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A PROGNOSTICATION UPON CARDS AND DICE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Before the sixth day of the next new year
Last Line: Whose very beard is flesh, and mouth is horn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter
Variant Title(s): On The Cards And Dice
Subject(s): Bible; Gambling; Religion; Wagering; Betting; Theology


Before the sixth day of the next new year,
Strange wonders in this kingdom shall appear.
Four kings shall be assembled in this isle,
Where they shall keep great tumult for a while.
Many men then shall have an end of crosses,
And many likewise shall sustain great losses.
Many that now full joyful are and glad,
Shall at that time be sorrowful and sad.
Full many a Christian's heart shall quake for fear,
The dreadful sound of trump when he shall hear.
Dead bones shall then be tumbled up and down,
In every city and in every town.
By day or night this tumult shall not cease,
Until an herald shall proclaim a peace,
An herald strange, the like was never born
Whose very beard is flesh, and mouth is horn.






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