§ 10. That in effect They be difficult that thereby the Art of the Inventor be the more admired.
§ 11. That They be performed with an equal regard to the Expression of the Words, and the Beauty of the Art.
§ 12. That They be _gliding_ or _dragging_ in the _Pathetick_, for They have a better Effect than those that are mark'd.
§ 13. That They do not appear studied, in order to be the more regarded.
§ 14. That They be softened with the _Piano_ in the _Pathetick_, which will make them more affecting.
§ 15. That in the _Allegro_ They be sometimes accompanied with the _Forte_ and the _Piano_, so as to make a sort of _Chiaro Scuro_.
§ 16. That They be confin'd to a _Group_ of a few Notes, which are more pleasing than those which are too numerous.
§ 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.
§ 18. That They be properly introduc'd, for in a wrong Place They disgust.
§ 19. That They come not too close together, in order to keep them distinct.
§ 20. That They should proceed rather from the Heart than from the Voice, in order to make their way to the Heart more easily.
§ 21. That They be not made on the second or fourth Vowel, when closely pronounc'd, and much less on the third and fifth.
§ 22. That They be not copied, if you would not have them appear defective.
§ 23. That They be stol'n on the _Time_, to captivate the Soul.
§ 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.
§ 25. And, above all, let them be improv'd; by no means let them lose in the Repetition.
§ 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.
§ 27. But it is now time that we speak of the _Dragging_, that, if the _Pathetick_ should once return again into the World, a Singer might be able to understand it. The Explanation would be easier understood by Notes of Musick than by Words, if the Printer was not under great Difficulty to print a few Notes; notwithstanding which, I'll endeavour, the best I can, to make myself understood.
