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2 unusual facts about Primo visto


Primo visto

A brief poem by the French Humanist Mellin de Saint-Gelais written in 1525 describes Francisco I, Pope Clement VII and Charles V (each involved in a struggle for the possession of Italy) playing a hand of "Prime" (a game similar to Primero and to the "Flux").

listing both Primero and Primefisto, and the same occurs in a list of card games in Richard Brome's "The New Academy".



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