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| | JOHN LYDGATE |
 | | John Lydgate the English Monk of St. Edmund's-Bury, calls this game, the Game Royal, and he dedicates his book, written in the manner of a love poem, to the admirers of chess, which he compares to a love battle, in the following words: M.S. John Lydgate. |
 | | The old English names in Lydgate, are 1, Kynge, 2, Queen or Fers, 3, Awfn, or Alfin, 4, Knyght, or Horseman, 5, Roke or Rochus, 6, Paune. |
 | | Henry I, John, two of the Edwards, I and IV, and Charles I are identified with the chess incidents. |
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