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A11524 The famous game of chesse-play truely discouered, and all doubts resolued; so that by reading this small booke thou shalt profit more then by the playing a thousand mates. An exercise full of delight; fit for princes, or any person of what qualitie soeuer. Newly published by A.S. Gent. Saul, Arthur. 1614 (1614) STC 21772; ESTC S116800 17,752 61

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The famous game of Chesse-play Truely discouered and all doubts resolued So that by reading this small Booke thou shalt profit more then by the playing a thousand Mates An Exercise full of delight fit for Princes or any person of what qualitie soeuer Newly published by A. S. Gent. If on your man you ●ight The first draught shall you play If not t is mine by right At first to lead the way Printed at London for Roger Iackson and are to be sould at his shop neere Fleetstreet-Conduit 1614. TO THE RIGHT Honourable and Vertuous Lady the Lady LVCY Countesse of Bedford and one of the Ladyes of her Maiesties Priuie-Chamber A. S. wisheth all gifts of Honour with eternall happinesse RIGHT Honourable and vertuous Lady hauing receiued many courtesies from your Honourable Father late deceased whose misse hath caused many to mourne for the losse of so Honourable and worthy a friend and from your Honourable and worthy selfe who in duty I doe euer reuerence I haue in desire of shewing thankfulnes made bould to present to your Honour this small Booke hauing no other gift to tender you and knowing you euer to be a fauourer of all Vertue Therefore may it please you to accept this Worke being a Princely exercise whose grace will be a chiefe ornament to the subiect I treat of It is the discouery of all the secrets of Chesse-play which of all other games is the worthiest that euer was deuised and hath beene practised now 2227. yeers This therefore being so excellent a game and so much esteemed of by the Nobility and Gentry of this our Kingdome as also in all other Countryes in Christendome This considered J haue therefore imbouldned my selfe to referre the perusing hereof to your Honour and my selfe to your good opinion which I tender as that I esteeme most deere euer remayning in all duety at Your Honours commaund Arthur Saul To the courteous Reader THere haue beene diuers which haue written of the game of Chesse-play who haue neglected to write the particulars of the Game but haue spoken some thing which is as much as nothing for the instruction of the Reader therefore doe I imagine they wrote all they knew or otherwise not so much as they might wherefore Courteous Reader if it shall please thee to read this small Booke which to doe will soone be performed thou shalt finde in it more then yet hath beene written by any other in very briefe manner In this booke shalt thou learne first the manner how to place the men next their quality or worth after that to know how they ought to be playd then followeth that you vnderstand the Lawes of the game rightly and after I haue shewed thee some reasons that there can be no rule for this game as some hold opinion then shalt thou finde many pleasing playes to giue thee delight and incouragement to proceede in exercising this game Also thou shalt learne directly what a darke Mate is and likewise what a Stale is and how it falleth out that it is giuen and lastly how to giue a Mate all the men being in the field at two draughts without a guard so that the King checked shall haue no couer nor meanes to relieue himselfe but of force it shall bee mate Vale. A. S. To the World GOe forth my little Booke Thou art no longer mine Each man may on thee looke The shame or praise is thine But seeke thou for no praise No thankes nor yet reward Yet all men for to please Haue thou a chiefe regard The labour hath beene mine The trauaile and the paine Reproches shall be thine To beare thou must be faine For as to pleasure many 'T was that I wished euer Right so to displease any I purpose to doe neuer But if thou please the best And such as be of skill I passe not for the rest Good men accept good-will Hadst thou remain'd with me Thou shouldst haue had no blame Since thou abroad wouldst be Goe forth and seeke thy fame Arthur Saul To the Reader THe order of the men in verse here also shalt thou finde Thy knowledge better to increase and satisfie thy minde First for the Pawnes here vnderstand their march is right forth still And who so doth before them stand they haue no power to kill But as they march who so they finde doe in their colour stand Such may they kill or checke a slope to the right or left hand Not any in the reare of them they can once checke or spoile Forth must they march and not retreate but keepe their rancke or file Till by command they pointed are their King for to releeue Then must they bouldly vnto warre his foes to vexe and greeue And comming at the last in place where Knights and Lords did dwell Their King shall giue to them like grace because they serued him well Thus being Bishops Knights or Dukes their Kings they 'le better steede The Kings may make of them a Queene if they haue any neede Yet ere they can such honour haue all stormes they must a bide And doe their best the Kings to saue what danger ere betide The Bishops that attend the Kings a slope doe vse to fight The one in blacke doth helpe the King the other in the white Their checke in field extends as farre as any of the rest What colours they are placed in there must they doe their best The Bishop blacke in blacke must march and therein vse his skill For in the white he may not come no man to hurt or kill The Bishop white in white must serue so long as he doth liue To any which in blacke doth stand he cannot one checke giue The Duke in valew is halfe a Queene and halfe her draughts hath he Right forth and backe and from each side he can giue checke for thee Through all the colours of the field in such wise may hee checke And also when occasion serues relieue the King with necke Like to a horseman doth the Knight assist the King alwayes And ouer ranke or file hee leapes his honour for to raise When hee giues checke vnto the King and is not for it slaine The King must moue out of his place else-where for to remaine The Knights being forth and comming in such houses as are white May help or harme eight wayes them fro during the time they fight Like all the men within the field the Queene may ayde the King Yet like a Knight no ayde at all she can vnto him bring Through all the houses of the field the Queene may take her pleasure And vse her power to help her King still in a modest measure If in the martch she proue seuere and taketh all she may 'T is for the safegard of the King that she makes cleere the way For this she may not blamed be that seekes her King to saue It is her glory for to striue her King in peace to haue The King in Maiestie doth martch one step at once he
