This is a certain and innocent way of finding out common occurrences about
to take place. Take three dice, shake them well in the box with your left
hand, and then cast them out on a board or table, on which you have
previously drawn a circle with chalk.
_Three._--A pleasing surprise.
_Four._--A disagreeable one.
_Five._--A stranger who will prove a friend.
_Six._--Loss of property.
_Seven._--Undeserved scandal.
_Eight._--Merited reproach.
_Nine._--A wedding.
_Ten._--A christening.
_Eleven._--A death that concerns you.
_Twelve._--A letter speedily.
_Thirteen._--Tears and sighs.
_Fourteen._--Beware that you are not drawn into some trouble or plot
by a secret enemy.
_Fifteen._--Immediate prosperity and happiness.
_Sixteen._--A pleasant journey.
_Seventeen._--You will either be on the water or have dealings with
those belonging to it, to your advantage.
_Eighteen._--A great profit, rise in life, or some most desirable
good will happen almost immediately; for the answers to the dice are
always fulfilled within nine days. To show the same number twice at
one trial, portends news from abroad, be the number what it may. If
the dice roll over the circle, the number thrown goes for nothing,
but the occurrence shows sharp words; and if they fall to the floor,
it is blows. In throwing out the dice, if one remains on top of the
other, it is a present of which I would have them take care.