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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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They
answered,
That,
as
much
as
they
could
perceive,
some
had
Blood,
and
some
not;
a
Moth,
said
they,
had
no
Blood
at
all,
and
a
Lowse
had,
but
like
a
Lobster,
a
little
Vein
along
her
back:
Also
Nits,
Snails,
and
Maggots,
as
well
as
those
that
are
generated
out
of
Cheese
and
Fruits,
as
those
that
are
produced
out
of
Flesh,
had
no
blood:
But,
replied
the
Empress,
If
those
mentioned
creatures
have
no
blood,
how
is
it
possible
they
can
live?
for
it
is
commonly
said,
That
the
life
of
an
Animal
consists
in
the
blood,
which
is
the
seat
of
the
Animal
spirits.
They
answered,
That
blood
was
not
a
necessary
propriety
to
the
life
of
an
Animal;
and
that
that
which
was
commonly
called
Animal
spirits,
was
nothing
else
but
corporeal
motions
proper
to
the
nature
and
figure
of
an
Animal.
Then
she
asked
both
the
Fish-
and
Worm-men,
whether
all
those
Creatures
that
have
blood,
had
a
circulation
of
blood
in
their
veins
and
arteries?
But
they
answered,
That
it
was
impossible
to
give
her
Majesty
an
exact
account
thereof,
by
reason
the
circulation
of
blood
was
an
interior
motion,
which
their
senses,
neither
of
themselves,
nor
by
the
help
of
any
Optick
Instrument
could
perceive;
but
as
soon
as
they
had
dissected
an
Animal
Creature,
to
find
out
the
truth
thereof,
the
interior
corporeal
motions
proper
to
that
particular
figure
or
creature,
were
altered.
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