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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19790	Ludus scacchiæ: = chesse-play A game, both pleasant, wittie, and politicke: with certain briefe instructions therevnto belonging; translated out of the Italian into the English tongue. Containing also therein, a prety and pleasant poeme of a whole game played at chesse. Written by G.B.; Libro da imparare giocare a scachi. English. Selections	Damiano, da Odenara.; G. B., fl. 1592-1597.; Vida, Marco Girolamo, ca. 1485-1566. Scacchia ludus. aut	1597 (1597)	STC 6216; ESTC S109216	18,597	48

third house of his Queenes bishop And then hee can not play so well but that he shall loose his Queene And if hee remooue not his knight but play his Queene before his king thou shalt take his knight with thy Queene then hee will play his Queenes pawne one roume against thy knight to the end that if thou remooue it from thence hee may take thy Queene Therefore thou shalt play thy Queenes Pawne as farre as he may go and if he play the pawne of his kings bishoppe one steppe thou shalt play the pawne of thy kings bishop as farre as he may go and if he take thy knight with his Queenes pawne thou shalt take his pawne with that of thine and if he play his other knight to the second house of his Queene thou shalt remooue thine to the third house of thy Queenes bishop by that meanes thy Queene shal remaine safe And if the pawne of his kings bishop do take thy pawne thou shalt play thy knight to the fourth place of his queene to take her but if he set her in her third house then shalt thou take his pawne with thine And if he take thy pawne with his knight thou shalt set thy queens bishop in the fourth house of thy kings bishop and so of force he shall lose his knight but if he take not thy pawne with his knight hee is like to leese his owne If in steed of taking thy pawne with his knight he take it with his queen thou shalt take his with thine which after shall bee taken with his knight This done thou shalt giue him checke with thy knight in taking the pawne of his queenes bishop and he shall be forced to loose his queenes rooke And if hee take not thy pawne but to saue his queene placeth her in the third house of his queenes bishop thou shalt play thy kings bishop to the fourth house of his queenes knight for to take her and if insteede of taking her she take thy bishop thou shalt giue him check with thy knight in taking the pawne of his queens bishop then shalt thou take his queene for the gaine is much greater than of the rooke And if in steede of placing his queene in the third house of his bishop he place her in the fourth thou shalt set thy queens bishop in the third roome of thy King for to take her And if hee giue the checke with his queene in the fourth house of his rooke thou shalt couer it with thy bishop by which meanes hee can doe no more but remooue her into the third house of his bishop and thou shalt play the pawne of thy queenes knight as farre as he may goe for to take his queene then he shall be forced to set his queene in the third house of his bishop and thou shalt play thy kings bishop into the fourth house of his Knight to take his Queene and if she take it thou hast thy instruction in the last Article before Then can he not play it well for if it become to pillage or spoile of queenes thou shalt haue still the aduantage of the checke of thy Knight for to take his rooke So shall he be weaker both in small and great peeces as shall be declared in the Article following And if hee set his queene in the third house of his King thou shalt yet giue him checke with thy Knight according to the last instruction But if he set her in the third place of his Kings Knight which is the best that hee coulde play yee shall spoile together your Queenes then shalt thou giue the checke with thy Knight in taking the pawne of his queens bishop to take his rooke The second maner of playing it The second manner of play is to beginne with the Queenes pawne If therefore thou beginne thou shalt remooue thy Queenes pawne as farre as he may goe and if hee play his as farre as hee may thou shalt play the pawne of thy queenes bishop as farre as he may goe and if he take it play thy Kings pawne as farre as hee may goe he then will play the pawne of his queenes Knight as farre as hee may to saue his other pawne and thou shalt play the pawne of thy Queenes Rooke two steppes and if he take it with his pawne thou shalt take his other pawne with thy Kings bishop then must hee of force take that Knights pawne in playing thy Queenes knight into the third house of thy bishop on that side for thou shalt haue three peeces all prepared to his destruction But if he take not thy rookes Pawne but play the Pawne of his Queenes bishop thou shalt take his pawne with that of thy rooke and he will take thine with that of his bishop Then play the Pawne of thy Queenes knight and if hee take it thou shalt take with thy kings bishop his knights Pawne and shalt say checke which hee will couer with his queenes bishop and with thy queene thou shalt take his other Pawne And if he take thy bishop with his thou shalt take his with thy queene and shalt say checke and if he couer it with his queene it will be no great daunger to spoile them both together because the pawne of his queenes rooke being without company shal leese himselfe of force if thou prepare thither thy Knight or thy bishop But if with his bishop he take not thine but play his queenes Knight to the third house of his bishop to take thy queens pawne thou shalt play thy queens bishop to the third house of the King and if hee play his queenes Rooke in the seate of the Knight then remooue thy queene out of the discouerie to the fourth house of thy queenes Rooke and if he set his Queene in the third house of his Knight thou shalt remooue thy Queenes Knight to the third house of the bishop This done thy bishop shall kill his Knight and his Queene shall put to death thy Bishop then thy Queene shall take his Rookes pawne who will set himselfe out of the way for feare of feeling the heauy strokes of thy queene And in so doing suffereth his King to fall into checke and yet for some other considerations thou shalt remoue thy Kings Knight into the second house of thy King then shalt thou serue thee of the rookes in loosing the one to winne the other and in so doing thou shalt not faile to win the game THus hast thou here gentle Reader for thy better instruction a few short precepts onely for a taste because I would not haue thee ingorged at the first lest thou feeling thy selfe cloyed with the tediousnesse of the precepts in prose thou mightest also loathe the folowing verses which I haue written for thy more delight of a whole game played out at Chesse And thus briefly I bid thee farewell til better opportunitie shall cause me to set it downe heereafter more at large Finis G. B. SCACCHIA LVDVS Chesse Play FOnd shapes of warre

