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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
147
Her
Guard
of
State
(for
she
needs
none
for
security,
there
being
no
Rebels
or
Enemies)
consists
of
Giants,
but
they
seldom
wait
on
their
Majesties
abroad,
because
their
extraordinary
height
and
bigness
does
hinder
their
prospect.
Her
Entertainment
when
she
is
upon
the
Water,
is
the
Musick
of
the
Fish-
and
Bird-men;
and
by
Land
are
Horse
and
Foot-matches;
for
the
Empress
takes
much
delight
in
making
Race-matches
with
the
Emperor,
and
the
Nobility;
some
Races
are
between
the
Fox-
and
Ape-men,
which
sometimes
the
Satyrs
strive
to
outrun;
and
some
are
between
the
Spider-men
and
Lice-men.
Also
there
are
several
Flight-matches,
between
the
several
sorts
of
Bird-men,
and
the
several
sorts
of
Fly-men;
and
swimming-matches,
between
the
several
sorts
of
Fish-men.
The
Emperor,
Empress,
and
their
Nobles,
take
also
great
delight
to
have
Collations;
for
in
the
Blazing-World,
there
are
most
delicious
Fruits
of
all
sorts,
and
some
such
as
in
this
World
were
never
seen
nor
tasted;
for
there
are
most
tempting
sorts
of
Fruit:
After
their
Collations
are
ended,
they
Dance;
and
if
they
be
upon
the
Water,
they
dance
upon
the
Water,
there
lying
so
many
Fish-men
so
close
and
thick
together,
as
they
can
dance
very
evenly
and
easily
upon
their
backs,
and
need
not
fear
drowning.
Their
Musick,
both
Vocal
and
Instrumental,
is
according
to
their
several
places:
Upon
the
Water,
it
is
of
Water-Instruments,
as
shells
filled
with
Water,
and
so
moved
by
Art,
which
is
a
very
sweet
and
delightful
harmony;
and
those
Dances
which
they
dance
upon
the
Water,
are,
for
the
most
part,
such
as
we
in
this
World
call
swimming-
Dances,
where
they
do
not
lift
up
their
feet
high:
In
Lawns,
or
upon
Plains,
they
have
Wind-Instruments,
but
much
better
than
those
in
our
World:
And
when
they
dance
in
the
Woods,
they
have
Horn-Instruments,
which
although
they
are
of
a
sort
of
Wind-Instruments,
yet
they
are
of
another
Fashion
than
the
former:
In
their
Houses
they
have
such
Instruments
as
are
somewhat
like
our
Viols,
Violins,
Theorboes,
Lutes,
Citherins,
Gittars,
Harpsichords,
and
the
like;
but
yet
so
far
beyond
them,
that
the
difference
cannot
well
be
exprest;
and
as
their
places
of
Dancing,
and
their
Musick
is
different,
so
is
their
manner
or
way
of
Dancing.
In
these
and
the
like
Recreations,
the
Emperor,
Empress,
and
the
Nobility
pass
their
time.
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