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Compleat Gamester:

In THREE PARTS.

CONTAINING,

I. The COURT GAMESTER: Or, Full and Eafy Inftructions for playing the GAMES of WHIST, OMBRE, QUADRILLE, QUINTILLE, PICQUET, and the Royal Game of CHESS. II. The CITY GAMESTER: Or, True Manner of playing the most usual GAMES at Cards viz. ALL-FOURS, CRIBBIDGE, PUT, LUE, BRAG, LOTTERY, &c. With feveral diverting Tricks upon the Cards; alfo Rules for playing at ALL the GAMES both Within and Without the Tables; and at English and French Billiards: With the LAWS of each Game annexed, to prevent Disputes.

III. The GENTLEMAN'S DIVERSION: Or, The ARTS of RIDING, RACING, ARCHERY, COCKING, and BOWLING.

First Written for the Use of the Young Princeffes, By RICHARD SEYMOUR, Efq; And now carefully revised, very much enlarged and improved, agreeable to the prefent Method of playing the feveral Games,

By CHARLES JOHNSON, Efq;

The EIGHTH EDITIO N.

LONDON:

Printed for J. HODGES, at the Looking-Glafs, facing St. Magnus-Church, London Bridge, 1754.

[Price Three Shillings. ]

ENGLISH SCHOOL

LIBRARY,

OXFORD

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norant of the Games in Vogue, would be reckoned low-bred, and hardly fit for Converfation.

Therefore I have taken the Pains to compile this little Treatife, in order to teach the principal Court Games, viż. OMBRE, PICQUET, and the Royal Game of CHESS.

I think the Method laid down is fo plain and easy, that a Perfon of a very common Capacity may quickly learn thefe moft entertaining Games.

First, As to OMBRE. This Game is variously played, according to the Humours of the Company, or the Stakes they play for; therefore, that the Reader may not be ignorant of any Part of it, he will find it here described in all its Branches: And we have reduced it to Chapters, or Heads, that he may not be puzzled, by running from Article to Article, without Method.

It may be objected, perhaps, that we enlarge in fome Places upon Things that have been touched on before: But it must be confidered, that this Treatife is wrote in Favour of those who have no Notion at all of the GAME; and to thefe, we conceive, nothing can be made too plain. Befides, it will be found, that we never speak of a Thing a fecond Time, but where it has not been fufficiently explained before.

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