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⟨this⟩, you must go to some tinman, or any body ⟨that⟩ knows how to make your holes room enough ⟨for⟩ a die to go in and out, and then let them clap ⟨a⟩ good halfpenny upon them all, and so makes ⟨them⟩ fast, and nobody can tell them from true ⟨ones⟩; then you must get a cap to cover your ⟨half⟩-pence, a cap and a die for the company to ⟨fling⟩ to amuse them; when you are thus provided with half-pence, a cap, and a die, the manner of performance is thus: desire any body in ⟨the⟩ company to lend you seven half-pence, telling ⟨them⟩ that you will soon return them their own ⟨again⟩; then say, 'Gentlemen, this is made just (illegible text)t for your money: then clapping your cap on, ⟨desire⟩ somebody in the company, to fling that die ⟨to⟩ see what they can fling, and in so doing take ⟨off⟩ the cap, and convey your false money into the ⟨cap⟩, so that the company may not see you put it ⟨in⟩, then with your cap over the die, so with your ⟨right⟩ hand take up the true money, and put it ⟨into⟩ the left under the table, saying, 'Vada be gone, I command the die to be gone, and the money to come in the place;' so take up the cap, and the die is gone, and the money is come, covering the money again with the cap, so taking the true money in your right hand, and knocking under the table, making a jingling as though the money was coming through the table, then flinging them on the table, say, There is the money, and with your right hand take off, the cap, saying, 'And there is the die:' so convey the false money into your lap, and there is the cap likewise--This is an ingenious feat if well handled, here make the figure of a die, and the fashion of seven half-pence, and a cap to cover them.
