The Game of the Chesse (Caxton, facsimile)

...but for evil and wickedness original: "mauaystie". And so he made him rich, and this was he who afterward was a good prince and a good judge original: "Justicer".

The king ought to be supremely original: "soueraynly" chaste, and this is signified by a queen who is only on his right side. For it is to be believed and is credible that when the king is a good man—just, true, and of good manners and character original: "condicions"—his children will gladly follow the same. For a good and true son ought not to forsake or stray from the good character of his father. For certainly original: "certes" it is against God and nature in part when a man takes someone other than his own proper wife.

And we see that in birds, where the male and female together have the responsibility original: "charge" for keeping and nourishing their young chicks and birds. For some types of birds keep only to their females, as is seen in storks, doves, and turtledoves original: "turtils". But those birds that do not nourish their young have many wives and females, such as the cock, which does nothing to nourish his chickens. And therefore, among all the animals original: "beestes" that exist, man and woman put forth the most effort original: "entente" and have the most care and responsibility in nourishing their children. Therefore, they act against nature in part when they leave their wives for other women.

Concerning this chastity, Valerius Valerius Maximus, a Roman author of a collection of historical anecdotes. relates original: "reherceth" an example and says that there was a man of Rome named Scipio Africanus original: "sapio affricā" because he had conquered Africa, although he was born in Rome. When he was twenty-nine original: "xxviiij" years of age, he conquered Carthage and took many people as hostages. Among them, he was presented with a very fair maiden for his solace and pleasure, who was betrothed original: "assured & handfast" to a noble young gentleman of Carthage named...