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.