The Game of the Chesse.
Dedication to the Duke of Clarence
Prologue to second edition
Book I.
This booke conteyneth. iiii. traytees/ The first traytee is of the Invencion of this playe of the chesse/ and conteyneth. iii. chapitres.
The first chapitre is under what kynge this play was founden.
The.ii. chapitre/ who fonde this playe.
The.iii. chapitre/ treteth of. iii. causes why hit was made and founden.
Book II.
The seconde traytee treteth of the chesse men/ and conteyneth.v. chapitres.
The first chapitre treteth of the forme of a kynge and of suche thinges as apperteyn to a kynge.
The.ii. chapitre treteth of y'e quene & her forme & maners.
The.iii. chapitre of the forme of the alphins and her offices and maners.
The.iiii. chapitre is of the knygth and of his offices.
The.v. is of the rooks and of their maners and offices.
Book III.
The thirde traytee is of the offices of the comyn peple And hath.viii. chapitres.
The first chapitre is of the labourers & tilinge of the erthe.
The.ii. of smythis and other werkes in yron & metall.
The.iii. is of drapers and makers of cloth & notaries.
The.iiii. is of marchantes and chaungers.
The.v. is of phisicyens and cirugiens and apotecaries.
The.vi. is of tauerners and hostelers.
The.vii. is of y'e gardes of the citees & tollers & customers.
The.viii. is of ribauldes disepleyars and currours.
Book IV.
The.iiii. traytee is of the meuyng and yssue of them And hath.viii. chapitres.
The first is of the eschequer.
The seconde of the yssue and progression of the kynge.
The thirde of the yssue of the quene. [Transcribers note: Original mislabels 3rd chapter as a second 2nd chapter]
The fourth is of the yssue of the alphyns.
The fifth is of the yssue of the knyghtes.
The sixty chapitre of the yssue of the rooks.
The seuenth is of the meuynge & yssue of the comyn peple.
And the eyght and laste chapitre is of the epilegacion and of the recapitulacion of all these forsaid chapitres.
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