B ILIACO XXXI 31 B CHRONICO XXXII 32 B COSMICO XXXIII 33 B TEMPERANCIA XXXIIII 34 B PRVDENCIA XXXV 35 B FORTEZA XXXVI 36 B JUSTICIA XXXVII 37 B CHARITA XXXVIII 38 B SPERANZA XXXVIIII 39 B FEDE XXXX 40 [Class A.--_The Celestial System._] A LUNA XXXXI 41 A MERCURIO XXXXII 42 A VENUS XXXXIII 43 A SOL XXXXIIII 44 A MARTE XXXXV 45 A JUPITER XXXXVI 46 A SATURNO XXXXVII 47 A OCTAVA SPERA XXXXVIII 48 A PRIMO MOBILE XXXXVIIII 49 A PRIMA CAUSA XXXXX 50 Having now given such an account of the so-called Tarocchi cards, as may enable the reader to determine for himself, both with respect to their original use, and their relation to playing cards proper, I shall now proceed to notice some of the principal varieties of numeral cards; that is, of cards consisting of four suits, and each suit containing a certain number of coat cards, together with eight or ten lower cards, having their numeral value designated by the marks of the suit to which they belong. The oldest specimens of undoubted playing cards are either stencilled, or engraved on wood; and of a date which, looking at the style of their execution, the drawing, and the costume of the figures, cannot fairly be supposed to be later than 1440. Amongst the earliest are the stencilled cards preserved in the print-room of the British Museum, and previously described at page 89. In these the coat cards appear to have been a King, a Chevalier, and a Fante, Footman, or Knave; without any Queen. The marks of three of the suits are Hearts, Bells, and Acorns; the mark of the fourth suit does not occur,--as the specimens preserved are far short of a complete pack,--but it is highly probable that it was Leaves, called Grün by the Germans, as in the old pack formerly belonging to Dr. Stukeley, and described by Mr. Gough, in the eighth volume of the 'Archæologia.'