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 The Game between the Martial braves Was held in diff'rent Cases, The Frenchman got Quatorze of Knaves, But Prince Eugene four Aces: And tho' the 'tothers eldest Hand Gave Hopes to make a Jest on't, Yet now the Point who soonest gain'd, Could only get the best on't.

From them I turn'd mine Eyes to see The Churchman and the Lady, And found her pleas'd to high degree, Her fortune had been steady; The Saints that cram'd the Spanish Purse, She hop'd would all oblige her, For he had but a little Terse, When she produc'd Quint-Major.

But now betwixt the King and Queen An Empire was depending, Within whose mighty Game was seen The Art of State-contending: The Mounsieur had three Kings to win't, And was o'er Europe roaming, But her full Point, Quatorze and Quint, Won all, and left him foaming.