"The Bishop he is witty brain That chooseth Crossest paths to pace, And evermore he pries with pain To see who seeks him most disgrace. Such stragglers when he finds astray, He takes them up, and throws away."
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Nicholas Breton, "The Chess Play" (1593), The Bishop
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