The whole pack is taken, shuffled well, but not cut, every fifth card
is picked out and laid by, the pack is gone through and every seventh
card picked out, every third card must be taken, each fifth, seventh
and third cards to be laid aside in separate packets; then each packet
is carefully examined, whether the significator is amongst those
withdrawn. If not, he or she must be abstracted and placed at the
extreme end. Now the third pack is laid out in a row, the second next,
and the first last, and all that is hidden is said to be shown you,
counting three, seven and five from each row, beginning with the
significator. Now two are taken from end to end and read till twelve
are obtained; they are put on one side; then the rest are gone on with
from end to end until all are exhausted. Then they are all taken up,
including the twelve that were put aside, shuffled, the two first and
last are taken off. These three form "the surprise"; then parcels of
four are dealt, beginning with the first; they are all read in
rotation and the small "surprise" last.