl [tune'~ e4te 4 KRift.

D Efire anyone of your fpetlators to accommodate

, you with a Knife, which when YOQ haue gotten,

hold it in fueb manner as that you may cover the

,. whole knife with both your hands,the end of the haft cxccptcd,3nd Iee the point of it unto your e:ye,and fay, fome body flrikc it in with his fift, but no body will, becaufc it.:K: (0 dangerous a thing: tbea fet your hands upon theedge of the Table, and looking about you, fay, why what will no body ftrike it in.in which time let the knife flip downe into your, lap. Then nimbly make as if you chopt it baRily into your mouth, or to

\ hold itiB one hand,and {hike it in with the other (but nimbly) then make tWO or three Iowre faces, raying, Iome drinke, fome drinke : or elfe you may fay, now fome one put \lis finger in my month, and pun it out r>, againe;fo.mc will fay haply yQU will bite me, fay, no I "ill alfure you .Then when be hath put his finger into your mouth,he will putt it o11t)&[a" here is nothing, (this time is fufficicnt to conuey the Knifcout of }'9Dt

lap,

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IIp into your pocket) fay againe, why, you have your finger out agaiae, did you thinke to pull the: knife out? it that fhould be in my mouth, it would kill mee, The knife is here in my pocket, and witb that rake it OUt, and deliver it againe.

Hew tlr4!' W4g '" the Imllckles.

TA,kc: a ball and lay it on the Table, and holding a knife in one hand by the bJade,dcfire fome body to rake the Ball that is upon the: Table,& Jay it upon the haft of the knife, pretending that you will blow it thence: invifibly, and when he is laying it on, take bim a good rap on the knuckles.

How tl (eeme tD jiv4UDW41,,'g pMJJi"g 11I4dt o!Tiline.

- THis Pudding mull be made oCTin. it confillcth of

twelve little: hoops made Tape-wife, forhat they may almof] fall one thorow another, and have a piece of Canvas ryed over the biggcft end thercof,to the end it may not burt ,our teeth by haRily clapping it into your momh, The figure whcrc:offollowe!&,andis mar •

. ked with tbe lecrers A A. " .

bold this Pudding (for fo it is called) privately in YOar , left hand with the Canvas end uppermofl, and "itb your right band take a Ball out of your pocket, and

lay,

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fay, 1/ there he .. »y M a,d thllt hath loft her 11I4idtll. bettJ,or lid WDm,,, th.t's h4/ft lilt ifCdllUil with her ft_I{t, ·betl.jt ber nligh~l).rJ deerne her nit fo y81Jg M fJe wlMIa witlingl] feeflle tl iJe,. let her &l1I1e 111110 ",tt, for Ihil h~O is prejtnt remedy: tben Ieeme to put the Ball into your left hand.but let it flip into your lap,and clap yeur pudding into your mouth, w bicb will bee thought to be the Ball you lbcwcd thenn Then incline your head. and open your mouth, and the pudding will flip downe at its full length , which with your right band you may Llrikeup into you~ mouth again~ do thus three: o,r foure times one after another ,and the Jan time you may difcharge your mouth of 'it into your hand,andc1apit into your lap without any fur· pition.fo th .. t you make two or three Iowre faces aftcr

it, as if it Rucke in y~ur throat, and if you praClife to' • fmite calily with your fin Oil each fide of your throat, the Pudding will fcemc to chinke as if it were lying

in yourrhroae Then fay rhusJtbcy (wallow' uddings

in high Dutch land, 'hey flip downc their tb[oats before their teeth can take pofTefIion of them,

HIf» II fitmt II CMt ,nelllo[e h41fo 'If.

FOr the cffctling of this featc,you mun have a knife: for 'he nonce, made with I gap in the midi of tbe blade,a! it is demonflrated in the following figure nOot ted with the letter A..

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Note that in You mull conceale the norch with your finger, and ' Iuch feats" tben wring it over diC fleChr pa c of your nofe, and ~::~~a~:r~o your nare.will ktmt as it were halfe cue off with the hafe a piece of knife.

fpunge with rome {he epes bloud in it to be retained privately.

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YOU thuA have like ire for the dfellingof this de. lufion,an Implementon purpo(c.T'Plcfigure wherof followeth. It maybee made of two cider Ricks, thruiling out the pirh, nd afterward 'glued together, the ends whereof muil have a piece of corke cut hollow and glued over them: then mull there be a little whipcord pac chbrow them, the ends whereof mull come oue at tw~ holes made: on the outwArd fide of .

ach elder ft-icke.

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,{ Put this Trinket over the fldhie I r.of jour nofc, then pul cne end ofrhe ropc,antJ afrerwards the orber, _ and it will be thought thac the rope (Qmmclh quite

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YOa mull have for the performing of this feaee, di- .. ' &1 t rl vers counters having holes cut out of the midll of 1,· (. them,then they mufl be glued together (0 many of them as tbey may make a cafe (ufficient to eontaine a Die: then glue sw.e whole couater upon the top of them, and have a bose made of white Tinne to fit' them, but let it be deeper than the glued pile of Connters; :11[0 make a cover for this boxe, Firll, -purinro

. the boxe three leofe counters, then put in the glued pile of counters with the hole upper-mofl.then put into the hole a Die, and lafily three other loofe whole Counters, and cover it. Draw this bose ofCounrers, and liy, Gentlemen, here is a bexe of Barbaric gold, it was left me as Q Legacie by a decesfed friend, upon condition I fhould employ it well and honeflly.Now firs it was my fortune as I was travelling, to be benighted, aad fo forced to Ieeke for lodging, and as it happened, I tooke into an houfe of entertainment, where caIling for my Ofielfc, I drew my {locke, and raid, whar muf] I give you mine CaciTe: for my meat, drinke, and lodging this night? My friend, quoth Ihe, you mun give me three French Crownes; with that I uncovered my bore and fer it upon the Table (it mull be done with the mouth of the bex downward) tooke my boxe from offtbe counters, and delivered her three from the top)(aying, there they arejand caft .. ing._my eye afide,I fpyed a pretty Ja(fe coming downe the {hires; Sweet heart, raid I to ber, what (hat! I give thee (0 lie with thee this nigbt?, the replied, fir, for three French Crownes you (ball: then I th.uf] my

