mble, when the _Saints-bell_ of the Church
sounds in thy Ears, and calls thee to attend the _Priest_, who now
signifyes his entrance into the _Holy-place_, and invites thee to joyn
with him in the Sacrifice of Prayers and Praises.

_Secondly_, Nor let the Bells be made thy Lullaby, to drown some
Dissatisfaction, and so makes thee repair to the _Belfree_, (like the
_Nurse_ to her _Whistle-Bells_) to quiet thy disturbed mind, and thus
(as the Divine Poet excellently expresses it) to silence it with

Look, Look, What's here! A dainty Golden thing?
See how the dancing _Bells_ turn round, and Ring
To please my _Bantling_! here's a _Knack_ will breed,
An hundred Kisses; here's a _Knack_ indeed, _&c._

But let the _Altar_ have thy presence in Communion with God, in Prayers
for his Grace, and Patience, to support any Calamity that may fall upon
thee.

_Lastly_, Let the Bells put you in mind to contemplate on _Death_, and
every time you Ring, think how long it may be ere one of these may be
your turn to have to sound

_The Nine sad Knolls of a Dull _Passing-Bell_,
With the loud Language of a Nightly Knell._

This in short, is the use the _Ringer_ ought to make of this his
Recreation, which if he makes duly and rightly, he may then Lawfully
enjoy all the Benefit he can desire from it. And here I shall make an
end of this Observation by way of Advice to the _Ringer_, which perhaps
coming amongst Recreations may look unseasonable; But I know (at least
presume) if I meet with an ingenious Reader, I shall need no Apology,
for playing the Divine, in the directing the good Use of our Pleasures,
and aiming at the furtherance of Virtue in all our Actions.

Thus much for _Ringing_.

Of Billiards,

_Italy_ is asserted by universal Consent, to have been the Country
whence this Recreation took its Birth and Original; and indeed 'tis no
wonder that she who is called the _Queen_ or _Empress of the World_, the
_Mistress of the Nations_, nay _the Paradise of the World_, should yield
such Art and Ingenuity, and gentile Cunning, as her proper Product:
A Country whose Inhabitants for their _Gravity_, _Respectiveness_, and
_Ingenuity_ will ever stand Chronicled in the Books of Fame. A People
that are _obedient_ to their _Superiors_, _Courteous_ to their
Inferiors, full of all _Civility_ to their Equals, _Affable_ to
Strangers, and most desirous by all fair and friendly Offices to win
their Love. In their _Apparel_ fin