Chloe Russell, The Complete Fortune Teller and Dream Book

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Digital copy of a book in the collection of the Boston Athenaeum.

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Thou wilt not much for wedlock care.
Too much pride wilt make thee tarry,
Yet after all that thou shalt marry.
Accept the ring thy love doth give,
For long in wedlock he’ll not live.

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WHETHER IT IS BEST TO MARRY
OR NOT.

Don’t fear, they husband will be kin,
And it is one shall please they mind.
If he be of complexion fair,
For thee that man I do prepare.
Come, never fear, it will be well,
Or say I can no fortune tell.
Pray lose no time, for if you do
Age will come on, and you will rue.
If this match slip, you long may slay,
Then take kind James without delay.
Cupid commands thee now to do’t,
Then prythe make no more dispute.

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QUERRIES ABOUT FORTUNATE DAYS.

E. ON Monday things indifferent are,
Yet the event bids you beware.
2. On Tuesday cruel Mars doth reign,
Beware of strife lest blows you gain.
3. On Wednesday witty projects make
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