The Game of Chess

...the world. I rob upon the sea now with a single galley, whereas you rob the world with many a large keel The "keel" refers to the timber at the base of a ship's hull; here it is used as a poetic term for the ships themselves. and with many ships. And men call me a robber and you an emperor; and if it were that my fortune fortune original: "glück." In medieval thought, "Glück" or Fortuna was often blamed for a person's moral failings or desperate circumstances. improved, I too would gladly improve myself. But the more fortune you have, the more wicked you become. Then Alexander spoke: "I will change your fortune so that you may no longer lay the blame upon fortune." And he enriched him on the spot, and thereafter he improved himself so much that he later became a prince and a righteous judge.

Fifthly, the king should be chaste chaste original: "künsch," related to the modern German word keusch. In the context of medieval kingship, this refers to sexual morality and marital fidelity., so that he does not fall into sin with any woman, but only with the queen. And for that reason, the queen is placed at his left side. It is to be believed that a king who is chaste, just, and truthful deserves to beget a son who is like him in these same virtues. For such a son shall not fall away from them, because the father leads him from virtue to virtue, so that he follows after him...