vsed to go to the warres were the Amazons therefore some name her Amazon white and Amazon blacke But aboue all the players ought to keepe her well because that the game is seldome wonne after that she is once lost Of the Pawne or footeman The footman is the rapier and the target as it were of the great Chesse men and the Kings especially for this cause that when he can proceede so well in warre as to arriue at the last ranke of his enemies he is chosen and made the best peece of the play to wit hee is the Queene And if in making himselfe Queene he can giue checke he is so much the more to be esteemed The marching foorth of the Pawne for the first time is to make two steppes if he will or one onely if he list marching alwayes right before him and not aside And the best Pawnes are next vnto the King Therefore when checke is giuen to the King the Pawne cannot passe the barres of his way for to succour him that is if checke be giuen to the King the Pawne cannot march aside be it on the left or on the right for to couer his King for his way is beset on both sides and cannot go but right forth and alwaies step by step prouided that his way be not stopped It is true that in taking he marcheth awry one onely step of what side soeuer it be and can not take that which is right against him It shall be also best for the Pawne not to aduaunce himselfe much within the campe of his enemy The Checker or Chesse boorde whereon are placed the peeces euery one in his order The blacke side QR QKn QB Q K KB KKn KR P P P P P P P P                                                                 P P P P P P P P QR QKn QB Q K KB KKn KR The white side Beholde here the forme of the Checker or Chesseboorde and how the Chessemen ought to be placed in euery house whereof there are in all threescore and foure to wit thirty two on either side or halfe wherof the eight vppermore opposites or one against another are full of principall peeces on both sides The other eight also next them on both sides are full of Pawnes So that there are thirty two peeces which is to each player sixteene whereof there be eight great ones and eight little The roomes where euery one of them are set I will name seates the other which bee empty I will name places or houses Thorowe the which as well seates as places the great Chesse men and small do runne in their order forward or backeward to giue the mate to the contrary King And to tell you why there be so many houses and why neyther more nor lesse it passeth my intelligence and I thinke there will be found no other resolution but the wil of him that made the play whom the best Historiens record to be Exerses the philosopher otherwise called Philometer who to reproue the tiranny bad maners of Euilmerodach K. of Babylon first deuised this game Some say the inuēters therof were two brethren Libius and Terrhenus who being afflicted with great hunger and famine did inuent this play to the end that in playing it they might imploy their spirites so vehemently that they might the more easily passe ouer the affliction of famine But whosoeuer it was no doubt the inuention and wittinesse thereof is greatly to be commended and followed Certaine generall rules chiefly to be vsed in the Chesse play First you must play nocast or draught in vaine if it be not vpon great necessitie Secondly You must not make a fault Thirdly You must not be too hastie to play Fourthly If you haue a good draught to make looke if you haue not a better Fiftly If you haue aduantage you may wel make a change and yet not loose it Sixtly If you haue aduantage wherewith you may win the game take heede that you spoile not your game nor to abandon your King to win onelie a Pawne Seuenthly the principall thing is to set your king in a sure place when he marcheth forth Eightly The two Pawnes which be on that side where the King is transported must not be remoued but in great necessitie for that oftentimes the game is lost by remoouing the Rookes Pawne or Knights Pawne one roume because that there the contrarie King findeth the way of the mate Ninthly Then you must goe abroad with your peeces and not keep them inclosed at home Lastly it is good that the twoo Pawnes of the King and the Queene be vpon their fourth houses and also those of the Bishops It is to be noted for the well vnderstanding of the marching forth of the Chesse men that the Chesse-boord ought to be set in such sort that the Rooke on the right side bee sette in a white place and take the Chesse men which you will white or blacke Further you must knowe the names of the peeces and of the places for the Chesse men that are on the kings side be named the Kings Chesse men and likewise the kings houses vnto the middest of the Chesse boorde And from thence forward are the contrary kings houses As for example The Pawne which is before thy king is in the second house of thy king And if thou remoue him one step he shall be in the third or if he go further in the fourth house of the king But afterwardes and if he doe goe further yet hee shall be in the fourth house of the King of the contrarie parte And so of all the other Chesse men on that side The other side is that of the Queene as well in Chesse men as in houses therefore for this cause is it needefull to haue before you a Chesse boorde with the Chesse men for to see with your eyes the Arte which briefly shall be declared in this Treatise And so after presupposing the game you may beginne after two sortes to play it as foloweth The first maner of playing The first manner is to beginne with the Kings Pawne and the second is to begin with the Queens Pawne The first according to my iudgement is the best that is to wit to beginne with the Kings Pawne as farre as he may goe And if the contrarie party play the kings Pawne as farre as he may thou shalt play thy Kings knight to three houses from the kings bishop And if he play his kings knight to three houses from the kings bishop thou shalt take with thy knight his kings pawne and if hee take also thy pawne with his knight play thy Queene before thy king And if he retire his knight into the third house of his kings bishop thou shalt giue him check with thy Queene in turning her away from thy knight the which thou shalt remooue into the