sed cum omni virtute et donis illis Dei cœlestibus quibus cum optimis Regum comparari poterat antequam in vicariatum Filii ejus se
— from History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. III by James Anthony Froude
lowing effect: "In the collection of the Marquis Girolamo, at Venice, there are some cards of very early date,—about the beginning of the fifteenth century.
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto
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