MISCELLANEOUS PUZZLES

These went together to visit the French king lying at Constance :

where, entertaining the time with varietie of disports, Henry played

with Louis, then Daulphine of France, at chesse, and did win of him

very much.

" Hereat Louis beganne to growe warme in words, and was

therein little respected by Henry. The great impatience of the one

and the small forbearance of the other did strike in the end such a

heat between them that Louis threw the chessmen at Henry's

face.

" Henry again stroke Louis with the chessboord, drew blood