most refined _Art_ on the Bass, they may
There (and no where else) find their Center; there to sport with
Delight, and unexpectedly to charm.

Sec. 8. That, it is owing to an exquisite _Taste_, that they are executed
with that sweet _putting forth_ of the Voice, which is so enchanting.

_From the accessory Qualities is learned,_

Sec. 9. That the _Graces_ or _Passages_ be easy in appearance, thereby to
give universal Delight.

Sec. 10. That in effect They be difficult that thereby the Art of the
Inventor be the more admired.

Sec. 11. That They be performed with an equal regard to the Expression of
the Words, and the Beauty of the Art.

Sec. 12. That They be _gliding_ or _dragging_ in the _Pathetick_, for They
have a better Effect than those that are mark'd.

Sec. 13. That They do not appear studied, in order to be the more regarded.

Sec. 14. That They be softened with the _Piano_ in the _Pathetick_, which
will make them more affecting.

Sec. 15. That in the _Allegro_ They be sometimes accompanied with the
_Forte_ and the _Piano_, so as to make a sort of _Chiaro Scuro_.

Sec. 16. That They be confin'd to a _Group_ of a few Notes, which are more
pleasing than those which are too numerous.

Sec. 17. That in a slow _Time_, there may be a greater Number of them (if
the Bass allows it) with an Obligation upon the Singer to keep to the
Point propos'd, that his Capacity be made more conspicuous.

Sec. 18. That They be properly introduc'd, for in a wrong Place They
disgust.

Sec. 19. That They come not too close together, in order to keep them
distinct.

Sec. 20. That They should proceed rather from the Heart than from the
Voice, in order to make their way to the Heart more easily.

Sec. 21. That They be not made on the second or fourth Vowel, when closely
pronounc'd, and much less on the third and fifth.

Sec. 22. That They be not copied, if you would not have them appear
defective.

Sec. 23. That They be stol'n on the _Time_, to captivate the Soul.

Sec. 24. That They never be repeated in the same place, particularly in
_Pathetick Airs_, for there they are the most taken Notice of by the
Judicious.

Sec. 25. And, above all, let them be improv'd; by no means let them lose in
the Repetition.

Sec. 26. Many Professors are of Opinion, that in _Graces_ there is no room
for the marked _Divisions_, unless mix'd with some of the aforesaid
Embellishments or some other agreable Accidents.

Sec. 27. But it i