Dulcity

And amongſt other fruits as Orenges (which are ſweet, ſucculent and daintie) of ſo pleaſant a taſte and relliſh, that they affect the eater wonderfully offering the rinde with no leſſe pleaſure then the iuice, both which ſeeme to haue dulcitie and Acrimony mixt together[…]

But when natural heat begins to domineer in the very matter, and the watry matter mixed with the terrene hath attained to maturity, then the auſterity evinced and expelled, dulcity succeeds in the same matter; and ſo auſtere Fruits after mutation become ſweet, which mutation is not of the matter, but quality.

Therefore it naturally comes to paſſe, that we follow that which pleaſeth: eſpecially, if the Genius of the Nature, accord with the Election of the Will: and the toiles therein undergone, either are not tedious' or elſe the bitterneſſe of the trouble, loſing it elſe in the dulcity of the operation; they are not felt toilſome.

Wherefore then doth mi ſo miſerabl wretched Soul reſent, relliſh, feel the dulcitie, Suavitie, ſweetneſs of Thour præſence?

Then, as Peter and Paul raised the bier, Peter began to sing and say: Exiit Israel de Ægypto, Alleluia! And the other apostles sweetly took up the chant; and the Lord covered the bier and the apostles with a cloud, so that they were not visible, and only their voices were heard. And angels also were present with the apostles, singing with them and filling the whole earth with the dulcity of their music.

Within our soules shall thy semblance live / To teach us love, compassion, and felicity; / For He whom to thee your life did give / Hath recalled thee to this heavenly dulcity.