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336 other in the black and void space before the ; the third, towards the left, in the place of a. When this piece is fixed near the king, it may move six squares, and when in the middle, eight. It is the same with the left. When the black is opposite to the king, and the white also opposite, they move together; one is placed before the queen, as the left; the other, before the king, as the right.

The fourth kind is of the inferior pieces which have one and the same move. For from the square on which they are placed they may proceed to the third, and there, as in security, remain in the king's move. But when they go out of the king's move, they are content with one square, and proceed in a direct line. Yet they never return in this manner, but secure the best situations they can. If they should be assisted by the knights, and other noble pieces, and come in the places of the higher, they acquire a greater power through favour of the queen. But it should be observed, that if the inferior pieces, going on the right, find any noble or vulgar