User:Bermicourt/Card games/Drużbart/Translations

So the earliest article I can find is this 1831 text by Łukasz Gołębiowski.

Text One - 1831 - Polish

Drużbart, gra niższych klass lub dzieci. Niema tu kozery, i kolory tylko idą starszeństwem raz oznaczonem stale, najmłodszy dzwonkowy, dalej czerwienny, winny, żołędny. Wszystkie rozdają się karty cztérem osobom. Matedorami są od góry na doł licząc „dola“ – szóstka winna, „druzbart“, król czerwienny, wyżej opisaną koleją maści, dziewiątki, z których żołędna „starką“ się zowie, tuze, wyżniki, niżniki i szóstki. Siodemki nie mogą byc bite, tylko się na nie odrzuca, do czego służą inne ósemki prócz doli, króle i kraiki żadnej wartości w tej grze nie mające. Rysuje się na początku gry taka figura (a) wspólnie składają lewy, osoby, które siedzą na przeciwko siebie, ci którzy więcej zrobili mazą jedną kreskę, gdy pierwsze cztery zrobią dwie kreski. Kto pierwszy swoje zmazał, przeciwnikom tyle palek pisze, ile im znaków pozostało. Koniecznie tu bić należy kartą wyższą, jeśli więc zadano ci starkę, albo inną dziewiątkę, a nie mając starszej, położysz drużbarta i wezmą go dolą, z obcej strony malują ci „okulary“, gdy własny gracz druzbarta zabić przymuszony, dostajesz „nożyczki“. Jeśli wszystkie wam lewy zabrano, „biczyk“ obu graczom się kreśli, gdy przeciwnicy 5 kresek zmazali, a wy zadnej, macie „kota“, jedna wam tylko ubyła kreska wtenczas macie „rożen”. Ta rozmaitośc wypadków zajmuje grających, jednych smuci, drugich uszczęśliwia.

(a) Patrz figurę na tablicy.

Zégarek drużbart to we trzech, u trójnoga piszą się znaki na kazdym boku, maże je kazdy w miarę lew zrobionych. Na wygubieniu mocniejszych kart zalezy tu, podobnież jak iw poprzedniczej grze wiele, potem i słabszemi się bierze. Jn nym razem na koniec zostają mocniejsze, lecz o siódemkach pamiętaj, czasem się z niemi kto zasadzi, a zabiwszy dolą, jedną po drugiej zadaje, iw niedostatku kart innych, na odrzucanie lecą dziewiątki i tuze. Gdyś i druzbarta tak oddac był zmuszony zegarek masz dla pamięci reszta jak wyżej. This article is cited in the Wiki version of the Encyklopedia staropolska where there is a diagram of the scoring system like the one you found.

Text One - Draft English Translation

Druzbart is played by the lower classes or children. There are no trumps, and suits here just have a permanent ranking, the lowest is Bells, next Reds [Hearts], Leaves, Acorns. All the cards are dealt to four players. The matadors are, counting from top to bottom: the “Dola” - the Six of Leaves^[a] - the “Druzbart” - the red King - the suit described above, the Nines (dziewiątki), of which the Acorn is called “Starka”, Aces (tuze), Obers (wyżniki), the Unters {niżniki) and Sixes (szóstki).^[b] Sevens cannot be beaten, but they are rejected [when other cards are led]. Eights, besides the Dola, Kings and Tens are of no value in this game.

A figure is drawn at the beginning of the game (a)^[c] Players who sit opposite each other, combine their tricks, those who have taken more [tricks] get one line, whereas those who make the first four, they have two lines.^[d] [XXX] Whoever erases his first, writes so many fingers/sticks to/with his opponents.^[e] You have to overtake here with a higher card, so if you are asked for “Starka” (the Nine of Acorns), or another Nine, and you do not have such a high one, and you play the “Druzbart” and “Dola” captures it, the other side will give you a pair of spectacles,^[f] when your own player beats your Druzbart, you get a “pair of scissors”.^[g] If all your tricks are taken [by the opposing side], both of you draw a "little whip" [“cat” = Knüpperl?]^[h], only one of you has lost the line then. This variety of events takes the players, some sad, the other makes them happy. (a) See figure on the board.

Clock Druzbart is played by three, lines are chalked in a ‘tripod’, they are erased by each trick taken. Losing stronger cards depends here, as in the previous game, much later, and weaker as well.^[i] Together, at the end, they become stronger, but don’t forget about the Sevens; sometimes someone will hold them back, and after winning a trick with the Dola, deals them one after another, and because the others are short of cards, Nines and Aces fall. Once you and Druzbart gave up so forced the watch you have for the rest of the rest as above.^[j]

Text One - Questions

Comments: I'm happy down to the XXX in the text. After that the scoring is quite unclear to me although it sounds as if basic points for winning a single deal (4 tricks) are recorded with lines or strokes, probably on a slate. But where does this diagram fit in? And what are the other scoring 'symbols'? In the equivalent German games e.g. see User:Bermicourt/Card games/Bruus, they draw a series of lines, sometimes as a ladder or comb, and erase lines as they win points. The team that erases all its lines first chalks a blob against their opponents and, in some cases, if they win 'double', two blobs, sometimes called a 'pair of spectacles' (Brille). How does it work here?

In Clock Druzbart, what are the 2nd and last sentences about?

Other questions are in the footnotes...

Footnotes

^ This should say "Eight of Leaves" not "Six of Leaves" as is clear later in the text and from contemporary dictionaries.
^ So the ranking, which closely follows that of other games in the family is: Beaters or 'trumps': Dola – Druzbart – Starka – Nines – Aces – Obers – Unters – Sixes; Duds: Eights - Kings - Tens. Free cards: Sevens.
^ This is a type of cross with parallel lines. Figure 1 at the back of the book is like a noughts and crosses symbol. But how was it used? I can't work it out from the description of scoring.
^ These are probably strokes, German: Striche, chalked on a slate or the table.
^ Could be game points also chalked as strokes or a different symbol.
^ Is this like the German Brille i.e. a pair of blobs which are usually the equivalent of game points? Or the "O" in the diagram?
^ Is this an “X” in the diagram?
^ What is this "little whip" or "cat" symbol?
^ I can't work this out. Does it mean hang onto your stronger cards until later in the game when your opponents are weaker?
^ What does this last sentence actually mean?

[1] This should say "Eight of Leaves" not "Six of Leaves" as is clear later in the text and from contemporary dictionaries.

[2] So the ranking, which closely follows that of other games in the family is: Beaters or 'trumps': Dola – Druzbart – Starka – Nines – Aces – Obers – Unters – Sixes; Duds: Eights - Kings - Tens. Free cards: Sevens.

[3] This is a type of cross with parallel lines. Figure 1 at the back of the book is like a noughts and crosses symbol. But how was it used? I can't work it out from the description of scoring.

[4] These are probably strokes, German: Striche, chalked on a slate or the table.

[5] Could be game points also chalked as strokes or a different symbol.

[6] Is this like the German Brille i.e. a pair of blobs which are usually the equivalent of game points? Or the "O" in the diagram?

[7] Is this an “X” in the diagram?

[8] What is this "little whip" or "cat" symbol?

[9] I can't work this out. Does it mean hang onto your stronger cards until later in the game when your opponents are weaker?

[10] What does this last sentence actually mean?

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