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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
19
The
Empress
having
received
an
information
of
what
concerned
both
Church
and
State,
passed
some
time
in
viewing
the
Imperial
Palace,
where
she
admired
much
the
skil
and
ingenuity
of
the
Architects,
and
enquired
of
them,
first,
Why
they
built
their
Houses
no
higher
then
two
stories
from
the
Ground?
They
answered
her
Majesty,
That
the
lower
their
Buildings
were,
the
less
were
they
subject
either
to
the
heat
of
the
Sun,
or
Wind,
Tempest,
Decay,
&c.
Then
she
desired
to
know
the
reason,
why
they
made
them
so
thick?
They
answered,
That,
the
thicker
the
Walls
were,
the
warmer
they
were
in
Winter,
the
cooler
in
Summer;
for
their
thickness
kept
out
both
the
Cold
and
Heat.
Lastly,
she
asked,
Why
they
Arched
their
Roofs,
and
made
so
many
Pillars?
They
replied,
That
Arches
and
Pillars,
did
not
onely
grace
a
Building
very
much,
and
caused
it
to
appear
Magnificent,
but
made
it
also
firm
and
lasting.
The
Empress
was
very
well
satisfied
with
their
answers;
and
after
some
time,
when
she
thought
that
her
new
founded
societies
of
the
Vertuoso's
had
made
a
good
progress
in
the
several
Employments
she
had
put
them
upon,
she
caused
a
Convocation
first
of
the
Bird-men,
and
commanded
them
to
give
her
a
true
relation
of
the
two
Cœlestial
Bodies,
viz.
the
Sun
and
Moon,
which
they
did
with
all
the
obedience
and
faithfulness
befitting
their
duty.
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