not be to hastie to play 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 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 y e cheast men which you wil white or black Further you must know the name of y e pieces of y e houses places for y e 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 y e fourth house of thy King but afterwardes if he passe further he shalbe in the 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 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 And if he retyre his knight into the thirde house of his kinges bishop y u shalt geue him checke w t thy quene in turning her away frō thy knight the whiche y e 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 y u shalt take his with thine whiche afterwarde shall be taken with his knight This done thou shalt geue him check w t thy knight in taking the Paune of his quenes 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 the thirde house of his queenes bishoppe 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 y e paune of his kings bishop take thy paune y u 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 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 w t his knight he shall haue loste hys Thou shalt playe thy kings bishop 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 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 place her in the fourth thou shalte set thy quenes bishop in the thyrde roume of thy king for to take her 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 y e 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 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 knight whiche is the best that he could play ye shall spoyle together your queenes then shalte y e 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 shalt win a paune to wit y t of his kings bishop by thy bishop or y t 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 y u shalt take the Paune of his kinges bishoppe w t 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 y u 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 w t his Quene the exchaunge shalbe made by thy knights Paune and so shalt thou stil be stronger by one paune Another maner of playing 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 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 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 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 y e fourth house of thy queenes Bishoppe 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 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 w t his Quene by which meanes y e 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 kinges Bishoppe he couer it with his queenes Paune thy Bishoppe shal take his Paune and thou shalt say yet checke Then he will retyre into the thyrd place of hys Knight 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 y u shalte play y e 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 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 y e 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 THE seconde maner of playing is to beginne with the queenes 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 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 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 y e Paune of thy queenes 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 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 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 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 y t which for to withstande thou shalt remoue thy kynges Knighte into the seconde house of thy King and then shalt y u 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 y e kings Knight thou shalt take his kinges Paune w t thy Queene shalt saye checke whereof he wyll couer it with his Queene and thyne shall take his kinges Rooke 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 his Knight thou shalt geue him the check of thy quene here aboue mencioned settynge thy Queene in y e fourth house of his kings Rooke for to take his Rooke if he couer it with the knightes Paune if not if his King march forth into his seconde house thou shalte geue hym checke with thy queene which shal com into y e fourth place of his king who in retyring him self to y e second of his knight for to escape from the check shall of force lose his knight And if he giue thee not check by the discouerie of his knight as I haue tolde thee beinge the playe according to y e 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 y e 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 y u 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 y t 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 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 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 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 y u 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 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 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 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 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 y e 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 And he wyll not pushe hys kynges Paune vpon thy Knight for to take 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 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 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 y e 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 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 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 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 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 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 The ende of the Cheastes play PRINTED at london by Rouland Hall for Ia-Rovvbothum are to bee solde at his shoppe vnder Bovve church 1562. This 5 table foloweth the play thre marked A. 2. This table is the continuatiō of the first leuing the 2. marked with B. 1. This table foloweth the. 3. of an other fashion thā the article of the. 5. This table foloweth the last before This table is the continuatiō of the 3. of another maner then the other Ye muste finishe the game 3. answerīg to the first 4 folowing the. 3. Ye muste holde on this play Fygure 5. folowing the. 3. Ye muste holde on Fygure Ye muste holde on Ye muste holde on A table folowing the first of the 4. Chap. by another fashion 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
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 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 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 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 y t 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 for then shal his senses be occupied so with other matters that his enemie that playeth against him will with his diligēce giue him y e 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 y e plaiers but it is such a kind of choler that passeth awaye lightly farre vnlike y e 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 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 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 reader for the better vnderstanding and knowing of y e 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 y e 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 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 stroÌ„g 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 offeÌ„d 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 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 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 y e 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 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 wheÌ„ she wil the office of y erooks also of y e bishops And because y e seldom the wiues go to warre that the first that so much aduauntaged 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 And the best Paunes are next vnto the King Also therefore wheÌ„ check is geueÌ„ to y e 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 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 indiffereÌ„tly 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 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 â—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