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HTML
<div id="test">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div><a>nah</a></div>
<div><a>this is it</a><a>nope<a/></div>
<div></div>
<div></div>
</div>
JavaScript
alert( $("div", "#test").eq(3).children(":first").text() );