Val. The Spanish does not seem to be quite right.
Lup. How so?
Val. Since the tens are lacking.
Lup. They don’t usually have them, as the French do. Cards, both Spanish and French, are divided into four suits, or families. The Spanish have gold coins, cups, sceptres, and swords. The French, hearts, diamonds, clubs, (little) ploughshares, otherwise called spades or arrow-points. There are in each suit—king, queen, knight; ones, twos, threes, fours, fives, sixes, sevens, eights, nines. The French also have tens. In the Spanish game, golden pieces and cups are used, but less preferably swords and sceptres. With the French, the higher numbers are always considered better.
Cast. What game shall we play?
Val. The game of Spanish Triumph, in which the dealer will retain for himself the last card as indication (of trumps) if it is a one or a picture.
Manr. Let us know now who shall be left out of the game!
Tam. You advise well. Pray deal the cards. This is yours, this is his, this for Lupianus. You are umpire.
Val. I would rather have you as umpire than as a fellow-player.
Lup. Nice words, I must say. Pray, why do you say so?