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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
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The
Empress
before
she
came
in
sight
of
the
Enemy,
sent
some
of
her
Fish-
and
Bird-men
to
bring
her
intelligence
of
their
Fleet;
and
hearing
of
their
number,
their
station
and
posture,
she
gave
order
that
when
it
was
Night,
her
Bird-men
should
carry
in
their
beeks
some
of
the
mentioned
Fire-stones,
with
the
tops
thereof
wetted;
and
the
Fish-men
should
carry
them
likewise,
and
hold
them
out
of
the
Water;
for
they
were
cut
in
the
form
of
Torches
or
Candles,
and
being
many
thousands,
made
a
terrible
shew;
for
it
appear'd
as
if
all
the
Air
and
Sea
had
been
of
a
Flaming-Fire;
and
all
that
were
upon
the
Sea,
or
near
it,
did
verily
believe,
the
time
of
Judgment,
or
the
Last
Day
was
come,
which
made
them
all
fall
down,
and
Pray.
At
the
break
of
Day,
the
Empress
commanded
those
Lights
to
be
put
out,
and
then
the
Naval
Forces
of
the
Enemy
perceived
nothing
but
a
Number
of
Ships
without
Sails,
Guns,
Arms,
and
other
Instruments
of
War;
which
Ships
seemed
to
swim
of
themselves,
without
any
help
or
assistance:
which
sight
put
them
into
a
great
amaze;
neither
could
they
perceive
that
those
Ships
were
of
Gold,
by
reason
the
Empress
had
caused
them
all
to
be
coloured
black,
or
with
a
dark
colour;
so
that
the
natural
colour
of
the
Gold
could
not
be
perceived
through
the
artificial
colour
of
the
paint,
no
not
by
the
best
Telescopes.
All
which
put
the
Enemies
Fleet
into
such
a
fright
at
night,
and
to
such
wonder
in
the
morning,
or
at
day-time,
that
they
know
not
what
to
judg
or
make
of
them;
for
they
know
neither
what
Ships
they
were,
nor
what
Party
they
belonged
to,
insomuch
that
they
had
no
power
to
stir.
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