THE Pleasaunt and vvittie Playe of the Cheasts renewed, with Instructions both to learne it easely, and to play it well. Lately translated out of Italian into French: And now set furth in Englishe by Iames Rowbothum.
PRINTED AT LONdon by Roulande Hall, for Iames Rowbothum, and are to be sold at hys shoppe vnder Bowe churche in Cheape syde.
1562.
LIBER AD LECTOREM.
To the right honorable, the Lorde ROBERT DVDDELEY Maister of the Queenes horse, and Knight of the noble order of the Sarter, Iames Rowbothum wissheth long lyfe with encrease of godly honour.
AS THE graue and waightye affaires of Princes (moste honorable) require men of profoūde knowledge and experience, whiche must dayly consider and easte in their myndes some good, holesome and profitable counsell for the gouernement of the common wealth by good lawes: so also muste they for recreation sake, surcease sometime from those extreme trauailes of the mynde, and refreshe theyr memorie and carefull heades with some recreatiue exercise meete for their estate. And as there bee for noble men noble pastimes (and [Page] inuented first onelye for the nobilitie) as feates of armes, turneys, fighting at the barriers, runninge at the tilt, cleane ryding of horses, with other like, whereby the nobilitie of realmes was first increased and great renowne gotten, & were done altogether with the strength of the arme and corage of the hart: so is there also for the lyke, certain other wittie inuentions of playes or games to recreate the mynde withall, and are learned and exercised not with the outward stregth of the bodye, but with the inwarde force of witte and intelligence, to the great sharpening of the ententiue partes of mannes vnderstanding, the which I will not trouble your Lordship with in numbringe them: but amonge so many as are vsed and exercised in courtes of Princes, in Lordes, Knightes, and Gentelmens houses, none (in my iudgement) is more meete for noble men, then the noble playe or game of the Cheastes inuented first [Page] by a noble Philosopher, or as some thinke by the noble King Xerxes. Wherein if I shoulde declare perticulerly the witte, the inuention, ye warlyke order, the polityke conueyaunce, that great pleasure is taken in it, of them that haue practised the knowledge of it, I shoulde seeme to tedious vnto your Lordshippe: but yet left I should pretermit the commendation of suche a kingly game, I thought it my dutie to present your Lordship with this lytle booke, teaching an order how to playe perfitly and to the aduauntage, with the names that both the French men, Spaniardes and Italians call the Cheastmen by, & also the fashion and ordering of ye chrast bourd, which was neuer before this tyme in our tonge as farre as I can learne with so good and compendious a waye to learne the same. And althoughe I knowe that bothe your Lordship, with diuers other of ye noble men & gentle mē of this realme cā play excellent [Page] ly at this game of ye Cheast, & haue as deepe knowledge therein as either French men, Italians or Spaniardes haue: yet because none euer attempted to put in writynge the feate, witte, and pollicie that is in it, and that they vnderstande. I was so bolde (hauing found it translated out of French into Englishe after the forme and maner in all poyntes as it is here printed) to choose your honoure to whome I mighte offer this simple present, trustinge that as your Lordshippe doth alwais gratefully accept more the giuers good will, than the value of the gift, the same will receyue this booke into the number of those which other haue geuen vnto your honour, although of greater importaunce, yet not of greater good will. Which I doubt not but in many thinges you wil delyte to reade, and to consider when so euer occasion shalbe offred to your lordship to playe at the same game, being a pastime wtout all tediousnes, [Page] malice, melancoly, anger, gyle, or deceit, and hath in it self a certaine maiestie bothe in the setting of the men and also in naming them. Besides that it hath formam instructae acici and of a raunged battaile the Kinge placed in the middle as is seene by the settinge of the men. The cause why, of whom, and whē it was made, your Lordship shall read in the beginning of the booke which is a thing worthy to be knowen, for that it is now so common lye vsed in this realme, as well of noble men as of others of lower estate and degree, to the great quickening of their wit and memorie. Whiche game as it is kinglye and honest, and meete for diuers sortes of men, so is it (in manye mennes iudgements) not altogether vnprofitable for Captains, Conductours of armies, and commō Soldiours. For out of those wodden men may some knowledge bee had howe to marche and sette furth Soldiours in the fielde, how to garde a King, [Page] and what forces ought to be in the sides of ye battaile, as in ye discourse of playing it, men maye easely see.
Thus leauynge to holde your Lordshippe with any longer Epistle, from the reading of the booke, I wishe the same longe lyfe in healthe, with muche encrease of vertus and honor. (‡)
To the reader.
IT may peraduenture seeme straunge vnto some that anye man should bestow his labour and tyme in setting out such kynd of bookes as this is, whereby men may learne to playe, when in dede most men are geuen rather to play then to studye. And because there may be alledged some reasons, why no man ought to allure anye vnto games: some more curious then wise wyll by and by catch occasion if not to condempne yet to disproue the trauayle and paynes that hath ben taken in this, & so thinke that either the authour or the translatour might haue bene much better occupied. Whose opinion and iudgement I graunt were true & good if it were a booke cōteinig any art of dise plaie, of cogging, or setting dyce, of falshod in carde play, or any [Page] other like sleights for the deceiuing one another or for sturring men to anger as suche games do often tymes. But for asmuch as this game or rather kingly pastime is not only voyde of all crafte, gyle, fraude, deceyt, colour, swearing, staring, impacience, fretting, or falling out: but also it breadeth in playes a certaine studye, pollicie, wit, forcast, memorie, with other properties, to make men circumspect not onelye in playing this game, but also comparing it to a publick gouernemēt, or more properly a batttel, all men as well Captaines as souldiours, may pike out of these woddē pieces some pretie pollicie how to lead or conduct liuely men in the field. For this game hath a certaine allusion or similitude of a ranged battel, as by order in placing the men and setting them forth in their marche, it maye easely appeare. The kinge is here as a king in the field placed in the middle of his armie, and hathe his welbeloued queene nexte vnto [Page] him, and his nobilitie aboute him, with the souldiours in the forfront orderly set. And although this bee but a briefe instruction to teache to playe, yet the onset beinge geuen, some other will folowe to amplifie or to finishe this ingenious and pretie deuise, that thereby the subtelties and hidden gyles of this game maye be more discouered, with the maner how to play without bourd or men walking or riding on horse backe with as great delite and contentation as if thei had the chestebourde and men in their handes, which thing is done by diligent noting the place and houses wherein eche man standeth, and whither or into what house he marcheth or may marche, euery one hauing his way appoynted him to go. And in the meane tyme content your selfe with this, for I assure you the difficultie to expresse or set out the types and figures of the men is so muche and the chardges so greate, that as yet no man woulde euer [Page] gladly take in hand to prynt them. Albeit Hieronimus Cardan' in his boke de varietate rerum, geueth a certayne forme and maner, how to set out in print the cheste bourd and the men vpon it, according to the diuersitie of the colours blacke and whyte. But he that would folow him shuld cut as many bourdes and diuers figures of men as the playe hath diuers wayes to bee played, whiche woulde be intollerable charges. And therefore (curiositie set a part) take in good worth these types and figures here presented vntyll some better inuention be founde. For I doubt not but there be in England as good heades as either Italians or Spaniards, yt can if thei woulde inuent as fine a way to plai at this game as this is: but yet when a thing is begon, it is the easier and the soner made an end of. Now thei that will playe well at this game, muste beware that they talke not with any other standinge by, nor geue eare to anye that talketh by, [Page] for then shal his senses be occupied so with other matters that his enemie that playeth against him will with his diligēce giue him ye foyle: for this game (as the best players say) requireth the whole man, and consequently all the senses. Take hede also that the by standers (whiche commonlye see more then the plaiers) do neither by signe or word admonishe your aduerse partie of any good or gaynfull draughte: for that is one thing amonge many other that causeth choler, and offendeth one of ye plaiers, but it is such a kind of choler that passeth awaye lightly, farre vnlike ye dyse plaiers anger, for he fretteth, he fumeth, be curseth, and banneth the dyse, & despyteth his ill lucke, and you at the chest, blame not your men but your selfe, so that yf you haue a mate you saye commonly, yf I had played thus or thus I had saued the mate, herein is no offence to anye but vnto your selfe, and anone it is gone. Suche and other lyke pleasure [Page] is there in this game, beynge a moste princely exercise, and full of good pollicie, and quickenynge of a mans witte. These things considered, I thoughte it no labour euill bestowed to occupie me selfe in the translation hereof, at tymes extraordinarie, when my more earnest studies and busynes were done: Thus fare well gentell Reader.
