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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
asked
them
the
reason,
Why
the
Sun
and
Moon
did
often
appear
in
different
postures
or
shapes,
as
sometimes
magnified,
sometimes
diminished;
sometimes
elevated,
otherwhiles
depressed;
now
thrown
to
the
right,
and
then
to
the
left?
To
which
some
of
the
Bird-men
answered,
That
it
proceeded
from
the
various
degrees
of
heat
and
cold,
which
are
found
in
the
Air,
from
whence
did
follow
a
differing
density
and
rarity;
and
likewise
from
the
vapours
that
are
interposed,
whereof
those
that
ascend
are
higher
and
less
dense
then
the
ambient
air,
but
those
which
descend
are
heavier
and
more
dense.
But
others
did
with
more
probability
affirm,
that
it
was
nothing
else
but
the
various
patterns
of
the
Air;
for
like
as
Painters
do
not
copy
out
one
and
the
same
original
just
alike
at
all
times;
so,
said
they,
do
several
parts
of
the
Air
make
different
patterns
of
the
luminous
Bodies
of
the
Sun
and
Moon:
which
patterns,
as
several
copies,
the
sensitive
motions
do
figure
out
in
the
substance
of
our
eyes.
This
answer
the
Empress
liked
much
better
then
the
former,
and
enquired
further,
What
opinion
they
had
of
those
Creatures
that
are
called
the
motes
of
the
Sun?
To
which
they
answered,
That
they
were
nothing
else
but
streams
of
very
small,
rare
and
transparent
particles,
through
which
the
Sun
was
represented
as
through
a
glass:
for
if
they
were
not
transparent,
said
they,
they
would
eclipse
the
light
of
the
Sun;
and
if
not
rare
and
of
an
airy
substance,
they
would
hinder
Flies
from
flying
in
the
Air,
at
least
retard
their
flying
motion:
Nevertheless,
although
they
were
thinner
then
the
thinnest
vapour,
yet
were
they
not
so
thin
as
the
body
of
air,
or
else
they
would
not
be
perceptible
by
animal
sight.
Then
the
Empress
asked,
Whether
they
were
living
Creatures?
They
answered,
Yes:
Because
they
did
encrease
and
decrease,
and
were
nourished
by
the
presence,
and
starved
by
the
absence
of
the
Sun.
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