<p>When we observe the Ball, how to and fro<lb/> The Gamesters force it; we may ponder thus:<lb/> That whil'st we live we shall be playd with so,<lb/> And that the World will make her Game of us.<lb/> Adversities, one while our hearts constraine<lb/> To stoope, and knock the Pavements of Despaire;<lb/> Hope, like a Whirle-wind mounts us up againe,<lb/> Till oft it lose us in the empty ayre.<lb/> Sometimes, above the Battlements we looke;<lb/> Sometimes, we quite below the Line are tost:<lb/> Another-while, against the Hazard strooke,<lb/> We, but a little want, of being lost.<lb/> Detraction, Envie, Mischief, and Despight,<lb/> One Partie make, and watchfully attend<lb/> To catch us when we rise to any Height;<lb/> Lest we above their hatred should ascend.<lb/> Good-Fortune, Praises, Hopes, and Industries,<lb/> Doe side-together, and make Play to please us;<lb/> But, when by them we thinke more high to rise,<lb/> More great they make our Fall, and more disease us.<lb/> Yea, they that seeke our Losse, advance our Gaine;<lb/> And to our Wishes, bring us oft the nigher:<lb/> For, we that else upon the Ground had laine,<lb/> Are, by their striking of us lifted higher.<lb/> When Balls against the Stones are hardest throwne,<lb/> Then highest up into the Aire they fly;<lb/> So, when men hurle us (with most fury) downe,<lb/> Wee hopefull are to be advanc'd thereby:<lb/> And, when they smite us quite unto the Ground,<lb/> Then, up to Heav'n, we trust, we shall rebound.<lb/> </p>

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Two men playing a game of fives; in the background two men fighting

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<p>When to suppresse us, Men intend,<lb/> They make us higher to ascend.</p>

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