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boxe forward, and delivered her three from the bott(yoa litttllc' rome, raying, rlierejhej' are. But now raid -I to' my BOlle a lit'le Oficffe, Ondre, what will youfiy jf with a tricke I

~~~ ~:2~~;'it have.l make tbere fix Crowncs roferch all the r.ell thofroni you, the row the Table? Sir, quoth my Dlldre, you Ihall have thre: loofc'11 your mear.drlak.and lodging for nothing, and Iaid the

counters WI L a. h Ih I I' uh f h' Th I

(orne forth. aue, t, ou at iewn me or nor mg. en un-

covered them, faying, but firn let us fee tV herher they be here or no.and (hew them, covering them againej Then (raking to thofeltx Counters in my hand,other 100fe Counrers I have readie. in my lap) I knocke my hand under the Table, faying,rirllJlt ftlpidil, mires»: loP. 14pidil.jMbt'(J vs de, uleritate VIde. T hen I mingle my Counters as if they came tumbling thorow the Table into my hand, afttl ward throw them on the Table, raying, there be the Counters, then I take the boxe up, prdIing the fides of it with my fore, finger and thumbe (which will keep the glued pile of Coun. ten from flipping out)and let {lip the glued Counter, into my lap, and fay. there is none but a Die, calling I the emptie box unto thcm,who Ihall have all now,my OfidTeor H

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H~TI II flUJlt II put IS ring thn_gh ,ntl c'hetEt.

YOu mull have two rings made ofbrafle, filver, or . wbat you wiB,of one bignefle.colour.and likenc:frc: raving, that one mufl have a notch cut through it 3S it

is reprefented by the figure following noted with X

.. The oiher'muf] be whole without a notch;fhcw the whole Ring, ~od conceale t~at which hath the notch, and fay, now I will put this riag thorow my cheeke, and privily flip the notch one over ose fide of your mouth. and nimbly convey the whole Ring into your fleeve, or conceale it in your right band: then take a {mall Ilicke which you may have in readlnefle.end flip the whole Ring over it, holding your band over it about the middle thereof.and bid fome body bold both the ends of the Ilicke faR,and fay,fee this Ring here in my cheeke.ie turnes round, and indeed it will Ieeme to turn round if you firoake it nimbly with your fingers: and while you perceive them to faGen their cies inren. rively upon that Ring,upon a Iadden whip ic out.and fmite upon the Ricke therewith infiantly, concealing it, and whirling the other Ring, you hold your hand over round about the Llicke,and it wit be thought that you bave brought that Ring upon the lUck which was before upon your cheeke.

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Y" oU rittiLl'have two bodkins, the one made Iikeun.: to the other to outward appearance, but let the blade of the one be made to flip up into, the haft: let the other be a true: Boakin: Conceale the falfe one.and {hew the true, after that you have {hewed ir,convey it into your lap. Then ta\( up the: falfc one, and reclining your head, ma}te as if you thrufi it Yc:ry fiiBy, making an ill favoured face all the while. Il you hold a peece offpunge in your hand filled with fome lheeps bloud, preffing it out, the bodkin being in your forehead as it Were up to the hilr, it will caufe: the more a. ftqnifhmc:nt and admiration among the beholders.Infiandy 'put up your bodkin, and take your handkercher, and wipe off tbe: bloud, and fay,IlJ6tlrvaae vlIl~ 11114 a pmtt.

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YOu muB have: a Locke made: for the nence I tbe figure: whereof followeth. the one fide of its bow mull be iiIi11l0veabJe:,3s that marked wjth A: the other lide is noted with B.and mull be pinned to the bodie ofrhe locke, as may appcare at E, I fay it mufi be (0 pinned tbat it may play to and againe with cafe. This tide of the bow mull have 3 k gge as C, and then turn into the Locke; this bending mull have two notches filed on the inner tide, whicb mull be fo ordered that the one may locke or bold the two fides of the: bow as clofe togeth(r at the top as qlay be, the orhernorch to hold the Iaid parts of the bows a proportionable diflance afunder, that being locke upon the cheeke, it

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may neithtr pinch too hard,nor yet hold it fo fleilhf- - J, that it m~J_bc di'awllC off' 5 lot cherc be'theh a ke, '

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aft~ circumllaoccs. which he (hall no Iooner dTay to do,buc you h()ldmgyo~rlot"p.riyatcly" in y()ur right hand with your fore-finger over the legge C, may prelenely flip it over the left tide his cheese, and firfgle locke it, which you may do by "reffing your faid fin .. ger a lietle downe sfier fome flore of intreatiese the Locke baving bung on a while, produce your keiby fome devicetas bv a confederate or foine carelefle per. fon) and unlocfce-jt, but immediately double locke it, for it will fceme a true Jocke,nor after fight be furpcet:. ed for other.

How II "'lSk, lt /rltze ~J the p" fi.t:

THis feate cannot be performed at every time, but onc1y in Winter, and at wch times as fnow may be had, and he that will {hew it mull have in readi, nciTe an haadfull of faft. The time ferving, and the partie provided, Jet him call for a Ioyne-Itoele, a quart por, an handfull of Inow, a little water, and a fhort fiaff, or fiicke, firll let him PQwre "aUnle water upon the 'top of the floole, and upon idee him fec the quart

. poe.and pmehe fnow into thapot,tbe (alt alfo,butprivatelYJ-fhca iet.himtiol9 he pot faO w.ith his ~ft hand, and taliethe Ihort fiieR in his right, and 'tberewith churne the (now and faIt in the pot as it one Ihould churme for butter, and in balk a quaner of an houre the pot will freeze fa hard to the aoole, that you can fcareely with both~haDd, pull it off from the fioole: there's a naturallreaton may begiven for this, which he thats a f,hQlkr need not be told, and for a common Iugler I would noC have- fo wifc as to know,

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THe performance of this tricke cODfiA:e~h in the rowling up of ehe rowe. After you have made a rowle in readincffc, call for a 'pipe of Tobacco, light ie, and take a whiffe or two, you may ftop it downc with the one end af your rowle of toW, retaining ic , priuatclyin your band: thendeliuer the Pipe [0 fome body elCe,and conuey the tow into your mouth: then blow gently J and fmoake and fire will come forth of your mouth, which you may continue as long as you plcafe by puning in more .tow as it' confurricth. .:

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YOu mull prouide yeu diners fQrts Qfltibbins. fome

blacke.fomc blew,fome greenctfome yellow: mea· lure it,lDd at the end of euery yard make I flip knot, then rowle each coleuredribben incoa-ball by it Celfe, and dirp~fc them about you,thatyou may kuow rcadi-

. 1; which to take in an inftaDt. When 'OU arc called upon for fo many yards of fuch acolour, conuey a ball of tbe: fame into your mouth,and draw it out, remem .. bring how many lenots ha~c fijppcdacyour tecthJthcn

. cut it off and deliuer it. .. f. J

BlIP tl IllAke tJfJokls COlllt inlo ,.e htJttd, h,sving p.t ;nlfJ",h hAnd 113t •

. THis fcate mull be performed with three bels, you mull put one bell into your left flccuc,then put one Bell into one hand, and another Ben into the other hand (they mull: be' little morris bets) withdraw your hands,' and privily .c~nuey the bell ~n your left h~nd, -

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into your right hand: Then firetch both your bands abroad.and bid rwofolkcs hold your hands faG, but firfi Ihake your hands and fay, doe you heare them. The bell that is in your Ileeve will nor be: knowne by the ratling,bur that it is in your hand: Then fay, bee now that is the srrantcft Whoremaficr or Cuckold of you both.Ihall have both the bels.and the other {hall have none at all: open your hands then, and Chew them,and it will be thought tbat you deale by art maglcke,

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YOu muR provide a paper book in oelavo. of what thickndre you plc:afc; fir fi mrne over feaven leaves of it,and then upon both the open fid~s,draw or paint the- pic.~urC:1 of flowers, then turne over [caven )elv.cs more;and painttbcvcry Camel dorbus untill you have turned the book onccquite over: Then onto the farrherpaineed tafcs.pafi:a litdcftay of paper or parch. menton ditetl:, ovcraMtbcr: the tutnt over the. boose againc, and ba 1ng mrne every filt lcafc,draw the piClure of flower de luces, and then pafte fiaycs of por\bment upon them as you did ~pon tbe firft; but theCe: £ta C$ mull all of them be a httle lowcrthan the form r, Then turne over the: booke againe, and afret the fift leare, thorowoue the beoke is turned, paint horns,do thus tlntill you have painted tbe book full of piaures, oncIy let there be one part of the leaves faire paper: bay'ng ehusfinllhed thebooke, when you urc it,hold it in your left hand, and with your right hand, your thumb fer upon the: parchment fiaycs,fhew them orderly and nimbly, but with a bold and audacious ccuneenaace, for thar mull: be ,be grace of all your

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Tbe Art. of Leg (dem~in difco~ered. crickes: fay, this booke is not painted thus as fome of you may fuppole, but it . s of fuch a property, that whofoevcr blo wet h on ir,ir wil give t e rcprcfcntation of what(ocver he lsnarurally addiClcd unto, and the II turne the bookc,and fay,fcc it's all faire paper.

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DI~&jlll til my filii" "Is it.

YOu mull have the figure of a man made of wood,' about the bigne{fc ofyout linlefinger, as may ap· pcareby chcfigarc noted co, the head whercofno. ted with A, moR bee made to take off and puc on at plcafurc, by meanes of a wycr that is in tbe necke, marked :with B: alfo you mail haee a cloth cap with a lit le hole ia the crOWne orir,as F: This cap muR have ~ little bagge· within to-con,ey the headineo, The bal= mull be neatly made, thac it may not calily be perceivcd;(hcw yoarman unto the com· any,faying,fec you bcre-gcnticmen,this I call my B'"1140, illl,tben filc", his cap, raying, and chis is his coar, ray -morcover,look

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The Are olLegerdcmain Jifco-per~d. l10W as ftcdfaflly on him as you can,ncucrtbcleac J wil ceulin you.for rherefoream I come, Then bold your cap aboue your face, and take your man in your right hand.and put hIS head thorow the hole of the cap, as you may fcc at F, faying, now bee is ready to goe of any mefIagc I have to fend him;toS!,in,lt./y.or whi. ther I will: but be: muLl haue fomcwbat to beare his chargcs.withthat pul out you,r nghe hand from under the capand rherwieh the body,(butprivarcJy)purcil1g your right hand into your pocket.as if you fet for mo. Rey,wbere YOll mufilc:aue the bQdie,and t2kc out your h.and.& fay,thcrc is three crowns: Now be gone then, turn the head &bour,and fay, bot he willlooke aboue him before he goes. Then fay (fetting your forefinger upon bis crowne) iuft as I thrull my tinge downe,fo he Ihall vanHh,and therewith by the afliftance of your left hand that is under tbe ap,conucy his head into the little bag within the cap: chen mrne your cepeboue, and lay, fee here hdsgone: then' rake your cap, and bold- it up againe, drawing the head Out of the lilde bag,& fay ,he; glwillll'lltt14 'lJe/I&'/lIIIIt14 ,~~i, & "hifUc. Then thrun the head up thoro w the hole of the cap, and holding the head by the wycr.turncitabout;thcn prefcncly put head and cap into your pocket.

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MAlec one bexe of Wood, Tinnc,or B!'alTe: Jet the bonome fall .a quarrer or an inch into the boxe, and glue thereon a laying'of Bulic or Iuch like graine: draw rhe boxe with the bottome downcwards, ond fay, Gentlemen, I mer a Countrie man going to bu y Bartie,and I told him I would fell him a penaiwortb, aICo I would multiplic one grainc into fo many bathels

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as bee Ihould need, tben caO a barlie corne into your boxc,and cover it with a hat, and in the covering it, tume the bottom upfide down: chen caule Come: bodie

to blow on the hal, then uncover it, and they will think Ilrangely of it. You may make another boxe of wood like unto a bell to hold fa much jun as your for. mer box will, and make a boneme unto' this bose of {boac fole leather, co thrun into the bottome of the bell: then fill it witb barlie, and thruLl up the leather: bonome, for it "ill keep: the bar lie from falling out take this box out-of your packer, and fct it down gent"

ly upon the table.and fay, I will now caefe all the bar-

lie togocoutofmy meafure into my bell, then with a hat cover the boxe that hath the bar lie glcwcd unto it,and in covering it, turne it with the barlie downeward: then (ay,firftlctus feewbcthcrthcre be nothing snder tbe bell,and clap it hard downe upon the table,

fo the \vei~ht of the barlie will thrufl the botrome downc;then bid fome one: blow hard on the hat, then take uup, "here they will rce nothing but an cmptie meafure,thcn take ap the bell, and all the barlie will . poure out. Sweep it then prcfently into yoor hat or bpi left their buGe p~ying may chance to difcovcr your leather bQuomc.

H~w" 'UA1Ji/h "lujfo foD 'IBee".

TAkea low glaffc:,fill it rcafonable fuU ofBccre,andi

take a fixpcoce and l~y it dO_DC upon the eable, Your 6nJ!~'" and renhC! glafI'e of Beere upon it, and dipping yoUt· tO~d Rlliftr finger into the Beere, fay, whether it ehe fispcnce in, ~~th;o~~ c or under tho glaO'e. Some will fay pcrhaps,it is under: greene foft

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t en ay ~ ers ee, an take up at once ot rxe pcnc¢ you :02Y doc

and g}afl'e (hold the gla[e fo tha~ both your hand~ it dcanlilyo-

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may quite hide it) and Jet t~e 'glafTc {liP. plum downe into your Jap,tben make :lslfyou threw It away.looking up after it. Then feeme to blow your .nofe, and let fall the Iixpence upon thetable, faying.1 am glad I have got my mony againe: rbue now (fay) what"', become of the glalTei' Then feeme to cake it out Qf your pocket, raying, I ~m a good fc:l}ow,. and wouJd. not willingly lofc my liquor, tben drinke It up. Tblslsan excellent tricke if it be fwifely and nearly performed. Though you fp~lIa part of'rhe Beere, it Is.no matter, neither is it any difgraec unto it, betides you may put it off very well.

How to jie",e t4 &lIt Djf II """S !Jt4a, it iI e,DIIl tile M~ "DAliiD 'IIohn Baptill.

YOo mull have a 'table with two good wide holes

towards one end,' alfo a doth on purpofe to cever the table: with, Iotharebe faid covering may hang to the ground round about the cable; alto this covering mull have two holes made in it even with the fioles of

