The third, having realized the antiquity of cards, . . .

"The third, having realized the antiquity of cards, which were in use during the time of the Emperor Charlemagne, as one can deduce from the words your grace says Durandarte said when, after that long period of time when Montesinos was talking to him, he awoke and said: 'Have patience and shuffle the deck.'"

. . . Miguel de Cervantes (Trans. Edith Grossman) . . . Don Quixote . . . 615 . . .