The History of Dice and Card Play in Saint Paul's Cathedral

One of the earliest pieces of this type of literature was a pamphlet published during mary's reign by a man named gilbert walker. The book is structured as a dialogue between two men, one of them casually strolls through saint paul's cathedral when he is approached by another man who turns out to be a cheat. They strike up a conversation, and cheat proceeds to explain some of the terminology and tricks of the trade employed by dice and card players. Now the fact that walker set this encounter and dialogue in saint paul’s cathedral in london is very notable. Criminals tended to hang out wherever there were crowds, and there was always a crowd saint p