• the table;you mullalro have a platter of wood for the purpo(e,having a bole in the bottom to fitallo unto the holes otrhe rable.asd it mull,as·alro. the ea ble, be made to take in two pieces: having tbe~ in readiaeiTe, you mull have two bOles; th~ one.mulllie ~long upon the table with his backe upward, and be mull PUt his head thorow the one hole of tbe r~bleJ cloth and an; the other mull fit under the table and put his hC3d tho. raw the other hole oftbe table, then pur the platter a_ bout his neci,to make the fight more drcad(wU to behold, you may forme fome loomeaboue the neekes of them.making (mall holes in them asit were veins, and bcfmcare it over with lheepcs bloud, putting {orne

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rome brimltone upon the coalesjfor this will make the head (cern fo pale and wan, as if in very deed it were fcpararcd(rom tbe body. The: head may fetch a gafpe or two, and it will bebetter. Let no body bee prefent while you doe this, neither when you have given en .. trance,permit aoy to be mcdling, nor let them tarry long.

S,,, II ",IIke tlJe flee of" Chiide 10 4/pell" in" pOll! wilter.

YOu muft get a ball made of wood, and upon one

halfc or fide of it,there mult tbe face of a childe b- e artificially carued: on the backe fide of this face there mun bee made a hole, but not very deepe , this hole mufl be filled with Lead.tothe end batitmay(thc ball

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Advice ",herefJ! JI" filA} d,illke, T.lI.eU/M1t If, Jrillk,rf"d .filnPArds feeme to po.rt the /4",e

• ,JIONt ofyo.r jleeve 4g.ille.

YOu muG get a double TunnclJ,rhar is,two Tunnels

fodc:rcd one within the other, (0 that fOU may at the little: end poure a quanritie: of wine, water, or any liquor. This Tunnell you mull have readie filled before hand with whatfoevcr liquor you pleafe. call for fome of the fame kinde.then draw your Tunnc:JJ,and leuing your middle anger unto the bonome of ir, bid fome

. body.or e:fe do you your {c)fe poure it full, and driokc ,it up before them.and turne the broad end of the Tunnell downeward, raying, Gentlemen, an ii gone, and' 'iq a trice tume your CcUe abeur, and in turning, pro-

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. from the narrow end, and let all the liquor oue that was betweenethe Tunnels, and it will be thought to be that which you drunke out of the Tunnell, and (0 you may perf wade them that it is the vcry fame.

"Ho", II fletllt II maK4 " I#Ilh dr,! 'III

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YOu mun have fome great tooth ina readinefle, as the roorh of a Hog, a Calle, or of an Harre; this you mull: retainprivarely in your right hand.and with the Iame hand take out of your pocket a (mall corke bal,and having ufed fome Rheeorick to perf wade them that it is offome escellenrproperty.incline your head, and therewith touch Iome one: of your farther teeth, and immediately let the tooth that you held in your band drop downe, raying, and this is the: falbion of Mountebanks, Touch and take. ,

vd",ther tsn&eil to prlC.re Ilfllghur.

TAke: your-ban in one hand, and the tooth in tbe: other, and fttetch your hands as farre as ),ou can one from tbe other, and if any will, lay a quart of winc witb him that ),ou will not withdraw your hands.end yet will make: both of them come into either hand which tbe:y pleafc: : It is no more: to do,than to la, one do"ncupoft the Table, and turne )'OUf reUe round, asd take: it up with the other hand.and your wager is won, and it will move no fma1l1aughtcr rofee a foote fo lore his money.

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n, At, o/Legcraemain difltJ'tJereJ.

H~'" " m.i, tw, er th,tt I~gtl J'fltl

MplIJ II jJ4 Jfo .'

PRovide a good thick Gaffe about two yards long, . three parts wherof ought to be made rcoop~. wile, or halfe hollow, like a bafiing ladle, the fourth part moft ferue for the handle. Arrhe end of the fcoope mufl be made a hole.and therein PUt a broad pin about the length of an egge.and it is done.Refl the handle of this GatTe again£} YOUI right rhigh.nnd hold It with your right hand ncere [0 r(,c be.gUlnitigo( the Icoope, l:iy an egge then into the (coop of the II afic,and rurne your Ielfe round, bearing the tlaffe now up, and anon downe, with the Iccope fide of it alwayes upward, fo the (8 will rumble from one end of the (coop unto the other, and not (all out. After rhc fame manner m:ty you make two or three 'gges by a little prih~tice to wamble one after another.

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DEliver one: peece of money ~·j,h your left hand unto one.and to ~ Iecond perlon ano: her .snd cf. fer a third to another, for he feeing the other receive money, will hoe lightly refufc it: when be otTcrctb to tilkc it, you may r~p him on the fingers with a knife, or Iomewhatelte held in your right hand, f:ayiDgtbat ,oukn~w by venue of your /;'fit14 ?;mim, thac hoe l11can (0 have kept it fro,Ql yOQ~ .

Bon;" KlJiI 4n 1;'rd k,,'t Up61J 4 hanJktrehtr, '17a"

fteme to NTJlJ, the fame with w()rds.

MAke one plaine loofc knot. with the two corner

. ends of a handkercher, and (((ming ro draw the

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The'Xn oJLegctdcmain dijeo'tJwetl.

fame very hard, hold faa the bod, of the faid hand. ' kcrchcr (neere to the knot) with your right hand, pulling the contrary end with the Jeft hand, which is the corner ofthae which you hold. Then cloze up bandfom~ly the kaor, which will bee yet fomewbat. loofe , and pull the hsndkercher fo with your right band, as the left hand end may be: neere to the knot: then wiJJ it feeme to bea trueand fir me knot. And to make it appears more: affuredly to be fo indeed, let a ftranger pull at the end which you hold in your lete hand, whilefl you hold fall the other in yQur rigbt hand; and then holding the knot with your fore-finget and thumbc, and the nether part of your hand. kercher with your other fingers, as you hold a bridle

. when you would with one: hand flip up the knot and lengthen your reines, This done, turne jour handiercher over the knot with the left hand, in doing whereof, you mull fuddenly flip out rbe end or corner, putting up the knot of your bandkercher with your forefinger and tbumbe, as you would put up the forefaid knot of yeur bridle. Then deliver t e (arne (covered and wrape within the midll of your handkercher) to one to hold faft, and afcrr the pronunciation of Iome words of Art, and wagers laid, take the hsndkercher and {bake ie, and it will be losfe •

.4 lIotAhltfi't ofFAfl 4JlJ Lbl(e; 1J4meZy,t, p"lllhue ~t4dfFO'ItS (rom '{fA Cord,_hileY'1I hlld/llft

the tnds there if, withllli rC1IIDving

of '0'" bAnds.

TAke two title whipcords of two foot long a piece, double them equally, (0 as there may appcarc foureeads, Then take three great beadflones, the hole

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T hI .,Ir' cifLegerdemain tJiflo""rei.

of the one ofchcm being bigger than the reft; and put one beadflone upon the eye or bought of the one cord, and another on the other cord: then take the aone: with the greatef] hale, and let both the bowts be bidden therein e which m.ay be: the better done, if yeu put the eye of the one into the eye of the other. Then pull the middle bead upon the famc:,being doubled ovc:r his fellow, and fo will the beads ((eme to be put over the two cords without partinon. for holding taR in each hand the two ends of the two cords, you may tofle them as JOu lifl.and make it (eeme manikfi to the beholders , which may nor fcc how you have done it, rh.u ,be beadflones arc: put upon the cord "irhQut fraud: Then mull you Ieerne to adde more eifeauaH binding of thole beadflones to the firing, and make one haiti: of a "not with one of the ends of each fide, which is- for no other purpofe, but that when the Bead flones be taken away, the cords may be {eene in the cafe whicb the beholders Iuppofe them to be in before. For when you have: made your halte loot (which in :(ny wife you may nor double to make a perf ell: knot) you mutt deliver into the: hands of fome Rander by, tbo(c two cords, namely, two ends evenly fetin one hand, and two in the other, and then with a wager and rearmes of Au. begin to pull off your Bea.J· flones, which if you handle nim bly, and in (he end caufe him to pull his two ends, the two cords willlhcwto bcplacedplainly,and the Bcad·Rones to have come thorow the cords.

