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The original game played with cards--L'Ombre and its successors--Manilla--The Matadores--Spadille--Nine of Money--The game described in "Cranford"--Punto-- Primero--Philip of Spain--Piquet in England--Earl of Northumberland's letters--Sidney papers--Sir Walter Raleigh--The terms used in Primero--Its Italian rules--Rabelais--Shakespeare's and other plays--Terms used in Primero--The games that succeeded it--Mawe-- Noddy--Gleek--Terms and nicknames used--Ruff, Whisk or Whist--Piquet--Its inventors, Rules, Hands--Ballet-- References--Piquet or Cent--Political satire--Hamlet's speech--"The age is grown so picked"--Euchre--"Heathen Chinee"--American Hoyle--History of Euchre--Dialect-- Bower or youngster--Euchre derived from Juch--The German words--An unreliable derivation--Poker--Jack-pot--Widow and Kitty--Poker, Patience--Rules of game--According to Hoyle--His birth and history--The story of Whist--Hoyle's rules--Cavendish.