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thought, (for that is proper to God,) but it was the en 

 forcing of a thought upon him, and binding his imag 

 ination by a stronger, that he could think no other 

 card.&quot; And thereupon he asked me a question or two, 

 which I thought he did but cunningly, knowing before 

 what used to be the feats of the juggler. &quot; Sir,&quot; said 

 he, &quot; do you remember whether he told the card the 

 man thought, himself, or bade another to tell it ? &quot; 

 I answered (as was true) that he bade another tell 

 it. Whereunto he said, &quot;So I . thought : for,&quot; said 

 he, &quot; himself could not have put on so strong an imag 

 ination ; but by telling the other the card (who be 

 lieved that the juggler was some strange man, and 

 could do strange things) that other man caught a 

 strong imagination.&quot; I hearkened unto him, thinking 

 for a vanity he spoke prettily. Then he asked me an 

 other question : saith he, &quot; Do you remember, whether 

 he bade the man think the card first, and afterwards 

 told the other man in his ear, what he should think ; 

 or else that he did whisper first in the man s ear that 

 should tell the card, telling that such a man should 

 think such a card, and after bade the man think a 

 card ? &quot; I told him, as was true, that he did first 

 whisper the man in the ear, that such a man should 

 think such a card. Upon this the learned man did 

 much exult and please himself, saying ; &quot; Lo, you 

 may see that my opinion is right : for if the man had 

 thought first, his thought had been fixed ; but the 

 other imagining first, bound his thought.&quot; Which 

 though it did somewhat sink with me, yet I made it 

 lighter than I thought, and said, &quot; I thought it was 

 confederacy between the juggler and the two ser 

 vants : &quot; though indeed I had no reason so to think ; 