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n, Ar# o/Legerdcmain dijef-"r,d. 'I,611'Jle 4Ihrtetl,'11t1 II mAke it wh,le 'g,illt ",itb

'he "jlus thertif.

TAke two Threcds or fmall Laces, of one foot in length a piece.ro wle up OM of them round, which will be rhen ofthequantity of a peafe.beflow the fame berwecne your left tore-finger and your thumb. Then take the other rhreed and bold it forth at length, betwixt rbe fore- finger and thum b of each hand.holding

all your fingers diintily, as yong Gentlewomen are taught to take vp a morfel o~ meat. Then let one cut a- . (under the fame rhreed ia the middle ; when that is done, put the tops of your two thumbs rogether.and

fo Ihall you. with lefle (ufpition receive the piece of ehreed which yon hold in your right hand unto your, lefr,without opening yOlK' left finger and thumb.then holding thele two pieces as you did the fame: before it was cur, let rhefe twobe cut alto afiinder in the midft, and they conveyed as before, untill thGY be cut verie Ihorr.and then rowlc all thole ends rogerhcr.and keep that ball of Ihort rhrceds before tho other in your left hand,& with a knife rhruf] out the fame into a candle, where you may-hold It unull the faid ball of Ihort threeds be burnt to afhes. Then pull 9.3Ckc the knife with your right hand, and leaverhe allies with the 0" ther ball betwixt the: fore finger and rhumbe of your

. left band.and with the two thumbs and two fore. fin .. gers together, feeming to take paines to rub the allies, . untill your tbrec d be renued.and dra w out that threed

at length, which you kept all this while betwixt your fore-finger and thumbe. If you have Legerdemain to beflow the fame ball of rhreed , and to change it from place to place betwixt your two fingers (as may be eafity done) then will i~ Ieeme vcry ftrangc.

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T, &lJI tI LIS&t 4fonder in Ihe .'11ft, •• " II ",Aie;1

wh,le 4g4;luo

PRovide a piece of the Lace which you meane to cur.or at the leaR a patterne like the fame, one inch and a halfe long.and keeping it double privily in your left hand, betwixt fame of your fingers aeare to the tops thereof take the other Lace which you meane to cur,which you Dlay hang about ones neckc,& dra downe your raid left band to the bought thereof: and puning your owne piece a little before the other (the end or rather the middle whereof, you mult hide be. twixt yosr fore-finger and thumb) making the eye or bought which {hall be Ieene of your patteme.lee {orne Rander by CUt the. fMne afunder, and it will be rurely thought that the other Lace is cur; which with words and rubbing and chafing it, you Ihall feeme to renew and make whole sgaine. This,i( it be wei handlcdJ.iIl feemc miraculous,

How I~ fttme foJdenly I,mele a piue o_fCoyne

with words.

YOu mun have a bose made of brafTe or Crooked Lane plate, a double bore, and not above five quarters of an inch deepe : in the midLl muf] be the bortome, and both ends mult have covers to come over them. This boxe might be fo neatly made, rbat each lid might have :I Imall bolt artificially contrived (which though I could make my Ielfe neither by words nor figures I can defcribe) whereby the lids of tbe boxe might be locke faft on, that none but malh:r Iugler himfdfe knows readily to open. In one end of this boxe have al wayes in readincfTc a tc(e~blance of .

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The Att of Legerdemain dijc,.,ered.

The Art oJLegetdemain dijCo-.,erld

moulten filvet which you may camy make by mix"; ing an equall quantitic oflinfoyl and quickfilvcr roge. rher, which you (ball thus do: Fjrll put your linfoyl in a crucible or GoJdfmiths melting pot~ melt it, aRd ' then take it from the fire, and put in your quickfil ver, and Clirre bot~ well together, and it is done. Now the one end @fyourbox being re di fijrntfbe~ herewieb, borrow a piece of coine of rome onl: in the companie, willing hi D give it fome private marke whereby he may know i ilg3ine to be his owne, then put it info the other end of the box.in the bottome whereof you may have a ltttle wa:xe to keepe it from ratting. ThIS you may feeme by verrue of words to melt his monie, and afterwards to gi VC: it againe to the partie whole as you received it from him •

.A de'Vict wbtrtby you m4y draw {tmdrit liquors o.t If one {(ePling vefJeil) fill mJJich (b4l1 te pili in 4t une

hDle, and all drlHVm 0111 oJi1t1othtr.

YOU mull C;JUre a vdfel1 of an indifferent bigndTc to be made in forme of 3 Tunne, having two p rtitions, [0 there will be three feverall parts : A B fig i· fieth the firfl, CD the fct;;ond,-and E F thcthird,upoh the top of this Tunne mun bee fall nailed a p~ece of wood turned round as G H, in the center whereof mun be ereCted a fiite,whofe top muG be made into a Icrew, in this wood muft slfo be made three h-~es to .. wards the circumpherencc, each hole having a pipe infctrtd into it, whith may extend thcmfeluCis one of either into each vdfell, yol,l may fcc by the figure. I~K figldfieth the fira pipe which reacheth i co t\l~ firfipattAB,LM,tbefeco pi~ hat:.e-xce dlh,ie fclfcintothe fecend pa t Doted CD. NO, he third

pipe

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The ~re tJj Legerdemain di,fo,.,ered.

pipe that cXt ndeth it fclfe into the tbird part E F, each part afro muG have his vent, dfe you can neither fill nor empeie it, there arc marked with the lenere P Q R, upon the top at the aforefaid wood muft be fanned a piece of liq ored leather having three bales in ir an. fwc:rable unrothe boles ot the wood, then upon the wood liIlull be fcrued another fnoyr whereby to fill each veflel. irh a feverall liquor, V the fnours ST. brafle hit whereunto the fnout is fodered, W the: fcruc eh fcruerb this fnout upon the aile in the cur. ne wood G H. '.

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Lanty, each vefTel1 muR have its pipe whcreout you lDay draw the contciacd liquor which you may fcc in the figure, and then mul tbere be Ierued over them another plsee witb a caper vcffcll. fo by turning it about from oat bole to another you may deliver

, . each

The Are tifLcgcrdemain diflo~ered~' , eacb liquor apart whether of them ,ou plca(c,

A 't"'J jlr,ngt Irick, rPhtre~7 JIM mal fiem, 10 tilt. piete ifT Ape im» !our, p.rts, al1d mIke

it "hole 'g4ifJt wilb wfJrdl.

TAke a piece of narrow white tape: about two or three yardsJong;firfi pre(ent it to view to any that may dcfire it, then tie both the ends of it eogeeher.and take one fide: of it in one hand, and the other in the

