Ribald Classic: Checkmate

April, 1970

There was a certain guido in Naples who had a secret madness, an obsession of the most absurd kind. Yet he was a handsome, courteous gentleman, well educated, prosperous and wellborn, and no one suspected this fantasy of his. In fact, if it had ever been spoken, any listener would have taken it as no more than a joke in bad taste. Guido had fallen in love with the queen.It must be explained that King Alfonso V, who reigned at that time, bore a scepter of lechery. He was a great wencher and seduc...