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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
112
Noble
Friends,
We
are
met
here
to
hear
a
Cause
pleaded
concerning
the
difference
between
the
Duke
of
Newcastle,
and
my
self;
and
though
I
am
willing
upon
the
perswasions
of
the
Ambassadors
of
the
Empress,
the
Immaterial
Spirits,
to
yield
to
it,
yet
it
had
been
fit,
the
Duke's
Soul
should
be
present
also,
to
speak
for
her
self;
but
since
she
is
not
here,
I
shall
declare
my
self
to
his
Wife,
and
his
Friends,
as
also
to
my
Friends,
especially
the
Empress,
to
whom
I
shall
chiefly
direct
my
Speech.
First,
I
desire
your
Imperial
Majesty
may
know,
that
this
Duke
who
complains
or
exclaims
so
much
against
me,
hath
been
always
my
enemy;
for
he
has
preferred
Honesty
and
Prudence
before
me,
and
slighted
all
my
favours;
nay,
not
onely
thus,
but
he
did
fight
against
me,
and
preferred
his
Innocence
before
my
Power.
His
Friends
Honesty
and
Prudence,
said
he
most
scornfully,
are
more
to
be
regarded,
than
Inconstant
Fortune,
who
is
onely
a
friend
to
Fools
and
Knaves;
for
which
neglect
and
scorn,
whether
I
have
not
just
reason
to
be
his
enemy,
your
Majesty
may
judg
your
self.
After
Fortune
had
thus
ended
her
Speech,
the
Duchess's
Soul
rose
from
her
seat,
and
spake
to
the
Immaterial
Assembly
in
this
manner:
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