. other hand, (0 th .. t the knot may be about the midft ofone fide, and ufiog fome circumfiantiall words ee beguile your (peCbtors,turn1>llc hand about towards your felfe, and the other from you, Co (hall you twia the tape once, then clap tbe ends together, and then if you flip your fore-finger and thumbe ofevery band berweene the tape almoll as ODe would hold a skeine ofehreed to be wound, this "ill make one fold or twill IS may appeare in the firfifigurc, where: A Iigni, fierh the: twifi or fold. B the knot, then in like manner make a Iecond fsld about the line D C, as you may fcc: by the fecond figure, where B fignifieth the: knot, C the fira fold~.A the: fecond fold. Hold then your forefinger and thumbe of your left band upon the: fecond twiG, and upon tbe knot 31(0, and the fore finger and thumbe of your rigbt band upon the firfi told C, and defire fome one of your fpctlators to' c~t all ;fundcr with a Iharpe knife at rhecrofle line ED. When i~ is cut, hold frill your left hand, and Jet all the ends rail yon hold in your right hand, for there will be: a (hew. of eight ends, foure aboue and Ioare below, and fo the: firing will be thought to be cut into foure part,s, as may be Ieene by the.third figure~then gather up the: ends that you Itt fall into your Ide hand, and deliver

G two

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71J, ~rt t)fLegercicmain dijet)-P"eJ. «woof the ends ((ecming to ralce them It rCindOnfe) unto two feverall perfons, bidding them to hold them ~~_~'~T~_~~~~~~~~~~

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faftJftiU~k~epiDgy~~~ ~cft ~aDdfinscrsupon the nvitl$ or

1he .;Ir, ofLeger~emajn difc(f"pcred.

or folds: then with your right and left hand fccme to tumble and whafall the ends together that you bad in your left band, twit} out all the {lips or pieces which are three, as you may fcc at A and B in the third fi, gure; twill them aU,Ifay, into a little ball.and conceale it berweene (orne of your fingers of your left hand, and crumble thereof on another confined heaper and after rome words (aid, witb your right hand deliver this confined heape unto one ofthccompany,bidding him to hold it faLl, faying, HuH, p4jJ41Jilide cOllr4gi. Dit3 > fi4t coni/mllio : Then bid them locke on it, who whtlc they arc greedily looking after the event, you may with care convey the ball or roll of ends into your pocket, fo will it be thought you have made: it whole by verrue of your words. An excellent tricke If ir be gracefully handled, and a tricke that .coli: mee more trouble to finde than all the refl , this I have gone purpofely to obferue, but returned as _wife: as I

went. .

A device how If) mu/liply ,,,e fice,4nd make it fieme ~o

/;e "" hll"dred or IllhoNfanti.

THis reate mull be performed by a leo ·ng·glaLre made fot the nonce, t he figure where f I have lully defcribed, with the manner of making it, which is thus:Firfi. make an hoope or phillet of wood,horn, or fuch like, about the widcncffe of an halfe.crowne piece.in tbe circumferencejrhethicknefle of thisboope or phillee let be about a quarter of ~n Inch.In rhemiddle orchis hoope faften a bouome of WOGd or brafi'c:, and bore in a decent order disers fmall holes about the bigneffe of fmall peafe.or phitches, then upon the one fide ofthis bottome lit in a piece of Chrifiall gtaiTc,

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and laften it ie th~ hoope clofe to the boetome ; then' take a qaantitic of quickfilver , and prepare it after this manner: Take. I fay, a quantieie as an ounce or two df quickfilver, and put to it ~ little f~lt, and !lirre them well rogether.ehen put to them (orne whitcwin~' vineger, and wafh or {line an together with a woodden Ilice.then po_wreaway tbe vineger.andwafhaway I the faIr with faire water made warme, then pOWle a.way the water, and put the quickfilvcr intoa piece of white leather, and binde it up hard, and fa twill or firaine it out into an earthen penne.and it will be very bright and pure, then put fo much of this prepared qtJickfilver into the philee or fOl'cfaid hoopc as will cover the bonome , then let into the hoope another piece of chriflal, glaffe fitted thereto J and Iemene the fides, that the quickfllver may not runne out, and it is done. The figure whereofI hare here under fct ; Arc. prefenterh the one flee that giveth tbe forme of one face to tbe beholders.B the other fide that muleiplietb the beholders tace,fooft as there are, boles in the mid-

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dle "'ot~ome, t~e ure hereof. I fhall not inlia upon,fince he thac IS verft In the former fca:ts will bener ccnceise

of

The Art oJ Legerdemain di[co""Pered .. ofhim('C:lie to u[e it, then my words can either dirctl

or aRiLl him, .

of Jivers prell] i.glillg ill4cks •.

THere arc many feats able to beguile the fimple, as to deliver meale, pepper, ginger, or any' powder out of yourmoythafter the eating of bread, which is done by retaining any of thele things Ruffed in a little paper or bladder, conveyed into your mouth, lind grinding the fame: with·your teeth. fttm, a rulh thorow a piece C?f a trencher ,having three holes.and at the one fide the: rulb appearing OUt in the fecond I at the other fide in the: third bole, by rearon.of an hollow place made betwixt them both,fo.as the {lightconfift~ eth in the turning of the piece of trencher.

FtalS hJcOIl.VtJ4nct of m;nty:

THe beft place todifpofco( a piece of money ~ is ita the palmc 'of the: hand, and the beft piece for conveyance is.a tefler, but with praClicc all will be alike ..

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A tllla"lt trieie ~, tr4nsfor",e "CoNnter'

. i"t,,, Gro't.

TAke a Groat, or fome: Jc[e peeeeof money, and

grinde it very thione: at the one: fide, and take two· Counters and grind them.the one on the one Iide.rhe other on the othci fide; glew the: fmooth fide of the . Groat to the Imooth fide of one of the Counters,ioyn- . ingthcm fo clofe together as may be, fpecially at the edges, which ma~ be fo filed; as they {ball feeme to be but one piece; to wit, one: fide a counter, the other fide a groat. Then takea little greene waxe, and lay it uponrhe fmooth fide of the one counter t as if do not m~h difcolour the: groat; and Io ,wilt' rhae counter "11th-the groaecleave together, as though they were

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The A t 0/ Legerdemain tlijco*ger,d. glewed, and being filed even with the groat and the other coumer.ie will Ieem Co like a perfea entire couneer, tn~t though a Ilranger handle it, he (hall not be. Wfay it; then having a little touched your forefinger and the thumb of your right hand with foft wax, take therewith jhis counterfeit counter, and Jay it downe openly upon the palme of your J(lft hand, i~ fuch fore as an Auditor layerh downe his counters, wrin8ing the fame hard, fo 35 you may leave the g cwed counter with the groat apparanrly in the palme of your left hand, and the Imooth fide of the waxed eounter will fiickc fall: upon your thumb, by reafon of the w~le wberewirh it is frneared, and fo may you hide it at your pleafure.provided alwayes thar you lay the wax· ed fide downward.and rbt! glowed fide: upward: then clorc your han d .and in or after the doling thereof rurn the piece, and fo inflead of a counter (which they ftlp~ pore to bee in your hand) YOD {hall Ieeme to have a groat, to the admiration of'rhe beholders.if it be well

handled. .

An excel/l11l/td If) malee ~ IWOptny piut IJe ptlline in YD.' haJIa,anJ tl} be paffidj"". thence

when you lifJ.

pVt a linle red wale (but not roe thinne) upon the

