twice, it is a loss; as indeed
repugnant to all _Rule_ and _Method_.

_9thly_, There is another Caution you are to take at the Port, _viz._
When you jobb your Ball with the great end of your stick through the
Port, beware that you throw it not down, the doing of it is a loss; and
therefore be careful to do it so handsomly, that at one stroke without
turning the Port with your stick (which as I have mentioned before is a
fault) you accomplish your Intention: But on the contrary observe

_10thly_, It is good play to turn the Port with your _Ball_, (not with
your stick) and so hinder your Adversary from passing: Nor is it amiss,
to make your Adversary a _Fornicator_ if it lyes in your Power: I mean
to make him a _Fornicator_ is, having past your self a little way, and
your Adversaries ball being hardly through the port, you put him back
again, and it may be quite out of pass, and so you may the sooner
peradventure gain the end, having the Advantage of passing, by gently
thrusting the other back again.

_11thly_, Let Policy likewise be a guide to you, for obtaining the
Conquest, and lying a-loof off, and laying a long Hazard sometimes for
your Antagonist, will be an excellent way to entice and entrap him; for
that he promising to himself the good fortune of Hazarding you, will be
induced rashly to adventure at that distance, and supposing to strike
your Ball, which cunningly lyes (to tempt him to that Venture) near the
Hazard, is himself caught in that Trap he thought to throw you into, by
reason that the distance, deceives his Expectation, and blows up his
thoughts with fruitless Suppositions.

_12thly_, Let Art likewise teach you Cunning, _i. e._ by lying abscond,
or at Bo-peep with your Adversary; this is a subtlety which perhaps may
gain the Advantage of a Pass or Hazard. For I must tell you, in this
Game, is required much Cunning, and subtle Contrivance, as in any
Recreation whatever, and therefore when you are to Play with an Expert
Player, you must muster up all the forces of your Ingenuity and Wit, for
the vanquishing of your Opponent.

_Lastly_, Observe the Advantages may be gained, and endeavour to get
them, if they fall within the sphere of your Activity. One of which I
shall here insert, which is indeed the chief, _viz._ That if your
Adversary hath not past the Port, and lies up by the King, take the
Advantage of a Second Pass, endeavour to pass again, which if you
dextrously perform, and after touch the K