No. CII

This diagram shows the order in which the syllables or words of the eight-line verse are to be read on the course of a Knight’s moves at chess—

14
sor		55
to		22
king		37
good		12
say		51
luck		18
loy		35
eth
23
and		38
moth		13
a		54
soon		17
dis		36
our		11
to		50
bad
56
place		15
ry		40
church		21
his		52
force		9
is		34
hat		19
al
39
er		24
queen		53
him		16
wight		33
he		20
to		49
may		10
truth
2
man		57
his		28
and		41
and		8
chess		61
es		32
knight		47
op’s
25
a		42
sneer		1
the		60
and		29
un		48
lawn		7
of		62
tates
58
cas		3
that		44
at		27
less		64
pawn		5
no		46
bish		31
lant
44
eth		26
faith		59
tles		4
hath		45
the		30
gal		63
in		6
love

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They run thus:—

The man that hath no love of chess,
Is, truth to say, a sorry wight;
Disloyal to his King and Queen,
A faithless and ungallant Knight.
He hateth our good mother Church,
And sneereth at the bishop’s lawn;
May bad luck force him soon to place
His castles and estates in pawn!

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