naile of your longef finger, and let ~Or.Jngcr put a twopeny piece into the palme of your band, andfhut your fill Iuddenly, a d convey the t"'opei}ytpjece-~F' on tbe wax, which with uf( 'OU may Co «ccsmp'ifh.as no mall Ihall perceive ir, Then f9y,Ai'~clji~::'.A%,t,hit, mel,2nd fuddenly open your band, holdrog the tips of your fingers rather lower rban- higher than I he r palmc of your band, and the. beholders will wonder

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The .Art ojLegcrdemain difto"Pered.

wbere it is become. Th n {hUt your hand fuddenly agalnc.' And lay a wager whether it be: there or nojand you may either leaveit rhere.or take it away with you

at your plesfure- \

I1,w II ,""l forme 4ny sne (mlJllthi"g int» ""other firmt 91 folding bf pllttr.

TAke a (beet of p3pcr and fold, or double the fame,

fo as one fide be a Uttle longer han the orhen'Ihen put a Counter berwcene rhe: tWO leaves of the paper up to the: middle ol the: tOP of th~ fold. holding the fame fo as it be not perceived, and Jay a groat on the ourfide thereof, right again(l the Counter, and fold it downe to the end of rh longer fide . and when you unfold it againe, the gr'o:u will be where rbe Counter was,and the counrer where the groat W3S; fo a'S fome will fUl"pofe that you have changed the moo y into a counter, and with this many fears may be done.

HoW tl cQ1IveJ mlllty ~14t ()f Q"t 'f1OMT h4nJ5 int» ,he oth(r by LtgerdcU13in.

, Flrlt, you muf] hold open your rignt hand, and -lay

therein a Te er ,or ferne big piece: of money, then . I Jay thereupon the top of yonr long left fioger, and nfc

a fome words of Art. & upon the Iudden, flip your rtght

~t band from your finger , wherewith you held downe

,. Ike Teller, and bendillg your hand a very little, YQU

~s jhallretain the Tefler IHlltherein,and fuddcaly draw.

fe, iogyourright hand rhorow your left,-you {hall feeme

~s to have left the Td\er there, Ipecially when you !hut

~e indue time your left" hand. Whicb that it may more

c:r plainly 4tppcarctobe teasly done,you IDll rake k~. ttt,

re I1Id Ieemero knocke againR it, fo as it -ilia I make a

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'1Oe Ar~ Df.Legerdemain dt"[c6'tJeretJ.

great found: but inllead ofkoocking the piece in the left hand (where none is) you Gull hold the point of the knit~ fall: with the left hand ~ and knocke againG tbe tefier held in the other hand.and it wil be thought to hit againB the money in the left hand. Then after Iome words of Art pronounced.open YODr hand, aad when nothing is Ieene, it will be wondered at how the Teller was removed.

1/1"' to .,ke ~ fix pe"te ji,,,,e 10 foil thl1JW

" 'Tahle.

YOa mun have an Handkercher about you,baving a Counter neatly Iewed in one of the corners of it : ·take it out of your pocket.and dc:fire fome bodie co lend you a tellef, and Ieeme to wrap it up in the midft oithe Handkercher.bur retaine it in your band, and in fiead offo doing, wrap the corner in the middefi tbat bath the counrerfewed in it, and then bid them feele if it be nQt there, which rhey will imagine to beeno other than thetdlerthat rhey lent yon.Then bid them lay it under a hat upon the Table, and call for a Bafin of water, bold it under the Table, and knocke, laying, y~de, come quicke, and then let the fixpcnce fall out of your hand into the water. Then take up the hae.and take the handkercher and Ihake it, faying, that', gone,

• then Ihew tbem the money in the Bafin of water;

H,w t~ ftt.e If) /;j,", .. fixpttJce ONt if4tJI,her I1141JS htltJd.

TAke a firpence, blow on it, and clap it prefently

. into one of your fpetlators hands, bidding them

to hold it faD: Then aske of him ifbe be fure he have it, then to be ccnaioe,hc will open his hand and look, Then

Ho." II deliver " I"eIllIIJ Ille jb'petlet, IInti If} IlfJfJlher 4nl,hef jixpe1Jce, .nd t mIke botb the tej1 er I

"me illtf} olle1lllnshArJd. Your finger

. muO be rDbd ,

DEI· . h d Il. fc' witb waxe ro

iver mtoone mans an two teuers even et m- you may d~.

{lead of one, (hutting his hand immediatly : then lad: him wi~h~ take another refler, and have in readinefle a piece of ouunyfufpm· horne cut even with it. Clap the: raid tefler into his ~bchard prefright hand with the horne under ir, nay ing the tops liog of ~he h of your two middlemofl fingers fiiile upon the tc:llc:r; ha~~c~ ~li e fo bending his hand a little downward, draw your Ieeme t~at. the

fi~gcrs toward you,.and they will nip the tener. out of %:~17n~w;~en bis hand,and Glut his hand prefentl Y J who Ieeling the it is not, fora piece of horne, will imagine it is the re Iter : then {j y, moment {~lC I C

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Th, Art ~Legerdcmain 4i[co1)ereJ.

Then fay to him nay, but if you let my breath go o~ I cannot do it. Then take: it out of his band agalce.and blow OD it, and fiaring him in the face, clap a piece of horne in his hand, and reraine the fixpcncc.lhuuing bis hand your (elfe.Bid bim.held his hand downc,and fiip the teller becweene one of his cuffes, Then take 'the: flone that YOD (hew feats with, and hold it unto his band,raying, Byvtrllll hertDf, 1 "iO A"d ",.",411a ,he ""nt} t, v,,,ijh Y'. h,IJ;II Jlllr hl.J, 'VAae, now lCe: when tbey bave looked, then will they thinke that it is changed by the vertue of your flOBe. Then take the borne againe, and Ieeme to caft it from yC:)tl, retaining ie,and fay, v.ae, and loon,ra, you have your money againe: He then will begin to marvell, and ray. I have not,fa, then to him again,you have,.nd I am fare you haveir: Is'tnotinyour hands? ifitbe:nottbcrc, turne downe one: of your Ileeves, for it is in one I am Iure, whe~ when he findcth it, he will not a liuJe wonder.

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he that kilTcd a pre try wench JaR in a corner,fhal have both Tellers in his hand,& the other Ihall have none, This may alfo be performed without a pecc·c of horne, wringing one te{ter in the palme of the hand, and ta. Itingit away withyour.thumbc being waxed; for the: hard wringing the money in she b nd win make ehe partie beleeve he hath it) when he hath it nor.

C01Jvey,n&tpfC4r.d, 41111 Dirt.

THere aTC a multitude of delightful feats w hieh may

be performed by an olderly pJacing,facing, {hu~ fling, and eiltting of card, u[ualJy played withall. AJfo a number of other llrange feaes fDay bee Chewed b, cards and dice, fuch as may be purpofdy made. The cards may be made balfe of one print and halfe of another; fo by holding them divers .ayes .Iundrie things fDay be prefented each contrary eo orher, For example, with foure of the lame Cards purpofcly made, and holding them accordingly ,you (hall prcfcnt eight fcverall things. Now for the Dice the cunning is in forging them, nd a rca die retaining or throwing two among three.or one with two: they mull, I {ilY, be forgedbigger towards one: fide than the other, fo that tb~ weight of 01'( fidemay draw Dp rhe-oeher. Orhe Iome may be made flatter being Iurnifhed with fuch like. And having learned to retaine them handfomelj and readily, you may have the game at command,and know before-hand what will be your cefl, and fo vie upon it too. Moreover, for the Cards there: are divers other tricks, of which rhofe that are cheaters make ccniinuall prallice, as nipping them, turning up one corner, mafking them with little fpots, placing glatTc:s behinde thofe that are gamcfiers, and in rings for the

