_Spades._ King, CHARLEMAGNE, "Carolus Magnus;" crowned, and seated on a throne, with a globe in the right hand, and a long sceptre in the left.--Queen, HILDEGARDE, second wife of Charlemagne; erect, crowned, and holding a book in her hands.--Knave, ROLAND, described in romances as the nephew of Charlemagne; and said to have been killed at the battle of Roncevalles in 778; holding a spear and shield, and clothed in armour, which appears rather to belong to the sixteenth century than to the time of Charlemagne. _Diamonds._ King, Louis IX, "Sainct Loys;" crowned, seated on a throne, wearing a blue robe powdered with fleurs-de-lis, and having a sceptre in his left hand.--Queen, BLANCHE DE CASTILLE, wife of Louis VIII, and mother of St. Louis; erect, crowned, and holding a rosary in her right hand.--Knave, SIRE DE JOINVILLE, the biographer of Louis IX, and one of the nobles of his court; clothed in chain-mail, over which is a surcoat of arms. _Clubs._ King, FRANCIS I; seated, wearing the broad bonnet in which he is usually represented, and holding a sceptre.--Queen, MARGUERITE DE VALOIS, Queen of Navarre, sister of Francis I; erect, holding a rose in her right hand.--Knave, BAYARD; in plate-armour, leaning on a kind of pedestal on which is inscribed "_Sans peur, sans reproche_." _Hearts._ King, HENRY IV; seated, holding a sceptre, and wearing the characteristic hat and feather which, in modern times, are designated by his name.--Queen, JEANNE D'ALBRET, mother of Henry IV; erect, holding a fan in her right hand.--Knave, SULLY; bald and bearded, as he is usually represented in engravings, holding in his right hand a paper inscribed "_Economie Roy_.[301] ..."