[1] Rules first appear in the 1800 English edition of Hoyle's Games Improved.

[2] It is mentioned at times by Jane Austen, in Mansfield Park for example, and by Charles Dickens.

A 52-card English pattern pack is used with cards ranking in their natural order, Aces high.

If the trump determining card was an Ace, the dealer wins immediately.

The game is mentioned in several books, both from the period and in later historical novels: