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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
146
One
time
the
Duchess
chanced
to
discourse
with
some
of
her
acquaintance,
of
the
Empress
of
the
Blazing-World,
who
asked
her
what
Pastimes
and
Recreations
her
Majesty
did
most
delight
in?
The
Duchess
answered,
That
she
spent
most
of
her
time
in
the
study
of
Natural
Causes
and
Effects,
which
was
her
chief
delight
and
pastime;
and
that
she
loved
to
discourse
sometimes
with
the
most
Learned
persons
of
that
World:
And
to
please
the
Emperor
and
his
Nobles,
who
were
all
of
the
Royal
Race,
she
went
often
abroad
to
take
the
air,
but
seldom
in
the
day-time,
always
at
night,
if
it
might
be
called
Night;
for,
said
she,
the
Nights
there,
are
as
light
as
Days,
by
reason
of
the
numerous
Blazing-Stars,
which
are
very
splendorous,
onely
their
Light
is
whiter
than
the
Sun's
Light;
and
as
the
Sun's
Light
is
hot,
so
their
Light
is
cool;
not
so
cool
as
our
twinkling
Starr-light,
nor
is
their
Sun-light
so
hot
as
ours,
but
more
rate:
And
that
part
of
the
Blazing-World
where
the
Empress
resides,
is
always
clear,
and
never
subject
to
any
Storms,
Tempests,
Fogs
or
Mists,
but
has
onely
refreshing-Dews
that
nourish
the
Earth:
The
air
of
it
is
sweet
and
temperate,
and,
as
I
said
before,
as
much
light
in
the
Sun's
absence,
as
in
its
presence,
which
makes
that
time
we
call
Night,
more
pleasant
there
than
the
Day:
And
sometimes
the
Empress
goes
abroad
by
Water
in
Barges,
sometimes
by
Land
in
Chariots,
and
sometimes
on
Horse-back;
her
Royal
Chariots
are
very
Glorious,
the
Body
is
one
intire
green
Diamond;
the
four
small
Pillars
that
bear
up
the
Top-cover,
are
four
white
Diamonds,
cut
in
the
form
thereof;
the
top
or
roof
of
the
Chariot,
is
one
intire
blew
Diamond,
and
at
the
four
corners
are
great
springs
of
Rubies;
the
Seat
is
made
of
Cloth
of
Gold,
stuffed
with
Ambergreece
beaten
small:
the
Chariot
is
drawn
by
Twelve
Unicorns,
whose
Trappings
are
all
Chains
of
Pearl;
and
as
for
her
Barges,
they
are
onely
of
Gold.
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