The cheastes play.
¶ The fyrst Chapter.
THE principle is to knowe the pieces, to wit, the name, the number, and the seat of euery one. As for the fashion of the pieces, that is according to the fantasie of the workman, which maketh them after his maner. Some make them lyke men, whereof the kynge is the highest, and the Quene (whiche some name Amasone or ladye) is the next, bothe two crowned. The Bishoppes some name Alphius, some fooles, & some name them Princes, lyke as also they are next vnto the king and the Quene: other some cal them archers, and their are fashioned accordinge to the wyll of the workeman. The knights some call horsemen, and thei are men on horse backe. The Rookes some cal [Page] Elephantes, cariyng towres vpon their backes, and men within the towres. The Paunes some cal fote men, and they are souldiours on fote, cariyng some of them pykes, other some harquebushes, other some halbards, and other some the tauelyn and target. Other makers of Cheastmen make them of other fashions: but the vse thereof wyll cause perfect knowledge.
(Our Englishe Cheastmen, are commonly made nothing like vnto these foresayde fashions: to wit, the king is made the highest or lōgest: the Queene is longest nexte vnto him: the Bishoppe is made with a sharpe toppe and clouen in the mid dest not muche vnlyke to a bishops Myter: the knight hath his top cut asloope, as thoughe beynge dubbed knight: the Rooke is made lykest to the Kinge and the Queene, but that he is not so long: the Paunes he made the smalest & least of all, & thereby they may best be knowen. This haue I added hereunto good [Page] reader for the better vnderstanding and knowing of ye said cheastmen).
I wil not therfore figurate them at this present: but onely in speaking of euery piece particularly, I will name them accordinge to the moste frequent phrase in the Englishe tonge. To wit, the (king beinge the head of the playe) I wyll name kyng: the Queene (being the best piece in the game) I will name quene: the bishops (being next vnto the king and quene) I wil name bishops: the knights (being next vnto the bishops) I will cal knights: the Rookes (being next vnto ye knights and standing in the corners) I will call Rookes: the Paunes (standing in a rowe before them al) I wil call Paunes.
Of the Rooke, or Towre.
THe Towre is named amongest the Spaniards, Portingales, and, Italians Rocho, whiche is as muche to say in their language, [Page] as a Fortresse, because it is a great vpholdynge to the game, also the Towres are set in the vttermoste ends of the Cheastbourd, as a strōg rampier in the fronte. Their office is not to remoue but in necessitie, and chiefelye for the succoure of theyr Kynge.
Of the knight or horseman.
THe Horseman is also named, as representinge a man of Armes, whiche fighteth on horsebarke, and his seat is next vnto the Towre, from whence he must come into battaile, and place him selfe where he may most offēd. For there is no piece in the Cheastbourd that more readily may do hurt then he, because of his marching forth, whiche is made from three into three places, to witte, from whyte into blacke, and from black into whyte, and yet he ceasseth not to make his assault or leape, although he be enuyroned, prouided that he haue [Page] roume to place him selfe in.
Of the Bishop or Archer.
IN the auncient tyme the French men named him Foole, whiche seemeth vnto me an improper name. The Spaniardes named him prince, with some reason: For (as Prince of the blood) he is nerer vnto the King and the Quene then any other of the Cheastmen. And some name him Archer, because that their draughtes draw alwaies asyde, and neuer forthe right: as it is the office of a good Archer or Har quebusier in warre: whiche neuer planteth him self right against his enemie, but in skirmishinge or in plaine fight, make semblaunce to shoote at one, and shooteth at another, not remainynge longe in a place. If our Cheasse Archer haue the passage open, he maye go from one corner of the Cheastbourde into the other. But as for the aduantage of him, or of the Knight, it is [Page] litle, and hathe therein but the disposings of the game, in the whiche some tymes the one is better then the other. Like as also there bee players or gamsters, which helpe them selues better with the horseman then with ye archer, & some other contrarywise.
Of the Kyng.
THe king is the head of the Conducte, According to the Spaniards, he hath libertie to assault thre roumes or stepps, as he listeth, yea he maye make the assaulte of the knight, so that he haue not the waye: but it muste be then whylest he is yet in his lodgyng, and that he is not remoued, otherwyse he can make no more but one steppe. Although that in Italy the kynge (yf he haue the waye open) maye runne all the length of the Cheastbourd, or may remoue a Paune, to set him selfe in his place. And in France thei cause him to make two [Page] steppes alonge his front. Prouided that there bee no pieces betwene him and the Rooke, & set the rooke in the place of the king. Beholde here his marchinges, and his libertie, prouided that he haue had no checke. And for to tel you the truth the kinge was played none otherwyse in the auncient tyme, but after the maner of the Frenchmen, yea the most part of the Spaniards and Portingales (who are estemed the best players) did play it so.
