Origins of Cartomancy – Part Two: the 17th and 18th Century

The 17th Century 1620 – Henry Cuffe and the Three Knaves In 1620 John Melton recorded the following story in Astrologaster, or, The Figure Caster. It was repeated by William Rowland, in Judiciall astrologie, judicially condemned (London, 1652) and tells of Henry Cuffe, (1563-1601), secretary to the Earl of Essex, whose death was foretold by cards twenty years before…...

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