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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
143
After
the
view
of
these
Glorious
and
Magnificent
Buildings,
which
the
Duchess's
Soul
was
much
delighted
withall,
she
resolved
to
take
her
leave;
but
the
Emperor
desired
her
to
stay
yet
some
short
time
more,
for
they
both
loved
her
company
so
well,
that
they
were
unwilling
to
have
her
depart
so
soon:
several
Conferences
and
Discourses
pass'd
between
them;
amongst
the
rest,
the
Emperor
desir'd
her
advice
how
to
set
up
a
Theatre
for
Plays.
The
Duchess
confessed
her
Ignorance
in
this
Art,
telling
his
Majesty
that
she
knew
nothing
of
erecting
Theatres
or
Scenes,
but
what
she
had
by
an
Immaterial
Observation,
when
she
was
with
the
Empress's
Soul
in
the
chief
City
of
E.
Entring
into
one
of
their
Theatres,
whereof
the
Empress
could
give
as
much
account
to
his
Majesty,
as
her
self.
But
both
the
Emperor
and
the
Empress
told
the
Duchess,
That
she
could
give
directions
how
to
make
Plays.
The
Duchess
answered,
That
she
had
as
little
skill
to
form
a
Play
after
the
Mode,
as
she
had
to
paint
or
make
a
Scene
for
shew.
But
you
have
made
Plays,
replied
the
Empress:
Yes,
answered
the
Duchess,
I
intended
them
for
Plays;
but
the
Wits
of
these
present
times
condemned
them
as
uncapable
of
being
represented
or
acted,
because
they
were
not
made
up
according
to
the
Rules
of
Art;
though
I
dare
say,
That
the
Descriptions
are
as
good
as
any
they
have
writ.
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