Taylor, B.A., published by John Camden Hotten, London, gives the history of this “Cards Spiritualized or, the Soldier's Almanac, Bible and Prayer Book” often in short as “Soldier’s Bible” S.: The History of Playing Cards with Anecdotes of their use in Conjuring, Fortune-telling and Card-sharping ©1865 by Rev. Mathie & Lockore: The Kilmarnock Mirror, and Literary Gleaner, consisting of Essays, Moral Tales, Poetry and a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces, Adapted for Instruction and Amusement by the Kilmarnock Press p 269 The Cards Spiritualized offers Richard Middletown story again. OCLC records 2 institutional holdings, neither in the United States. Chatto goes on to quote the entire text of the piece, stating his source as this very Catnach broadside. noting its first publication believed to be Brussels, 1778, with many subsequent editions, usually in chapbook format. The most popular, and best known, of such devotions, or rather applications, is the entitled ÒThe Perpetual Almanack or, Gentleman-Soldier's Prayer BookÓ É. ¶ Chatto, in his "Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards", states that the pack of cards has served as Òmoral monitor, and help to devotion. Illustrated with 2 woodcuts under the mast-head title, each 2-1/4" x 3-1/8". Ca 1820s.) Single sheet, printed recto only. : Catnach, Printer, 2, & 3, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials., (n. : The PERPETUAL ALMANACK or, Gentleman Soldier's Prayer Book: Showing how one Richard Middleton was taken before the Mayor of the City he was in, for using Cards in Church during Divine Service. Noël, François-Joseph-Michel & Chapsal : Leçons anglaises de littérature et de morale: sur le plan des Leçons Françaises et des Leçons latines, ©1817, Le Normant Paris even theough the book is a French book it refers to English culture and is fully written in English p 55 The Cards Spiritualized by a Private Soldier tells of the story of the « One Richard Middleton, a private soldier…” Wheble Warwick Lane near Saint Paul, p 90: Pack of Cards Spiritualized or the Consecration of the Devil’s Book, Sporting Magazine or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of The Turf The Chace and every other Diversions Interesting to the Plan of Pleasure, Enterprises and Spirit Vol The Seventh MDCCXCVI Printed for the proprietor and Sold by J. Lenormand also published it in her Souvenirs Prophétiques. Nicholson and Co, Manchester, The Card Spiritualized by a Private Soldierġ809, a similar flying sheet appeared. The Chevalier de Chatelaine, well known for his humorous French versions of English poets, privately published a versified account of the Richard Middleton storyĪnonymous: The Soldier’s Prayer-Book © by J Ross printer, Newcastle: a rare printed sheet with the Richard Middletown’s storyĬumberland, Mr: Satirical, Humorous and Familiar Pieces Prose 1795 by G. "Richard drew out his pack of cards, and upon presenting one of the Aces to the Mayor, continued his address to the magistrate as follows: “When I see an Ace, it reminds me that there is only one God and when I look upon a Two or a Three, it reminds me of the Father and Son the later of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” And so it continues.Īnonymoux: Seven Dials ©1778 by London paper, Another account of Richard Middletown story involving every card in a deck is reported to have appeared in Seven Dial as the Soldier's Almanack, Bible, and Prayerbookīras-de-fer, Louis: Anecdote curieuse et interessante ©1778 Brussels L’histoire de Richard Middleton Brought forth before the Mayor after the complaint of his sergeant and the Clergyman, he is threatened with severe punishment should no apology or explanation be forthcoming. It contains an "Account of Richard Middleton, a soldier, and why he had playing cards in church at Glasgow", taken from a: It describes soldier Richard Middleton who whips out a pack of cards rather than a Bible while attending a church service. 1474 of that collection consists of the memoranda book of Thomas Wilkinson (d.1792), a former chief constable of Chester Ward, Co. Wilkinson, Thomas: Newcastle newspaper 10 August 1776 in Durham University Library Archives & Special Collections. Baldwin, Richard: London Magazine or Gentelman’s Monthly Intelligencer Vol XLV for the Year 1776, at the Rose in Pater Noster Row, p 544 The Card Spiritualized tells the story of Richard Middletown
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