Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

by William Andrew Chatto

"Braulers, lyers, getters, and chyders,

Walkers by night, and great murderers,

Overthwarte gyle, and joly carders."

In the morality of Lusty Juventus, written by R. Wever, in the reign of Edward VI, Hypocryse says to Juventus, whom he invites to breakfast:

"I have a furny carde in a place,

That will bear a turne besides the ace;

She purvoyes now apace

For my commynge."

From a subsequent passage it appears that this "furny carde" [127] is the naughty woman, "litle Besse," the personification of "Abhominable Livyng."