Of the Quene or Amasone.
SOme name her Queene, other some Lady, it is the best piece on the Cheastbourd, also she representeth the Kings wife. Her lodginge is nexte to the Kinges, and hath as great a traine as the king. Briefely she representeth a Kings Lieutenant in an armye: she doth (whē she wil) the office of yerooks & also of ye bishops. And because ye seldom the wiues go to warre, & that the first that so much aduauntaged [Page] their kynde (as to go thither and worke merueyles) were the Amasones, therefore some name her Amasone whyte, Amasone blacke. But aboue all, the Players ought to kepe her well, because that the game is seldome wonne, after that she is once loste.
Of the Paune or foteman.
THe footeman is the rampier & the target of the great Cheast men, and by the kynges especialtie: For this cause that when he can procede so well in warre, as to arriue at the laste rancke of hys enemies, he is chosen and made the best piece of the playe, to wit, he is the Quene. And if in making himselfe Queene, he can geue checke, he is so muche the more to be estemed. The marchynge forthe of the Paune, for the fyrste tyme, is to make two assaultes or leapes, yf he wyll, or one only, marchyng alwayes right before him, and not asyde. [Page] And the best Paunes are next vnto the King. Also, therefore whē check is geuē to ye king, the Paune can not passe the barres of hys way for to succour him: that is to say, yf checke be geuen to the Kyng, the Paune can not marche asyde, be it on the lefte, or on the right, for to couer his Kinge: for his waye is beset on bothe sydes, and can not go but right forth, and alwayes steppe by steppe, after his fyrst marchyng forthe, prouided that his waye bee not stopped. It is true, that in takyng, he marcheth awrye one only steppe, of what syde so euer it bee, and can not take that whiche is right agaynst him. It shalbe also best for the Paune, not to auaunce him selfe muche within the campe of his enemie.
The Checker or Cheastbourde, vvherevpon are placed the pieces, euery one accordynge to hys order.
BEholde here the forme of the Checker or Cheastbourde, and how the Cheastmen ought to be placed in euery house, wherof there are sixtie foure in all. To wit, thirtie [Page] two on either halfe or syde, whereof the eight vttermost opposites (or one against another) are ful of principall pieces on both sydes. The other eight also nexte them on both sides are full of Pawnes. So that there are thirtie two pieces, whyche is to eche player sixtene, whereof there be eight greate ones and eight litle ones. And the rowmes where euery one of them are set, I wyll name Seates: the other which be emptie, I will name them places or houses indifferētly. Thorough the which, (aswel Seates as places,) the greate Cheastmen and smal doe runne accordinge to their order, be it in aduancinge or reculinge, for to geue the mate to the contrary King. For to be able to tel you why there is so many houses, and why there is neither mo nor lesse, that passeth my intelligence. Neither hath any man spoken of it. And I beleue that there wyll bee founde none other resolution but onely the wil of hym that made the [Page] playe, of whome there are dyuers opinions. Some saye that it was Yerses: and yet the Spaniardes do retaine the name Aredres, albeit corrupted by the mutation of s into d set before r.
Other some saye that they were two brethren: The one named [...]idie, and the other Tirrhene, who beinge afflicted with great hunger and famine did inuent this playe, to the ende that in playinge of it, they mighte employe their spirites so behementlye, that they myghte more easely passe the faminall affliction. And in deede they passed the tyme so well, that they made but three meales in twoo dayes.
Generall rules.
YOU muste playe no caste (or draughte) in vayne, if it be not for necessitie.
You muste make not faulte.
You must not be to hastie to play.
[Page] Yf you haue a good draughte to make, looke if there be not a better. Yf you haue aduauntage, you may well make a chaunge, and yet not loose it.
Yf you haue aduauntage, wherewith you may wyn the game, take good heede for vndoing your game, nor to abandone your king, for to winne only a paune.
The principall thinge that you haue to doe, is to set your king in a sure place, when he marcheth forthe.
The two Paunes whiche bee on that syde where the kinge is transported, oughte not to be remoued, but in great necessitie: for that, that often tymes the game is lost by remouinge the Rookes Paune or knightes Paune one roume, because that not there the contrarye Kyng findeth the way of the mate.
You muste goe abrode wyth your pieces, and not keepe them enclosed. [Page] It is good that the two Paunes of the King and of the Queene be vpon their fourth houses: Yea, also those of the Bishopps.
It is to be noted, for the wel vnderstanding of the marching for the of the Cheastmen, that the cheastbourd ought to be set in such sorte, that the Rooke on the right side be set in a white place, & take ye cheast men which you wil, white or black. Further, you must know the name of ye pieces & of ye houses & places: for ye cheastmen which are of the kings syde, bee named the Kings Cheastmen, and lykewyse the Kings houses, vnto the middest of the Cheastbourd: Because that from thence forwarde, those are the contrarye Kyngs houses. As for example, the Paune whiche is before thy King, is in the seconde house of thy King: and if thou remoue him one steppe, he shalbe in the thyrd, or if he go as far as he may, he shalbe in ye fourth house of thy King: but afterwardes if he passe further, he shalbe in the [Page] fourth house of the king of thy contrary partye. And so it is of all the other Cheastmen of that syde.
The other syde is that of the quene aswel in cheastmē as in houses: for this cause it is nedefull to haue before you a Cheastbourde with the Cheastmen, for to see with youre eye the art which shalbe declared in this present treatise. And after hauynge presupposed the game you may beginne after two sortes.
The seconde Chapter.
THE first maner is to beginne with the Kinges Paune. And the seconde is to beginne with the Queenes Paune. The first (accordinge to my iudgement) is best. That is to wit, to begin with the Kings Paune, as far as he may go. (I will cause thee alwayes to holde the whyte part.) And if thy contrary partie play his Kings Paune as farre as he maye, thou shalt playe thy kings Knight to three houses [Page] from the kinges bishoppe. And if he play his kings knight to thre houses frō his kings bishop, thou shalt take with thy knight his kinges Paune, & if he take also thy paune with his knight, playe thy queene before thy king.
[Page] And if he retyre his knight into the thirde house of his kinges bishop, yu shalt geue him checke wt thy quene, in turning her away frō thy knight the whiche ye shalt remoue into the thirde house of his queenes bishop. And he can not play so wel but that he shall lose his quene.
If in steede of takinge thy Paune with his knight, he take it with his quene, yu shalt take his with thine, whiche afterwarde shall be taken with his knight. This done, thou shalt geue him check wt thy knight in taking the Paune of his quenes [Page] bishop, and therefore he shalbe forced to loose his queenes Rooke.
