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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
126
But
how,
said
the
Empress,
can
the
Fish-men
do
me
service
against
an
Enemy,
without
Cannons
and
all
sorts
of
Arms?
That
is
the
reason,
answered
the
Duchess,
that
I
would
have
numbers
of
Fish-men,
for
they
shall
destroy
all
your
Enemies
Ships,
before
they
can
come
near
you.
The
Empress
asked
in
what
manner
that
could
be?
Thus,
answered
the
Duchess:
Your
Majesty
must
send
a
number
of
Worm-men
to
the
Burning-Mountains
(for
you
have
good
store
of
them
in
the
Blazing-World)
which
must
get
a
great
quantity
of
the
Fire-stone,
whose
property,
you
know,
is,
that
it
burns
so
long
as
it
is
wet;
and
the
Ships
in
the
other
World
being
all
made
of
Wood,
they
may
by
that
means
set
them
all
on
fire;
and
if
you
can
but
destroy
their
Ships,
and
hinder
their
Navigation,
you
will
be
Mistress
of
all
that
World,
by
reason
most
parts
thereof
cannot
live
without
Navigation.
Besides,
said
she,
the
Fire-stone
will
serve
you
instead
of
Light
or
Torches;
for
you
know,
that
the
World
you
are
going
into,
is
dark
at
nights
(especially
if
there
be
no
Moon-shine,
or
if
the
Moon
be
overshadowed
by
Clouds)
and
not
so
full
of
Blazing-Stars
as
this
World
is,
which
make
as
great
a
light
in
the
absence
of
the
Sun,
as
the
Sun
doth
when
it
is
present;
for
that
World
hath
but
little
blinking
Stars,
which
make
more
shadows
then
light,
and
are
onely
able
to
draw
up
Vapours
from
the
Earth,
but
not
to
rarifie
or
clarifie
them,
or
to
convert
them
into
serene
air.
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