The Game of Chess

about the merchants and about the money-changers. The
fifth is about the physicians and about the apothecaries.
The sixth is about the innkeepers original: "leutgeben.". The seventh is about the
officials and city-governors and about the community.
The eighth is about scoundrels original: "ruffianen," typically referring to pimps or hired thugs., gamblers, and vagabonds. The
first chapter of the fourth part is how the pieces original: "gestain," literally "stones."
generally move from their place. The second is of the King's
move in general. The third is of the Queen's
move in general. The fourth is of the Elders' The "Alfins" or precursors to the Bishop. move.
The fifth is of the Knight's leap original: "fürstruckch.". The
sixth is of the Rook's move. The seventh is of the
common laypeople The pawns, representing various professions.. The eighth is a rebuttal of the things
that have been said before.

Among all things that are harmful to man,
the greatest is this: he who despises
God, and those who harm men, and neglect
improvement, and kill those who correct them. And this is
proven by King Nero, of whom one reads that
he killed his master Seneca because
he did not want to endure his correction. Now it
happened that there was a king in Babylon
who was named Evilmerodach Amel-Marduk (died c. 560 BC), son of Nebuchadnezzar II. In medieval literature, he was a stock character for a tyrant.. He was so cruel original: "fraisam."
that he cut his father’s body into three hundred pieces.
And he gave the flesh to three hundred vultures original: "hüttichen.", among
other evil things that were in him. Now this
was the worst: that he hated those
who corrected him, and he killed them. In these evil things
he followed after his evil father, who [kept] the wise men in