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The Art qfLcgcrdemain difco-vered. purpofe, dumbe {hoes of fome {bnd rs by. But I will not nand on difcovcring thefe, for in this our coufe .. ning age there arc too many fo expert hercin,that they maio caine themfelves better than many an honefl man with a lawfull trade and calling. Onely take this by the waYt Thole that have money in their purfes, Jet them beware of Carding and Dicing, leG they with they had when if is roo late.As for my owne part, lie never play for thac lam fure of already: if any will play with mee upon other rearmes, I am fure I {hall loole nothing by the bargainee

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some there are that have faid I writ notfufficicntlY

of this part in the former Edition; I rather. thinke tbe caute was they thought they had too title for their money. Neverrhelefle I will to give everyone their defiredconreraand deliver my minde more fully here. in, and it may be which I moll defire they may learne to avoid the company of roaving gamdtcrs, cheaters, I meane that frequent the high- wayes,and principal! Townes and places of refort thereabouts; for they arc of the fame manner though for a worfer end. Firft therefore by this word Confederacie is meant J a kinde of Combination, or making an agreement or covenanting among fundrie: perfons for the accomplifhment of one and the fclfe fame bufinclfe: under!land me: aright, All there being vcry well knownc each to other (at Jeaft the defignc as may appeare by their agreement theraboue) do fo cOrange themfehres as if they had never feeneeachother before.And to the end thar they might performe their defigne , not giving aDY the lean fofpirion to any of the beholders, I

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wi1l give you an inllance or two whereby Ilhall give you fufficient information for the more ready con. ceiving of every particular in this nature when and

. wherefocvcr YOD fee them .performed.

H,~ II taj14 Ptete Df ""IJI} 4W.Y ,a.d II finde it ill

4nllher .,4111 mlll/h, poelut,,, pur(e.

THe: Iugler cals for fome one piece of coine , as 3 tefi(r or a lhillinBof anyone in the company, he wlllerh him to marke it wirh what marke he will,rbcQ be'taketh it and cafteth it away, and commech to his confederate (who is firrnifhed before-hand with the Jiko piece nf coine marked with the very falne malice) and bids him deliver the money out of his pocket, puree, or if bee fay the word, his mouth; for this is concluded of before-band. Now this confederate ro make the matter feeme more llrange, wiJ begin to fume and fret, asking how he Ihould come by it, till having found the: marke, he will confclIc it be none of hiS, wondering at his skill how he Ihould (end it hither: and all the: reft be taken witb a reall admiration of his cxtraordinarie conning.

HoW"l the flllnd if 4 COII"e" ,hiUi/ttl 10 ttll Wb41 /ide i4 IIpptr",ljI, whether

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THe Iugler draws a Counter 'out of his pocket'; and faith to the company, See here is a Counter. take it wbo plca(c,and let them phillip it up.and I will by my cDnningtcl1 you whether crotTe or pyle be uppermofl by the very found for you fhall hood. wjnkc me. Now there arc three, foure, or more confederates .in tbe place, wb? (~~miDg ftrangers as well as the refl

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will be very imponunate to have ehe pbilJiping it,ftnd before one of there (han have it, who by fome figne of the fingers or countenance (foreknowne to the lugler) do give him information after he is demanded. Of the fame nature is that tricke formerly mentioned in the booke, and called The decollarion of /()h" B ,-

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. To mare one dance naked is a tricke of the fame nature, for the partie beforehand is agreed to do it. and alfo the manner aad circumlhnccs: So that the . Iugler to blind the people pronounceth fundrie words

to fcch a perfon, be tben begins to rave: like a maddc man, and put his clothes off with a kinde of violent

. c:arelcfncffc, though" God knows, the party knows as well what he doth as your Ielfe that reade it.

After the fame manner fhall you know what money anotber hatb in his purre,and calling money into a pond, and finding it under a fione or threfhold in another place. AICOlO make a piece of money to Ieape ouc ofa cup and run t08Bother,by meanes of a Imall hairc faftened to the money, which haire the confederate guidcth. with a multitude of Iuch like firange fcats, which may fceme impoffiblc in the judgement of the common people to be ctfeltcd without the .. rfiAancc of the devill or (orne familiar, which for to nominate is neither nccdfulJ, nor will my cccafions permit fo much lcifure as to do it.

H,." to ,,1414. kll,,,,,i.g "'Jfo lile'IJ ex«, Df. Jogge .lId ,., pghlillg ,'ge,he" " 'f'W() 11I.jltjftS jghting togethe,.

THi, I raw once or twice performed, and to my knowledge not above. It was a lufiy YOUDg fell-ow

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that did it with a cloth can over his head which rca ched downe to his feet, all was to beguile the people, fOf he pretended that this found c_me: out of his belly; he had a full and lhong voice, and had praaifed a good while, and another man of the like making may c3my do as much. For his nofirils he: flopt with his forefinger and thumbe, and doled the other pan of his hand over his mouth as I (aw him once uDcafcd. Another man I raw at the (arne time,e3tc halfc a dozen quicke charcoale, but this is not to be attempted by every ODC : For fome cannot eare their meat very bot; others there arc that cannot away with meat except it be boyting hot, and tbey are of that difpofition, I Ihould have {;jid rather confiitution,tbat they will not fiicke to take meat as it is boy ling out of a poe with their bare hands, and yet feele no extraordinary heir.

I have here fer downe, kinde Reader, not oncly all u(uall feares that either my Ielfe have Ieene or heard of, bot divers others alfo which I am fare were never in print, nor as yet performed by any I could ever heare of except my [CIfc, and all to gi e thee thy full content: and take thus much from me,If tbou rightly underOand this, there is not a tricke that any Iugler in tbe world can Chew thee, but chou {halt bee able to conceive after" hat manner it is performed. H he do it by flight of band, and not by an unlawfnll and decelled means. That there are fuch it is not to be doubt. ed of, that do worke by unlawtull meanes, and have betides their owne natur~l endowments the aHilloncc: of fame familiar, .. hereby they many rimes effect-fuch miracnloue things as may well be ad ired by whom Ioever (hall either behold or heare tel] I them, I could give an infiance in one: whore. father while he lived

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was the greaten Iugler in llng/,nd, and ufed the af, fiUance of a familiar; he lived a Tinker by trade, and ufed his feates as a trade by the by'; he lived, as I was informed, aJwaycs berotterd, and dyed, for ought I could heare, in the fame efiatc" I could here, as 1 have' illtlancc:d in this man, (0 give you his name, and where he liverh.bur bccaufc he bath leftthe bad way, and chofe the better ,becau(e he hath amended bis life, and berooke himfelfe to an honef calling.I will rather reioyce at his good, then do him any the Jean difgrace by naming him to have beene Iuch a one. If here be any aske my name, let them know I am not bound to tell them. If they aske why I have writ this pamphlet, Tis to delight them: Jet them excufe me for the one, and thanke me for the other :and it may be.i! time will .givefo much Iesfure, I (hall hereafter (pend my wits upon fome better fubietl.

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