And if he take not thy Paune, but (to saue his queene) placeth her in This 5 table foloweth the play thre marked A. 2. the thirde house of his queenes bishoppe.
[Page] And if he remoue not his Knight, but play his quene before his king, thou shalt take his knight with thy Quene: then he wyl play his Quenes Paune one roume against thy Knight, to the ende that if thou remoue it from thence, he maye take thy Queene. For this cause thou shalt playe thy Queenes Paune as farre as he may go, and if he playe the Paune of his Kings bishop one steppe, thou shalt play the paune of thy kings bishop as far as he maye go, & if he take thy knight with his queenes paune, thou shalt take his paune with that of thine, and yf he play his other knight to the second house of his queene, thou shalt remoue thyne to the thyrde house of thy queenes bishop: by that meanes thy quene shall remayne safe. And if ye paune of his kings bishop take thy paune, yu shalt play thy knyght to the fourth place of his queene for to take her, and if he set her in her thirde house, thou shalte take hys paune with thyne.
And if he take thy Paune with hys This table is the continuatiō of the first, leuing the 2. marked with. B. 1. knight, thou shalt set thy queenes bishoppe in the fourth house of thy kings bishop, & in so doing he shall loose of force his knight: but if he take not thy paune wt his knight, he shall haue loste hys.
Thou shalt playe thy kings bishop This table foloweth the. 3. of an other fashion thā the article of the. 5. to the fourth house of his queenes knight for to take her, & if in stede of takinge her, she take thy bishop, thou shalte geue him checke wyth thy knight, in taking the paune of his quenes bishop, then shalt thou [Page] take his Queene, for the gayne is much greater then of the Rooke.
And if in stede of placyng his quene in the thirde house of his bishop, he This table foloweth the last before. place her in the fourth, thou shalte set thy quenes bishop in the thyrde roume of thy king for to take her.
[Page] And if he geue the checke with his queene in the fourth house of hys Rooke, thou shalt couer it with thy bishop, by which meanes he can do no more but remoue her into the thirde house of his bishop, and thou shalt play the Paune of thy quenes knight, as far as he may go, for to take his queene, then he shalbe forced to set his quene in ye third house of his bishop, & thou shalt playe thy kings bishop into the fourth house of his knight for to take his queue, and if she take it, thou haste thyne instruction in the last article before. And he can not play but ill: for if it come to pillage (or spoyle) of quenes thou shalt haue stil the aduauntage of the checke of thy knight for to take his Rooke. And therefore he shalbe alwayes the weaker both in great and smale pieces, as shalbe declared in the article folowing.
And yf he sette hys Queene in the This table is the continuatiō of the 3. of another maner then the other. thirde house of hys Kynge, thou shalte yet geue hym checke wyth thy knight, accordinge to the laste instruction. But yf he sette her in the thyrde place of hys Kynges [Page] knight, (whiche is the best that he could play) ye shall spoyle together your queenes, & then shalte ye geue the checke with thy knight, in taking the paune of his queenes bishop for to take his Rooke.
Another maner of playing.
YF thou hast the draughte, thou shalt play the kinges Paune as farre as he maye go. If he playe so lykewyse his kings Paune, thou shalt playe thy kinges knight into three houses from the Bishop. And if he playe his queenes Knight into three roumes from his Bishoppe, thou shalte playe thy kynges Bishoppe into the fourth house of thy queenes Bishoppe: If he playe his kinges Bishoppe into the fourth house of his queenes Bishoppe, thou shalte playe the Paune of thy queenes Bishoppe one steppe: and if he playe his kinges Knight into the thyrde roume of his Bishoppe, thou shalt playe the quenes Paune one steppe: If he playe his queenes Paune one steppe, thou shalt playe thy kynges Rooke in the place of the Bishoppe: and if he playe hys queenes Bishoppe into the fourth house of thy kinges Knight, thou shalt sette thy Queene in the thyrd house of thy queenes Knighte, and [Page] shalt win a paune, to wit, yt of his kings bishop, by thy bishop, or yt of his quenees knight by thy queene. But if he play his queenes Knight into the fourth house of his Rooke, for to take thy Quene, yu shalt take the Paune of his kinges bishoppe wt thyne, saying checke: then shalte thou set thy Queene in the fourth house of thy queenes Rooke, and if his Kinge take thy Bishoppe, thy Queene shal take his Knight. But if he take not thy Bishop, but plaieth the Paune of his quenes bishop one steppe, yu shalt play the Paune of thy quenes Knight as farre as he maye go: for if thou remoue thy bishop, thou shalt either loose him, or thy Queene: by this meanes thou shalte bee stronger then he by one Paune, because that if he take thy Bishop, thy Queene shall take his Knight, & if he will take her wt his Quene, the exchaunge shalbe made by thy knights Paune, and so shalt thou stil be stronger by one paune.
Another maner of playing. Ye muste finishe the game.
I If thou playe the first, thou shalt sette thy kynges Paune in the fourth house, yf he playe also wyth hys Paune the same, then set thy kynges knyght in the thyrd [Page] house of thy Bishoppe, for to take his paune, if he do not saue it. The whiche he maye do in three sortes: to witte, in placinge his queenes Knighte in the thirde house of hys Bishopps, whiche is the best playe: or in sauing him with his queenes Paune, whiche is not so sure, because that the passage of the kings Bishoppe is stopped: Or with the Paune of hys kynges Bishoppe, whiche is the worste. If he saue it with his saide Paune of the kinges Bishoppe, thou shalte not faile to take him with thy Knight: and yf with his Paune he take thy knight thy Queene shall geue him checke, in makinge her draughte vnto the fourth house of his kinges Rooke.
He may couer it with the Paune of his kinges Knight, or set his King in the seconde house. If he couer it with his Paune, thou shalte take with thy Quene his kings Paune, whiche is in his fourth house, and shalt say checke. If he couer it with [Page] his quene, thou shalt take his kinges Rooke with thy Quene, and he will also take thy kinges Paune with his Queene, and will saye to thee checke. Then remoue thy king into the seate of thy queene, & so he can do the no hurt. And then he shal be forced to keepe his kings knight or the rookes Paune, that thou tokest of him. He will playe then his knight into the second house of his King, and thou shalte take of hym his rookes Paune: So shalte thou haue greate aduauntage then hauynge of his one Rooke and three Paunes, when as he hath of thine but one Knight and one Paune.
If when thou haste geuen hym checke wyth thy Queene, he remoue hys Kynge one roume forwarde, thou shalte take his Paune wyth thy Queene, and shalte [Page] saye checke, and he will retyre into the seconde house of his kings Bishoppe, for he hath non other shift: then shalte thou geue him checke with thy kings Bishoppe, causing him to remoue vnto ye fourth house 3. answerīg to the first. of thy queenes Bishoppe.
