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GAMBLING IN FRANCE IN ALL TIMES

CHAPTER V. page 3

`How many very eminent gentlemen have there lost their arms and
horses, their money and lordship--a horrible folly.'

In another part of the poem he says:--

Li jeune enfant deviennent Rufien,
Joueurs de Dez, gourmands et plains d'yvresse,
Hautains de cuer, et ne leur chant en rien
D'onneur, &c.

`There young men become ruffians, dice-players, gluttons, and
drunkards, haughty of heart, and bereft of honour.'

Still it seems that gaming had not then confounded all
conditions, as at a later period. It is evident, from the
history and memoirs of the times, that the people were more given
to games of skill and exercise than games of chance. Before
the introduction of the arquebus and gunpowder, they applied
themselves to the practice of archery, and in all times they
played at quoits, ninepins, bowls, and other similar games of
skill.[41]

[41] Sauval, _Antiquites de Paris_, ii.

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