Pope Julius (game)
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Pope Julius, or Pope July, is a gambling
card game
of the 16th century for four or more players. Players included King Henry VIII
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Very little is known about the game, and its existence is known to be attested only by three written sources, those being:
Gambling
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card game
Card game
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of the 16th century for four or more players. Players included King Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
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Very little is known about the game, and its existence is known to be attested only by three written sources, those being:
- c. 1521 - John SkeltonJohn SkeltonJohn Skelton, also known as John Shelton , possibly born in Diss, Norfolk, was an English poet.-Education:...
, Speke, parrot- Of Pope Julius cardys he ys chefe cardynall.
- 1532 - anon, Privy Purse Expences of King Henry VIII (30 November 1532)
- Itm the laste day delived unto the kings grace whiche his grace lost at pope July game wt my lady marquess and m Weston xvj cor
- c. 1596 - Sir John Harington, A Treatise on Playe, in Nugae antiquae (1769)
- Pope Julio (if I fail not in the name, and sure I am that there is a game of the cards after his name) was a great and wary player, a great vertue in a man of his profession