[Page] He wyll retyre into the thyrd house of his Knight, or elles couer it with his queenes Paune, whiche is the better. If he retourne into the third house of his knight, thou shalt geue him checke with thy Queene, remouinge her one roume, that is to wytte, into the fourth house of hys kynges Byshoppe, then hathe he none other retracte or draught but the thirde place of his Rooke: therefore thou shalte playe thy queenes Paune one steppe, geuing him checke by discouery of thy queenes Bishoppe: then shal he not haue anye wherewith to couer it, but with his knightes Paune, and thou shalte playe the Paune of thy Kinges Rooke as farre as he maye go. He shall than be forced to playe the Paune of his queene as farre as he maye go, if he wyll not loose his Queene. Then yf he playe that Paune as farre as he maye go, for to take thy Queene with his queenes Bishoppe, or thy kings Bishop with his quenes Paune, thou shalt [Page] take his knightes Paune with thy rookes Paune, geuing him double checke, to wit, with thy Rooke and with thy rookes Paune, and he shalbe forced to retyre into the seconde house of his knight, but there thou shalt geue him checke, setting thy Queene in the fourth house of his Kings. The best then that he shall haue to do, shalbe to couer it with his Knighte, the whiche thy rookes paune shall take, sayinge checke, & he will take thy paune wt his Quene, by which meanes ye two queenes shalbe spoyled. That done thou shalt take his queenes paune with thy Bishoppe. And so shalte thou haue styll seuen paunes, and he shal haue but foure, whiche is a great disuauntage.
If in geuinge him checke with thy 4 folowing the. 3. kinges Bishoppe, he couer it with his queenes Paune, thy Bishoppe shal take his Paune, and thou shalt Ye muste holde on this play. say yet checke. Then he will retyre into the thyrd place of hys Knight. [Page] That is to the ende that thou geue him not checke with thy Quene in the fourth house of his kinges Bishop. By meanes whereof yu shalte play ye paune of thy kings Rooke, as far as he may go. He wyll playe his rookes Paune opposite one step only, which is the best that he could playe. Thou on the other part shalt Fygure. take with thy kinges bishoppe, the Paune of his queenes knight: and if his Bishoppe take thyne, thou shalt geue checke and mate, setting thy Queene in the fourth house of his kings Bishoppe. But if he take not thy Bishoppe with his, but play him in ye second house of his quene, thou shalte set thy Queene in the fourth house of his queenes Rooke, then shalte thou take with thy Bishoppe his Rooke, and so shalt thou winne the game.
The thyrde Chapter. 5. folowing the. 3. Ye muste holde on.
THE seconde maner of playing is to beginne with the queenes Fygure. Paune. If therefore thou beginne, thou shalt remoue thy queenes paune, as farre as he may goe: and if he playe that of his queene also, as farre as he maye, thou shalt [Page] playe the paune of thy queenes bishoppe as farre as he maye go: and if he take it, playe thy kings paune as farre as he maye go: he wil play then the paune of hys queenes knight, as farre as he maye, for to saue his other paune, & thou shalte playe the paune of thy queenes Rooke two steppes: and if he take it with his paune, thou shalte take his other paune with thy kinges Bishoppe: afterwarde he shal take of force that knightes paune, in playing thy queenes Knight into the thyrde house of thy Bishoppe of the same syde. Because that thou shalt haue three pieces prepared vp on him against the whiche he can haue no remedie but to his losse and confusion.
But if he take not thy rooks paune Ye muste holde on. but playe the Paune of his quenes Bishoppe one steppe, thou shalte take his Paune with that of thy Rooke, and he wil take thine with that of his Bishoppe. Then shalte thou playe ye Paune of thy queenes [Page] knight one steppe, and if he take it, thou shalt take with thy kings bishop his knightes paune, and shalt saye checke, of the which he wyll couer it with his quenes bishop, and with thy Queene thou shalte take his other Paune.
[Page] And if he take thy bishop with his, thou shalt take his with thy quene, and shalte saye checke, and yf he couer it with his queene, it wyll bee no greate daunger to spoyle them bothe to together, because that the Paune of hys queenes Rooke, beinge without companye shall loose him selfe of force, yf thou prepare thither thy Knighte, or thy Bishoppe.
But if with his Bishoppe he take Ye muste holde on. not thyne, but playe his queenes Knight to the thyrde house of hys Bishoppe, for to take thy queenes Paune, thou shalt playe thy queenes Bishoppe to the thyrde house [Page] of the Kinge: and if he playe hys queenes Rooke in the seate of the Knight, then remoue thy Queene (out of the discouerye) to the fourth house of thy queenes Rooke, and if he set hys Queene in the thyrde house of his Knight, thou shalte remoue thy queenes Knighte to the thyrde house of the Bishoppe.
This done, thy Bishoppe shall kill his Knighte, and his Queene shall put to deathe thy Bishoppe, then thy Queene shall take his Rookes Paune who wyll sette hym selfe out of the waye for feare of feeling the heauye strookes of thy queene, and in so doing suffereth his Kyng to fall into checke, & yet for some other considerations: yt which for to withstande, thou shalt remoue thy kynges Knighte into the seconde [Page] house of thy King, and then shalt yu serue thee of thy Rookes, in loosynge the one for to wynne the other, and in so doynge, thou shalte not fayle to surmounte.
The .iiii. Chapter.
How he ought to playe to whom is geuen the aduauntage of a Paune.
VVHEN the aduantage of a Paune is geuen, it is the custome to take awaye that of the kinges Bishoppe, because that it is the best: then if thy contrarye partie play his kings Paune as far as he maye, thou shalte playe also that of thy King as farre as he may goe: he wyll remoue hys kynges Knighte to the thirde house of hys Bishoppe, and thou shalt playe the Paune of thy kinges Bishoppe as farre as he maye goe.
And if he take thy kinges Paune with his knighte, thou shalte geue him checke with thy Queene, causinge her to remoue into the fourth house of his kings Rooke: and if he couer it with the paune of ye kings [Page] Knight, thou shalt take his kinges Paune wt thy Queene, & shalt saye checke, whereof he wyll couer it with his Queene, and thyne shall take his kinges Rooke.
[Page] And if he geue thee checke by the discouerye of his Knight whiche he wyll cause to remoue into the third house of his kinges Knighte, thou shalt couer it with thy kinges Bishoppe, setting him in the seconde house of thy King. And if with his Knighte be take thy Rooke, thou shalte playe thy Queene to the fourth house of his Kinge. Then of force he wyll take her from thee with his, the whiche thou shalte also take with thy bishops Paune, and hys Knighte can not saue hym selfe, so shall he loose the game: for thou haste the greater aduauntage if thou canst keepe it well.
