The Game of Chess

He who is the master of his own mind and can
tame his anger original: "muͤtes Herre" and "zorn gezemen." This refers to the moral ideal of self-mastery, where a ruler controls his internal passions before attempting to rule others. / For he showed a
saddened face toward him because of it; and when the
sons wished to avenge their father’s insult,
he restrained them from it. And when Arisippus Continuing from the previous page, this refers to Thrasippus. After insulting the Duke, the man was so overcome with guilt that he attempted suicide.
wished to do penance by killing himself,
he [the Duke] followed him and dissuaded
him from it, and took away all the secrecy original: "gehaim." This likely refers to the private shame or the hidden burden of guilt the man carried.
that he had before him. / One reads of King
Piro Pyrrhus of Epirus (c. 319–272 BC), a Greek king and celebrated general. This anecdote is a classic example of his wit and clemency. that he was kind and gentle,
and he demonstrated this toward certain men who were drinking
at Rome and spoke evil of him;
and when this was told to him and he
asked them what they had accused him of, one
among them spoke: "It was a small thing
that we said of you compared to that
which we would have said, had our wine
not run out." And when he heard the kind
speech from the Roman and the
confession of the truth, he laughed
kindly at him. / And for that reason, as they
had previously insulted him, so they praised him
afterward. / In the second place, the The text breaks off here as it prepares to introduce the next virtuous quality or example required of a ruler.