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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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Amongst
the
rest,
she
call'd
to
mind
a
Relation
which
the
Bird-men
made
her
once,
of
a
Mountain
that
did
burn
in
flames
of
fire;
and
thereupon
did
immediately
send
for
the
wisest
and
subtilest
of
her
Worm-men,
commanding
them
to
discover
the
cause
of
the
Eruption
of
that
same
fire;
which
they
did;
and
having
dived
to
the
very
bottom
of
the
Mountain,
informed
her
Majesty,
That
there
was
a
certain
sort
of
Stone,
whose
nature
was
such,
that
being
wetted,
it
would
grow
excessively
hot,
and
break
forth
into
a
flaming-fire,
until
it
became
dry,
and
then
it
ceased
from
burning.
The
Empress
was
glad
to
hear
this
news,
and
forthwith
desired
the
Worm
men
to
bring
her
some
of
that
Stone,
but
be
sure
to
keep
it
secret:
she
sent
also
for
the
Bird-men,
and
asked
them
whether
they
could
not
get
her
a
piece
of
the
Sun-
stone?
They
answered,
That
it
was
impossible,
unless
they
did
spoil
or
lessen
the
light
of
the
World:
but,
said
they,
if
it
please
your
Majesty,
we
can
demolish
one
of
the
numerous
Stars
of
the
Sky,
which
the
World
will
never
miss.
The
Empress
was
very
well
satisfied
with
this
proposal,
and
having
thus
imployed
these
two
sorts
of
men,
in
the
mean
while
builded
two
Chappels
one
above
another;
the
one
she
lined
throughout
with
Diamonds,
both
Roof,
Walls
and
Pillars;
but
the
other
she
resolved
to
line
with
the
Star-stone;
the
Fire-
stone
she
placed
upon
the
Diamond-lining,
by
reason
Fire
has
no
power
on
Diamonds;
and
when
she
would
have
that
Chappel
where
the
Fire-stone
was,
appear
all
in
flame,
she
had
by
the
means
of
Artificial
pipes,
water
conveighed
into
it,
which
by
turning
the
Cock,
did,
as
out
of
a
Fountain,
spring
over
all
the
room,
and
as
long
as
the
Fire-stone
was
wet,
the
Chappel
seemed
to
be
all
in
a
flaming-fire.
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