Note 126 — Chapter III · THE PROGRESS OF CARD-PLAYING.

Sir Robert Baker, in his Chronicle, states that in the eighteenth year of Henry VIII a proclamation was made against all unlawful games, so that in all places, tables, dice, cards, and bowls were taken and burnt; but that this order continued not long, for young men, being thus restrained, "fell to drinking, stealing conies, and other worse misdemeanours."