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would tell a man what card he thought. This pre 

 tended learned man told me, it was a mistaking in 

 me ; te for,&quot; said he, &quot; it was not the knowledge of the 

 man s thought, for that is^proper to God, but it was 

 the enforcing of a thought upon him, and binding 

 his imagination 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 cun 

 ningly, 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 imagination ; but by telling 

 the other the card, who believed 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 another 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 



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