A Mons. De Brainville invented at Lyons, about 1660, a pack of Heraldic cards, in which the Aces and Knaves, "les As et Valets," were represented by the arms of certain princes and nobles. Now as this was evidently a breach of etiquette and a derogation of heraldic nobility--Mons. De Brainville, like Mr. Anstis, does not seem to have rightly understood his own "foolish business"[179]--the plates were seized by the magistrates. As it appeared, however, that he had given offence through pure inadvertence, and not with any satirical intention, the plates were restored to him on condition of his altering the odious names of "As" and "Valets" into Princes and Chevaliers. In 1678 Antoine Bulifon carried the same kind of cards to Naples, where Don Annibal Aquaviva established a society to play at Blazon, under the name of "Armeristi," with the map of Europe for a device, and the motto, "Pulchra sub imagine Ludi."[180] About the same time that Heraldic cards were introduced into Naples, a pack of the same kind as these of Mons. De Brainville were engraved in England. In these cards, specimens of which are given in the annexed plate, the honours of the several suits are thus represented. Each of the cards representing a Knave, is marked P, for Prince; and a stamp appears on the Ace of Spades. CLUBS. KING, by the arms of the Pope. QUEEN " King of Naples. PRINCE (Knave) " Duke of Savoy. ACE " Republics of Venice, Genoa, and Lucca. SPADES. KING " King of France. QUEEN " Sons of France, the Dauphin, Duke of Anjou, and Duke of Orleans. PRINCE " Princes of the Blood--Bourbon, Berry, Vendome, and Alençon. ACE " Ecclesiastical Peers--Rheims, Langres, and Laon. DIAMONDS. KING " King of Spain. QUEEN " King of Portugal. PRINCE " Castile and Leon. ACE " Arragon. HEARTS. KING " King of England. QUEEN " Emperor of Germany. PRINCE " Bohemia and Hungary. ACE " Poland. In the annexed specimens, which are of the same size as the originals, the honours represented are the King of Clubs, the Queen of Hearts, the King of Diamonds, and the Ace of Spades. The arms of the Pope, representing the King of Clubs, are those of Clement IX, who was elected 20th June, 1667, and died 9th December, 1669.