The Game of the Chesse (Caxton, facsimile)

The second treatise: the first chapter treats the form of a king, his manners, and his estate. Chapter 1.

A woodcut illustration within a decorative rectangular frame depicting a king seated upon an ornate high-backed throne. The king wears a crown and an ermine-lined robe. He holds a long scepter in his right hand and a globus cruciger (an "apple of golde") in his left. The setting is an architectural interior with vaulted windows in the background and tiled flooring.

The king must be depicted original: "maad" in this way: he must sit in a chair clothed in purple, crowned on his head, with a scepter in his right hand and an apple of gold An "apple of gold" refers to a globus cruciger, a sphere representing the world, usually topped with a cross, symbolizing a monarch's religious and secular authority. in his left hand. For he is the greatest and highest in dignity above all others, and the most worthy.

And that is signified by the crown; for the glory of the people is the dignity of the king. Above all others, the king ought to be filled original: "replenysshed" with virtues and with grace, and this is signified by the purple. For just as purple robes make the body fair and beautiful original: "enbellissheth", in the same way, virtues