chance, found a pair of Cards in a corner of the window, which he himself had layed there before. Here is a pair of Cards (said he) come, to pass away the time, let us play for a pint or so; so I really took up my friend: _Putt_ was the game; I won of him two or three pints, and ever and anon I would drink to the stranger, so that now he began to be warm’d, and seemed to take delight in our play, looking over my hand, and sometimes prompting me to see him when he did _putt_ to me. At last my friend played the High Game, as the term of Art renders it; that is, he gave me two Trays and an Ace, and reserved for himself two Trays and a Duce. My Antagonist puts to me: I pretended I knew not what to do, shewed my game to the stranger that looked over my shoulder: he jogs me on the Elbow; I still delayed; come Sir (said my opponent) what will you do? I will hold you five pound on these very cards in my hand. I receiv’d the second jog; will you go my halfs Sir, said I? He answered me, that he would. But alas, we lost: it could be no otherwise. This so animated the stranger, that he perswaded me to play again, and that he would go the moyety of every stake. Sometimes ’twas so ordered that I won; but in fine I lost forty pound, my Cully being half. He would now give over, being much perplex’d that he should thus lose his Masters mony; but that he might forget the condition he was in, we drank round some half a dozen healths: So that now I thought it high time to provoke him again to let down his milk by some new trick or stratagem. Now did we fall to the _Preaching of the Parson_, a trick on the Cards, which hath deceived the most curious eye, and the wariest of men; with which we gained from our young Merchant, the major part of his money. Lastly, to the intent we might without any further delays give him an acquittance for the rest of his money, we drew out some other implements, _viz._ Dice fixt for our purpose, as _High-fullums_, which seldom run any other chance then four, five, and six; _Low-fullums_, which run one, two, and three, &c. By these means we sent him home penniless and heartless, whilst we drank healths to the confusion of sorrow. CHAP. LVII. _From hence he goes, by the direction of his comrades, to a new fashion _Bawdy-house_; he describes it, and relates his own success._