But if in steede of taking thy Kinges paune with his knight, he take the Paune of thy kinges Bishoppe with his kinges Paune, thou shalt playe thy queenes Paune as farre as he maye goe.
If he take thy Kinges Paune with A table folowing the first of the 4. Chap. by another fashion. his Knight, thou shalt geue him the check of thy quene here aboue mencioned, settynge thy Queene in ye fourth house of his kings Rooke, for to take his Rooke if he couer it with the knightes Paune, if not, [Page] if his King march forth into his seconde house, thou shalte geue hym checke with thy queene, which shal com into ye fourth place of his king, who in retyring him self to ye second of his knight for to escape from the check, shall of force lose his knight.
[Page] And if he giue thee not check by the discouerie of his knight, as I haue tolde thee (beinge the playe according to ye second table of this chapter) but geue the checke with hys Queene in the fourth house of thy kinges Rooke, thou shalte remoue thy King into ye seate of thy quene. And if he geue thee not checke with his Knight at the seconde house of thy kinges Bishoppe: thou shalte sette thy King in his second house. And if he take thy Rooke, yu shalt geue him checke with thy Queens in the fourth place of his Kinge.
From thence forthe he shall loose: for his Knight can not escape withoute beinge taken. So shalte thou haue the aduauntage.
And if (after yt thou hast played thy queenes Paune, according as it is in the fourthe table) he take not with his Knight thy kings paune, but playe the Paune of his kinges Knight, as farre as he maye goe, for to succour hys other Paune, [Page] whiche is within the barres of thy campe: thou shalt playe thy kinges Paune, one steppe, for to take his Knight, whome to meete he will set his Queene before thy King: for if thou wouldest thinke to take his Knight with thy Paune, thy King shoulde be in checke. Wherefore thou shalt set also thy Queene, one roume before thy King, and he wil remoue his Knighte to the fourth house of his Queene, whiche is the best draughte that he coulde make. And thou shalte playe the Paune of thy Queenes bishoppe, as farre as he maye, that is to witte, aboue his Knight, and if he geue checke with hys Queene at the fourth house of thy queenes Knight.
Thou shalte remoue thy Kinge to the seconde house of thy kinges bishoppe, then he shalbe forced to saue his Knight in the second house of his King. And thou shalte geue him checke with thy Queene, in the fourthe house of hys kynges [Page] Rooke. Wherefore his kinge will march into the seate of his queene. Then thy queene shall take the Paune of his kinges knight without daunger, and also that of hys bishop, and therefore he shal loose: for thou hast the aduauntage.
[Page] And if he geue thee not checke with his Queene, (as it is sayde in the seuenth table of this present chapter,) but for sauing his Knight, set him in the fourth house of thy queenes Knighte: thou shalte remoue thy queenes Paune one steppe, for to keepe that his queenes Knighte doe not remoue, and if he sette hys kinges Bishoppe in the seconde house of his Knighte (whiche is a good draughte) cause yu his Knighte to auoyde, in remouing the Paune of thy queenes Rooke one steppe.
Then his Knight will remoue into the thyrde house of his queenes Rooke. Afterwarde thou shalt play thy kinges Knighte to the thyrde house of thy kinges Bishoppe, and if he putte the Paune of his kinges Knighte, one roume further, for to take thy Knight: thou shalte remoue him into the fourth place of thy Queene: then he maye take with his Queene, or wyth his kinges Bishoppe thy kinges Paune.
If he take it with his Bishoppe, [Page] thou shalte sette thy Knyght in the fourthe house of hys kynges Bishoppe, for to take his Queene: but he will remoue her one steppe into the thyrde house of his kinges Bishoppe. And thou shalt take the Paune of hys kinges Bishoppe by thy Queenes Bishoppe. And yf his Queene take thy Knighte, thy Bishoppe shall take hys. So shall he bee forced, for the safegarde of his Rooke, to remoue him into the seate of the Knighte: for if he did otherwise (in taking his Rooke with thy Bishoppe) thou shalte geue hym checke with thy queene, in turnynge her awaye from thy Bishoppe, the whiche (not beynge able to take anye moore the kinges Rooke,) shall marche one steppe into the thyrde house of his Queene, and thou shalte saye, checke: Whereof he shall saue [Page] him in the seconde house of his Bishoppe, because that otherwyse he should be mate at the first draught, playing thy queene in the seconde house of his kinge, the which thou shalt not cease to playe, and shalte geue him checke, of the whiche he shall saue him in the thyrd house of his Knight, also he can not otherwise: wherefore thou shalte set thy Queene in the thyrde house of thy King: and if he take thy Bishopp, thou shalte couer his Queene with thy Kinges bishoppe, setting him in the thirde house of thy Queene: but if he take not thy Bishoppe, but playe his Queene to the fourth house of his kinges Knight, for to spoyle together the Queenes, thou shalte geue him checke with thy kinges Bishop, to the thyrde place of thy Queene. And if his Kinge marche into the fourth house of his Rooke, thou shalte couer thy Queene wyth the queenes Bishoppe, settinge him in the fourth house of thy kings Bishop, for to [Page] take his Queene, whome he wyll retyre into the thyrde place of his kinges Bishoppe, and thou shalte sette thy kings Rooke in the place of the Bishoppe. If he drawe his Queene from thence, thou shalte geue him checke and mate well and readily: for albeit that he put hys Queene in place where he may defende the checke that thou shalte geue him with thy Queene in the fourth house of his Kinge, it behoueth (for to make him retyre) to set thy queenes Knighte in the same fourth place of the King, and then to geue him check with thy Rooke, in suche sorte, that he shall incontinent be mate.
The .v. Chapter.
How thou shalt playe, when thou hast the aduaūtage of a Paune, and the first draughte.