themselues such shame which will not after be put away without much blushing CHAP. XVI What care ought to be vsed in retreating FOR retreating if the blacke King maketh a retreate and not vpon constraint the white King may be assured it is to get some further aduantage against him wherefore it is wisedome not to be too earnest in following such retreat least your rash pursuite be too late lamented CHAP. XVII For aduantage gotten how to make vse thereof VVHen it shall happen that the blacke King hath gotten aduantage of the white King let him weaken the white King so much as hee can by changing with him man for man till he be assured his aduantage shall profit him for we see if two Kings armies meete and fight the one hauing gotten the better of the other hee forth-with vseth the sword till hee maketh him that hath the worst yeeld the glory of the field vnto him I remember that a Noble-man vpon a time said too much mercy was rigor wherefore he that hath the better of his enemy let him make vse of it hee ought not to be blamed but that King is worthy of much blame who after hee hath the better of his enemie doth notwithstanding loose the same againe by forbearing his sword when with praise and honour he might bouldly vse it and for reward be crowned King of the field CHAP. XVIII A play which one author affirmeth that no man possibly can preuent and this is the play FIrst take your boord and the men and after you haue set vp the men then play thus let the white King for his first draught aduance his owne Pawne into the fourth house in his owne file then the blacke King shall aduance his Pawne as farre forth in the same manner then the white King for his second draught playeth his owne Knight into the third house before his owne Bishop and the blacke King for his second draught shall bring forth his owne Knight in the same order then the white King for his third draught with his Knight taketh the blacke Kings Pawne and the blacke King at his third draught with his Knight taketh the white Kings Pawne then the white King at his fourth draught bringeth forth his Queene which he placeth in the second house in his owne file this being perceiued by the blacke King at his fourth draught his Knight to retreate into some place of more safty for feare of the white Kings Queene the white King at his fift draught shall aduance his Knight into the third house before the blacke Kings Queenes Bishop and so giueth checke by discouery to the blacke King with the white Kings Queene which checke the blacke King howsoeuer hee couereth it yet hee shall loose his Queene remedilesly for the white Kings Knight at his sixt draught shal ouerthrow the blacke Kings Queene who cannot be played out of the Knights guard howsoeuer the checke be couered this being the play which is so hard to be preuented I shall shew you three seuerall wayes to make this easie euen at to draughts CHAP. XIX The first way to make a defence for the hard play before mentioned IMagine the white King for his first draught playeth his owne pawne into the fourth house before himselfe and the blacke King for his first draught playeth his Pawne in the like manner then the white King shall play for his second draught his owne Knight into the third house before his owne Bishop and the blacke King to hinder the comming on of the white Kings Knight for his second draught aduanceth his Queenes Pawne into the third house before his Queene for to guard his owne Pawne so that the white Kings purpose this way is made frustrate CHAP. XX. Another way to hinder the same play SEcondly imagine the white King for his first draught playeth forth his owne Pawne into the fourth house before himselfe and that the blacke King doth the like for his first draught then the white King commands his owne Knight into the third house before his owne Bishop then you shall play the blacke Kings Knight in the same order then the white King with his Knight taketh away the blacke Kings Pawne and the blacke King with his Knight at his third draught taketh away the white Kings Pawne then the white King at his fourth draught aduanceth his Queenes Pawne into the third house before his Queene whereby the blacke Kings Knight shall be forced to flye after this the white King for his fift draught may couer his King as he will for the game is equall and this is also the second defence for the play spoken of before CHAP. XXI The third way to hinder the same play at the second draught IMagine the blacke King for his first draught aduanceth his Pawne into the fourth house before himselfe then shall you play the white Kings Pawne for his first draught in the same order then the blacke King for his second draught playeth his owne Knight into the third house before his owne Bishop after this the white King shall place his Queene in the second house before himselfe for his second draught So then the blacke King dares not medle vvith the vvhite Kings Pawne for feare of loosing his Knight by reason the white Queene guardeth the Pawne and this is done at two draughts I could shew you also other playes for the same but this shall suffice CHAP. XXII For the checking of the King without guard IF a Pawne or any other man in the field be so hardy as to giue checke vnto any of the Kings without a guard and that his checke bee giuen the King in such a house where the King may indanger those men may the King destroy himselfe but if they haue guard he may not medell vvith them for going into checke yet the King that is so braued by his enemie may cause any of his vnder-officers that hath guard vpon that house wherein the King is checked to kill any such one which shall presume to checke the King without guard For your last lesson learne this The Kings what danger soeuer they are in may not presse one vpon another for there must be alwayes one house free betweene them neither can they checke one another and when it shall happen that there is no place for the distressed King to flye vnto but that hee must seeke for reliefe in his aduerse Kings bosome then is it Mate The Conclusion THus gentle Reader after thou hast learned to know thy men and how to place them which by this booke thou shalt easily doe then not to play forth a man without a guard after that to know well the difference and valew of the men how much one is better then another and what aduantage it is to play first then to be carefull when you exchange that you exchange not for the worst then to practise and it shall suffice for practise is the chiefest of all to bring thee to perfectnesse Read this booke often and obserue vvell vvhat thou findest in it and it shall profit thee more then the playing of a hundreth games as for the lawes of the game thou shalt finde them in this booke also Thus hauing indeuoured my selfe to shew thee courteous Reader what I can for thy instruction wishing thy loue to this game may be equall to the worthinesse thereof then shall all other games by thee be little respected and lesse practised which no doubt shall giue thee much quietnesse and profit Farewell FINIS