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The Gaming Table by Andrew Steinmetz

 CHAPTER XII. page 39

DICK ENGLAND.

Jack Tether, Bob W--r, Tom H--ll, Captain O'Kelly, and others,
spent with Dick England a great part of the plunder of poor
Clutterbuck, a clerk of the Bank of England, who not only lost
his all, but robbed the Bank of an immense sum to pay his `debts
of honour.'

A Mr B--, a Yorkshire gentleman, proposed to his brother-in-law,
who was with him, to put down ten pounds each and try their luck
at the `Hell' kept by `the Clerks of the Minster,' in the Minster
Yard, next the Church. It was the race-week. There were about
thirteen Greeks there, Dick England at their head. Mr B-- put
down L10. England then called `Seven the main--if seven or
eleven is thrown next, the Caster wins.' Of course Dick intended
to win; but he blundered in his operation; he _LANDED_ at six
and the other did not answer his hopes. Yet, with matchless
effrontery, he swore he had called _SIX_ and not seven; and as
it was referred to the majority of the goodly company,
thirteen _HONEST GENTLEMEN_ gave it in Dick England's
favour, and with him divided the spoil.

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