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with wholefome food and frequent exhorta- 

 tions, and to make them fubjed: to the 

 word of command by confcant difcipline 

 and exerclfe, but in time of aftion we 

 ought to be armed with calmnefs snd pre- 

 fence of mind, to obferve the various mo- 

 tions and flratagems made ufe of to defeat 

 us, and furnifhed with prudent forefight 

 and provifion for every new emergency to 

 which the fortune of the day is fubjeft. 

 We muft never forget that every Hare (as 

 we fay of Fencers) has her particular play; 

 that, however, that play is occaiioned or 

 changed according to the variation of wind 

 and weather, the weight of the air, the 

 nature of the ground, and the degrees of 

 eagernefs with which fhe is purfued. Nor 

 are we to be unmindful of the numerous ac- 

 cidents fne may meet with in her way, to 

 turn her out of her courfe, to cover her 

 flight, to quicken her fpeed, or to furnifh 

 her with an opportunity of new devices. 

 I fay, it is not enough to have a general 

 knowledo-e of thefe thino;s before the Game 

 is ftarted, but in the heat of adion, when 

 we are moll tempted to be in raptures with 

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