[Page] FIrst thou shalt playe the Paune of thy King, as farre as he may goe, and he wyll remoue hys queenes Paune one steppe: and thou shalte remoue thy queenes Paune two steppes. Then he will place his kinges Knight, in ye third house of thy kinges Bishoppe, and thou shalt set thy queenes Knight, in the thyrde house of thy queenes Bishoppe: and if he playe his kinges Paune, as far as he may, thou shalte take him with thy queenes Paune: and yf he take thyne with his queenes Paune, thou shalte spoyle his Queene with thine, who shall also be taken with his King, the whiche (by this meanes) can no further procede. Then thou shalte play the kings Bishop to the third house of his Queene: And if he remoue the Paune of his queenes bishop one steppe, thou shalte set thy kinges Knight, in the second house of the King, and he wyll playe his Kinge to the seconde house of the queenes Bishoppe. [Page] Therefore thou shalte playe thy Knighte to the thyrde house of thy kinges Knight, and if he playe hys queenes Bishoppe to three houses from his Kinge, thou shalte cause thy Kinge to marche into his seconde house, from whence he wyll geue the checke by his queenes Bishoppe, settinge him in the fourth house of thy kinges Knighte, the whiche thou shalte couer by the Paune of thy kinges Bishoppe, remouinge him one steppe: whereby he shall bee forced to retyre, from whence he came laste. And thou shalte remoue the Paune of thy kinges Rooke one stepps. And if he come with his queenes Knight into the seconde house of his Quene, thou shalte playe thy queenes Bishoppe to the thyrde house of thy Kinge, and if he playe his kinges Bishop so farre as vnto the fourth house of thy queenes Knight, thou shalte cause thy Knight to retyre to the lodging of thy Queene: and yf he playe the Paune of his queenes [Page] Bishoppe one steppe, thou shalte playe the Paune of thy queenes Bishoppe one steppe, to the ende that if he pushe his Paune one steppe more, thou mayste also retyre thy Bishoppe one steppe: but first he shall retyre his to the fourth house of hys queenes Rooke.
Then shalte thou set thy Knighte in the seconde house of thy kynges Bishoppe. And yf he pushe the Paune of hys queenes Bishoppe, for to take thy Bishoppe, thou shalte retyre him into the seconde house of thy queenes Bishoppe.
And if (in assailing to breake thy defences, or to put thy campe in disorder) he playe the Paune of his queenes Knight as far as he maye: thou shalte ouerthrowe his enterprise, in marchinge the Paune of thy queenes Rooke one steppe.
And if (in not being able to offende thee on that syde) he goe about on the other parte to playe the Paune of his kinges Rooke, euen vnto the fourthe house of it, it behoueth that thou staye hym for commynge, in playinge also the [Page] Paune of thy kynges Rooke, one steppe. And if he playe his kynges Bishoppe into the thyrde house of hys queenes Knighte, for to take thyne, which is in the thyrde house of thy Kynge, suffer him to doe it: for if he take thyne, thou shalt take his with thy Kinge: when therefore he shall haue played hys Bishoppe, to the thyrde house of hys Knyghte: cause that thy Knighte, (whiche is in the seconde house of thy kinges Bishoppe) maye remoue into the thyrde house of thy kinges Rooke, and he wyll take him with his queenes Bishoppe, for to keepe thee from settinge him into the fourth house of his kinges Knight. And thy Rooke shall take his Bishoppe. So shalte thou haue the aduauntage ouer hym of two Paunes: and also thy game shall bee sette in suche sorte that thou [Page] mayest easelye make a Queene, of one of thy Paunes, of the kynges syde. And therefore thou canst not fayle to winne the game.
The .vi. Chapter.
How he ought to playe to whom is geuen the aduauntage of a knight in the steade of the paune of the kings Bishoppe.
YF he whiche playeth agaynste thee, playe with one Knight only, and thou with seuen paunes, and that thou leauest awaye the Paune of thy kynges Bishop. He wyll playe the Paune of hys King as farre as he maye goe: and thou shalt remoue thy kings paune one steppe: and if he play his queenes Paune, as farre as he may go, thou shalt play thy quenes Paune as farre also.
And yf hys kyngs Paune take thy queenes Paune, thou shalte take hys wyth thy kynges Paune.
And if with hys Queene he geue thee checke in the fourth house of thy kings Rooke thou shalt couer it [Page] wyth the Paune of thy Kynges Knighte. And yf yet he geue thee another checke with hys Queene, in the fourthe house of thy Kynge, for to haue thy kynges Rooke, thou shalt couer it with thy quene. And by that meanes he can not playe hys: for he shoulde putte hym selfe in checke. Wherefore yf you will bothe of you, ye shall spoyle together youre Queenes: by that meanes the aduauntage shall alwayes be on thy syde.
And yf he take not thy queenes Paune with his kings Paune, but remoueth him one steppe, entryng within the barres of thy campe, thou shalte play abroad the Paune of thy queenes Bishoppe as farre as may. And if he playe the Paune [Page] of his queenes Bishoppe one stepe, for to defende hys queenes Paune, thou shalt not let to take him with thy Bishoppes paune, and he will take it with his, and thou shalte playe thy queenes Knighte to the thyrd house of thy Bishoppe.
[Page] And if he playe the kinges Bishop to the thyrde house of his Queene, thou shalt take his queenes Paune with thy Knighte, and if he geue thee checke with his Queene, in setting her in the fourth house of thy kinges Rooke, take good heede to couer it with thy knightes Paune, otherwyse thou shalte playe verye euill, in place of that, thou shalte marche forthe thy Kynge into the seconde house of thy Queene. And if his kings Bishop take thy Rookes paune, thou shalte geue hym checke with thy Knight, in setting him in the seconde house of hys queenes Bishoppe, and therefore he can not chuse but loose his queenes Rooke, or his Queene, yf he tooke thy Knight with hys kinges Bishoppe.
But if after that thou haste played thy queenes Knight into the thirde house of the Bishoppe, he play not his kinges Bishoppe to the thyrde house of hys Queene: but playe his kinges Knight to the thyrde house of his Bishoppe: or his queenes [Page] Bishoppe to the thyrd house of the Kynge, for to saue hys Queenes Paune, thou shalt geue him checke with thy kynges Bishoppe, settynge hym in the fourth house of his queenes Knight.
[Page] And yf he couer it with his queenes Bishoppe, thou shalte playe thy Queene to the fourth house of thy queenes Rooke. And if he couer it not with his Bishoppe, but set hys Kyng in his thyrde house, his game shalbe euyll appoynted: for thou shalte playe the Paune of thy queenes Knighte one steppe. And if he playe hys Queene into the fourth house of his queenes Rooke, for to auoyde the checke, whiche thou wouldest geue him with thy queenes Bishoppe, in setting him in the thyrde house of thy Rooke. Thou shalte geue him the sayde checke, and he shalbe forced to set him selfe in campe at the thyrde house, and ye shall spoyle together your two Bishoppes.
But if to auoyde that checke, he set his Queene in the fourth place of his Rooke: thou shalt set thy queenes Bishoppe in the seconde house of thy Queene. And if he take not hys Quene from thence, thou shalt geue him checke with thy Knight, [Page] in taking his queenes Paune, whiche is in the fourth house. And by that meanes shall he loose hys Queene. But in what sort so euer it be he can not but play euill, your two playes being set, as is aboue, whereof the table foloweth.
