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Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

Note 28 — Chapter I · OF THE ORIGIN AND NAME OF CARDS

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"Après souper venoient en place les beaulx Evangiles de bois, c'est-à-dire force tabliers, ou le beau flux, ung, deux, trois."—Rabelais, livre i, chap. 22.

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