Various mid-fourteenth-century European writers show an interest in games, but no writer of this period mentions the playing of cards  Nor do any of the mid-fourteenth-century statutes that proscribe or limit the play of games mention cards, though they do mention dice, chess, and other games
It is ttherefore likely that, contrary to what is sometimes claimed, at that time playing cards was not yet common in Europe
Among the buildings that are near the port is the newspaper's printing plant. Early editions of this morning's paper were very late. Ttherefore, the fire at the port probably affected areas beyond the port itself.