The .vii. Chapter.
Another maner of playinge with the aduauntage of a knyght, for the paune of the kynges Bishoppe.
IF he play his kinges Paune, as farre as he maye, thou shalte remoue thy queenes Paune one steppe, and if he playe the Paune of his kinges Bishoppe as farre as he maye go, thou shalt play forthe thy kinges Paune two steppes.
And if he take thy kinges Paune, with his bishoppes Paune, thou shalte geue hym checke wyth thy Queene, in remouyng her into the fourth house of his kinges Rooke, whereof he shall couer it with the Paune of his Knight, wherefore in takinge with thy Queene his kinges Paune, thou shalte say checke, and if he couer it with his queene, thou mayest take his Rooke: but it is not the best, for thou must take hys Paune whiche is behinde thy [Page] Queene, to the ende that in taking thyne with hys Queene, thou maiste retake his with thy queenes Paune. So shalte thou haue the aduauntage free of a Knight.
[Page] And if he playe of another fashion, to wit, his kings Paune two steppes, and thou thy queenes Paune one steppe, and his queenes Paune as farre as he may, thou shalt play thy kynges Knighte to the thyrde house of the Bishoppe.
[Page] And he wyll not pushe hys kynges Paune vpon thy Knight for to take It semeth that thys play is false for his kīg had not stayed, and was yet in his whyte house, which is out of the checke of this lepe of thy knight, in the secōd hous of his kinges bishop which is also a whyte house, and ioyninge a syde to that of his sayd kynge. him: for thy queenes Paune shulde take hys, not withstanding if these two Paunes take one another, and he take thyne with his queenes Paune, ye shall spoyle together youre Queenes: then shalte thou playe thy Knighte into the fourth house of hys kings Knight, for to take hys paune, whiche toke thyne. And if he defende him by hys queenes Bishoppe, settynge hym in the fourthe house of hys kynges Bishoppe, or in settynge hys kynges Knyghte in the thyrde house of hys kynges Byshoppe, thou shalte geue him checke with [Page] thy Knighte, in takyng the Paune of his kynges Bishoppe, for in drawing him selfe out of the checke, to take hys Rooke, than shall hys losse be euident.
[Page] And yf he pushe not hys kynges Paune vpon thy Knight, but playe his kinges Bishoppe to the thyrde house of his Queene: suffre not his kinges Paune to descende vpon thy Knight, and for to tourne him awaye thou shalte make to him an obstacle of thy kinges Paune, remouing him two steppes. He wyll playe the Paune of his Queenes Bishoppe one steppe, and thou shalte playe the Paune of thy Bishoppe as farre as he maye goe, for to keepe him from hauinge the two Paunes of his King and of his Queene, bothe two together.
By meanes whereof he wyll pushe his queenes Paune one steppe, whiche is better played for hym, then to spoyle one another, because that he is ye weaker in great pieces. When therefore he shall haue pushed his queenes Paune one steppe within the borders of thy campe, thou shalte sette thy queenes Bishoppe [Page] in the fourth house of hys kynges Knyghte, for to take hys Queene (the whiche for to resist) he wyll remoue the Paune of his kinges Bishoppe, one steppe, whiche will cause to retyre thy Bishoppe to the fourth house of thy Rooke.
And yf he playe the other kynges Knight hys two steppes, thou shalt retyre thy Bishoppe into the third house of thy kynges Knighte, and yf he wyll breake thy barres in playinge the Paune of his kynges Bishoppe one steppe: thou shalte take hym with thy kynges Paune and yf he take thy Paune with his quenes Bishop, thou shalt play thy quenes Knight into the secōd house [Page] of thy Queene, for to hinder alwayes that hys Kynges paune doe not descende into thy campe, but yf peraduenture he doe descende after that draughte made, thou shalt take him with thy queenes paune, and yf hys Bishoppe take thy paune, thou shalte take hys Bishoppe with thy Knighte, and yf he take not thy paune with his bishoppe, thou shalte take his other queenes paune with thy kynges Knighte. So shall he bee weaker then thou aswell in great Cheastmen as in small.
The .viii. Chapter.
How he ought to playe to whom is geuen the aduauntage of a knight.
[Page] IF thy contrarye partie playe hys kinges Paune as farre as maye go, thou shalt playe so likewyse thy kinges Paune: and if he playe his kinges Knighte to the thyrde house of the Bishoppe, thou shalte playe thy queenes Knighte to the thyrde house of the Bishop. He wil remoue his kynges Bishop to the fourth house of his queenes Bishoppe: and thou shalte playe also thy kinges Bishoppe to the fourth house of thy queenes Bishop: & yf he playe the Paune of his queenes Bishoppe one steppe, thou shalte sette thy kinges Bishoppe in the thyrd house of the queenes knight. And if he playe his queenes paune as farre as he maye, for to breake thy poynte, thou shalte playe thy queenes Paune one steppe, and yf he take thy kinges Paune wyth his queenes Paune, thou shalte take his with that of thy Queene. And what thing so euer it be, hinder him alwayes, if it be possible, for takinge of thy kinges Paune: [Page] because that it is one of the greatest strengthes of thy game.
If therefore he playe his kynges Rooke one steppe, for to hynder that with thy queenes Bishoppe thou doe couer his Knighte, thou shalt play forth thy kinges Knight to the thyrde house of the Bishop. And if he set his queenes Bishoppe in the fourth house of his kynges Knighte, thou shalte remoue thy rookes Paune one step, which wil cause him to retyre into the fourth house of his kinges Rooke. And then thou shalte playe the Paune of thy kinges Knighte as farre as he maye goe, in suche sorte that he shalbe forced either to lose hys kinges Paune (whiche thou shalt take with thy kinges Knight) or elles his queenes Bishoppe (which thou shalte take wyth thy Knyghtes Paune) yf he retyre not one roume backewarde.
But if (in taking with his Knight the Paune of thy kinges Knight) he bee content to loose the same Knighte, for to winne thy twoo [Page] Paunes, to wit, that of thy kinges Knighte, and then that of thy Rooke, whiche he will take wyth his queenes Bishoppe: thou shalte sette thy Rooke in the seate of thy Knyghte in the roume of the sayde Bishoppe, and (if for to defende hys Bishoppe) he remoue hys Rookes Paune one steppe, thou shalte set thy Queene in hys thyrde house, and therefore he can not hynder thee to take hys kinges Paune, and so shall his game be in an yll order.
PRINTED at london by Rouland Hall, for Ia-Rovvbothum, & are to bee solde at his shoppe vnder Bovve church. 1562.