Come hither, Dol; Dol, sit down and play this game,
And as thou sawest me do, see thou do even the same;
There are five trumps besides the queen, the hindmost thou shalt find her;
Take heed of Sim Glover's wife, she hath an eye behind her. [973]
Trump is thought to have borne some resemblance to the modern game of whist.
Gresco is mentioned in conjunction with primero in the comedy of Eastward Hoe; [974] "he would play his hundred pounds at gresco and primero as familiarly as any bright piece of crimson of them all."
Sir John Harrington, after having mentioned prime, proceeds to enumerate the games that succeeded in the following manner:
The second game was post, [975] until with posting
They paid so fast, 'twas time to leave their bosting.
Then thirdly follow'd heaving of the maw,