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The Compleat Gamester; Or, Instructions how to Play at Billiards, Trucks, Bowls and Chess ... Cards ... Dice, To which is Added the Arts ... of Riding, Racing, Archery, and Cockfighting [by Charles Cotton].

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Henry Brome, 1674

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Contents

dinary described	1

of Billiards	23

of Trucks	39

of Bowling	47

of Picket	81

Ch 7 The Game at Gleek	90

S Whift	114

FrenchRuff	121

Beast 200 p	153

Games within the Tables 0 1	154

Of BackGammon p	156

of Ticktack p	158

Dubblets p	161

SiceAce p	162

KetchDolt p	163

Games without the Tables Ch 32 Of Inn and Inn p	164

A Pastime called The Art	141

A Game called Plaindealing P	142

A Game called Queen Naza reen 10 P143	143

Lanterloo P	144

A Game called Penneech p	148

Poft and Pair い p	150

Bankafalet p	152

Of Paflage p	167

of Hazzard p	168

The Art and Mystery of Riding Whether the great Horse or any other P	174

of Racing p	194

Of Archery P	203

of Cockfighting P	205

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Bibliographic information

Title	The Compleat Gamester; Or, Instructions how to Play at Billiards, Trucks, Bowls and Chess ... Cards ... Dice, To which is Added the Arts ... of Riding, Racing, Archery, and Cockfighting [by Charles Cotton].
Author	Charles Cotton
Publisher	Henry Brome, 1674
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	Mar 18, 2016

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