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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
104
I
like
it
very
well,
said
the
Empress;
but
I
observe
that
the
Actors
make
a
better
show
than
the
Spectators;
and
the
Scenes
a
better
than
the
Actors
and
the
Musick
and
Dancing
is
more
pleasant
and
acceptable
than
the
Play
it
self;
for
I
see,
the
Scenes
stand
for
Wit,
the
Dancing
for
Humour,
and
the
Musick
is
the
Chorus.
I
am
sorry,
replied
the
Duchess,
to
hear
your
Majesty
say
so;
for
if
the
Wits
of
this
part
of
the
World
should
hear
you,
they
would
condemn
you.
What,
said
the
Empress,
would
they
condemn
me
for
preferring
a
natural
Face
before
a
Sign-post;
or
a
natural
Humour
before
an
artificial
Dance;
or
Musick
before
a
true
and
profitable
Relation?
As
for
Relation,
replied
the
Duchess,
our
Poets
defie
and
condemn
it
into
a
Chimney-corner,
fitter
for
old
Womens
Tales,
than
Theatres.
Why,
said
the
Empress
do
not
your
Poets
Actions
comply
with
their
Judgments?
For
their
Plays
are
composed
of
old
Stories,
either
of
Greek
or
Roman,
or
some
new-found
World.
The
Duchess
answered
Her
Majesty,
That
it
was
true,
that
all
or
most
of
their
Plays
were
taken
out
of
old
Stories;
but
yet
they
had
new
Actions,
which
being
joined
to
old
Stories,
together
with
the
addition
of
new
Prologues,
Scenes,
Musick
and
Dancing,
made
new
Plays.
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