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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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Then
the
Empress
seeing
that
the
several
sorts
of
her
Subjects
had
each
their
Churches
apart,
asked
the
Priests,
whether
they
were
of
several
Religions?
They
answered
her
Majesty,
That
there
was
no
more
but
one
Religion
in
all
that
World,
nor
no
diversity
of
opinions
in
that
same
Religion
for
though
there
were
several
sorts
of
men,
yet
had
they
all
but
one
opinion
concerning
the
Worship
and
Adoration
of
God.
The
Empress
asked
them,
Whether
they
were
Jews,
Turks,
or
Christians?
We
do
not
know,
said
they,
what
Religions
those
are;
but
we
do
all
unanimously
acknowledg,
worship
and
adore
the
Onely,
Omnipotent,
and
Eternal
God,
with
all
reverence,
submission,
and
duty.
Again,
the
Empress
enquired,
Whether
they
had
several
Forms
of
Worship?
They
answered,
No:
For
our
Devotion
and
Worship
consists
onely
in
Prayers,
which
we
frame
according
to
our
several
Necessities,
in
Petitions,
Humiliations,
Thanksgiving,
&c.
Truly,
replied
the
Empress,
I
thought
you
had
been
either
Jews,
or
Turks,
because
I
never
perceived
any
Women
in
your
Congregations:
But
what
is
the
reason,
you
bar
them
from
your
religious
Assemblies?
It
is
not
fit,
said
they,
that
Men
and
Women
should
be
promiscuously
together
in
time
of
Religious
Worship;
for
their
company
hinders
Devotion,
and
makes
many,
instead
of
praying
to
God,
direct
their
Devotion
to
their
Mistresses.
But,
asked
the
Empress,
Have
they
no
Congregation
of
their
own,
to
perform
the
duties
of
Divine
Worship,
as
well
as
Men?
No,
answered
they:
but
they
stay
at
home,
and
say
their
Prayers
by
themselves
in
their
Closets.
Then
the
Empress
desir'd
to
know
the
reason
why
the
Priests
and
Governors
of
their
World
were
made
Eunuchs?
They
answer'd,
To
keep
them
from
Marriage:
For
Women
and
Children
most
commonly
make
disturbance
both
in
Church
and
State.
But,
said
she,
Women
and
Children
have
no
Employment
in
Church
or
State.
'Tis
true,
answer'd
they;
but,
although
they
are
not
admitted
to
publick
Employments,
yet
are
they
so
prevalent
with
their
Husbands
and
Parents,
that
many
times
by
their
importunate
perswasions,
they
cause
as
much,
nay,
more
mischief
secretly,
then
if
they
had
the
management
of
publick
Affairs.
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