the other who had in his Hand a Pair-Royal of Kings, and, as afterwards was discovered, had, thro' the Imprudence of the Dealer, cafually seen an Ace or two given about to other Gamesters, thinking himself also as fecure as poffible, anfwers with a Crown; his Antagonist then fets Half a Guinea, and the Oppofer, immediately a whole one, and vying with each other, till the fame amounted to Ten Pounds, when as ill Fate, for one of them, would have it, a too curious Impertinent, of the Female Kind, who fat next to him that had the Aces, having a furious Itch upon her to know whether his repeated Brag was upon a fure Foundation, or not, could not forbear covertly peeping into his Hand, and at the View was fo furprized, that on a fudden fhe, by a violent Shriek, gave the Gamefter, with the Pair-Royal of Kings, Warning of his unavoidable Lofs, giving him Reafon to ceafe the Brag, and thereby lose the Game.

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GLEE K.

UCES and Trays must be caft out as ufelefs in this Game; then lifting for the Deal, the leaft Card deals. It is played but by three Perfons only.

The Dealer delivers the Cards by 4, till every one hath 12, and the reft are laid on

the

the Table for the Stock, being in Number 8; whereof 7 are bought, and the Ace is turned up; the turned up Card is the Dealer's; and if it be Tiddy turned up, is 4 a-piece from each to the Dealer.

The Ace is called Tib, the Knave Tom, the 4 of Trumps Tiddy; Tib, the Ace, is 15 in Hand, and 18 in Play, because it wins a Trick; Tom the Knave, is 9, and Tiddy is 4, the fifth Tower, and fixth Tumbler; which, if in Hand, Towfer is 5, and Tumbler 6, and fo double if turned up, and the King and Queen of Trumps is

3.

The eldeft Hand bids for the Stock, in Hopes of bettering his Game, tho' fometimes it makes it worse: The first Penny you bid is 12, 13, and so on; if at 16, they fay, take it, and none will venture more for it: He is bound to take it, that is, taking in 7 Cards, and putting out 7 in their Stead, and muft pay befides 8 to one, and 8 to the other of the Gamefters for buying: If any odd Money be given, as 15, 17, or the like, the eldeft Hand ufually claims it, or else it is given to the Box; but if he have Murnival, Gleek, or Tiddy in his Hand, after he hath taken in the Stock, he bates for them all, and fo poffibly may gain by it, if he have a good Hand, and pay for his buying 2.

Obferve, if Tib be turned up, it is 15 to the Dealer, in reckoning after Play; but he

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must not make use of it, in Play, being the Trump-Card; for then it would make him 18, because it wins a Trick, which is 3

more.

Next you speak for the Ruff; and he who hath most of a Suit in his Hand wins it, unlefs fome of the Gamefters have 4 Aces, and then he gains the Ruff, tho' you have ever so many of a Suit in your Hand. If any wins a Ruff and forgets to fhew it before a Card is played, he loses it; and he who shews any for a Ruff after, shall have it.

The firft, or Eldeft fays, I will vie the Ruff; the next fays, I will fee it, and the third, I will see it and revie it: I will fee your Revie, fays the first, because he hath as many in his Hand as another; the Middle probably fays, I will not meddle with it; then they fhew their Cards, and he who hath most of a Suit, wins a Stake, according to the Game of him that holds out longest, and 4 of the other, who said he would see it, but after refused to meddle with it; but if any of the 3 Gamefters declare that they have not any Thing to fay, as to the Ruff, he pays but a Stake; and if the Eldeft and Second Hand pass the Ruff, the Youngest hath Power to double it, and then it is to be played for the next Deal; and if any forgets to call for the double Ruff, it is to be for the next Deal after that.

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Sometimes one of the Gamefters, having all of a Suit in his Hand, bids high for the Ruff, and the other having 4 Aces, is refolved to bid higher, fo that it sometimes amounts to 16 or more; then I will fee it, and revie, faith one; I will fee it, and revie, faith another; that is 8 to the Winner, and all above is but 2 at a Time, as it may be, they will fay, I will see it, and revie it again, and I will fee that and revie it again, faith another, for which Seeing and Revieing they reckon but 2 after it is once come to 8; but he who has the 4 Aces carrieth it clearly, as aforefaid.

Buying or Bidding for the Ruff, is when you are in Likelihood to go in for Murnival, Gleek, or Increase of Trumps, that so if you have bad Cards, you may fave your Buying and your Cards too, whereas otherwise you may lofe all.

If you call for either Murnival or Gleek, and have laid them out in the Stock, if you are detected, you forfeit double what you receive.

Sometimes out of Policy, or a Vapour, they will vie, when they have not above 30 in their Hands, and the reft may have 40 or 50, and being afraid to fee it, the first many Times wins out of a meer Bravado; and this is good Play, tho' he acquaint you with it hereafter.

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A Murnival of Aces is 8, of Kings 6, of Queens 4, and a Murnival of Knaves 2 apiece.

A Gleek of Aces is 4, of Kings 3, of Queens 2, and of Knaves i a-piece, from the other 2 Gamefters.

A Murnival, is either all the Aces, the 4 Kings, Queens, or Knaves; and a Gleek is 5 of any of the aforefaid.

Obferve, 22 are your Cards; if you win nothing but the Cards that were dealt you, you lofe 10; if you have neither Tib, Tom, Tiddy, King, Queen, Murnival, nor Gleek, you lose because you count as many Cards as you had in Tricks, which must be few, by Reafon of the Badnefs of your Hand; if you have Tib, Tom, King, Queen of Trumps in your Hand, you have 30 by Honours, that is 8 above your own Cards, befides the Cards you win by them in Play. If you have Tom only, which is 9, and the King of Trumps, which is 3, then you reckon from 12, 13, 14, 15, till you come to 22, and then every Card wins fo many Half-pence, Pence, &c. as you played for, if you are under 22, you lofe as many.

Here note, that before the Cards are dealt, it is requifite to demand, whether the Gamefters will play at Tiddy, or leave it out, it being a Card that is apt to be forgotten; and know that it is looked upon as very foul Play

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