to a honeycomb; they may appear to be dry on account of the simplicity of their discourse (simplicitatem sermonis), but they are sweet on the inside (intus dulcedine plena sunt).22 Hugh then proceeds to outline three levels of signification: history, allegory, and tropology. Some things are written to be understood only in a spiritual sense, while others have to do with morals and some with the simple sense of history. Hugh cautions, however, that we ought not to seek all three meanings in every