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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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The
other
Chappel,
which
was
lined
with
the
Star-
stone,
did
onely
cast
a
splendorous
and
comfortable
light;
both
the
Chappels
stood
upon
Pillars,
just
in
the
middle
of
a
round
Cloyster,
which
was
dark
as
night;
neither
was
there
any
other
light
within
them,
but
what
came
from
the
Fire-
and
Star-stone;
and
being
every
where
open,
allowed
to
all
that
were
within
the
compass
of
the
Cloyster,
a
free
prospect
into
them;
besides,
they
were
so
artificially
contrived,
that
they
did
both
move
in
a
Circle
about
their
own
Centres,
without
intermission,
contrary
ways.
In
the
Chappel
which
was
lined
with
the
Fire-stone,
the
Empress
preached
Sermons
of
Terror
to
the
wicked,
and
told
them
of
the
punishments
for
their
sins,
to
wit,
That
after
this
life
they
should
be
tormented
in
an
everlasting
Fire.
But
in
the
other
Chappel
lined
with
the
Star-
stone,
she
preached
Sermons
of
Comfort
to
those
that
repented
of
their
sins,
and
were
troubled
at
their
own
wickedness:
Neither
did
the
heat
of
the
flame
in
the
least
hinder
her;
for
the
Fire-stone
did
not
cast
so
great
a
heat
but
the
Empress
was
able
to
endure
it,
by
reason
the
water
which
was
poured
on
the
Stone,
by
its
own
self-motion
turned
into
a
flaming-fire,
occasioned
by
the
natural
motions
of
the
Stone,
which
made
the
flame
weaker
then
if
it
had
been
fed
by
some
other
kind
of
fuel;
the
other
Chappel
where
the
Star-Stone
was,
although
it
did
cast
a
great
light,
yet
was
it
without
all
heat,
and
the
Empress
appear'd
like
an
Angel
in
it;
and
as
that
Chappel
was
an
embleme
of
Hell,
so
this
was
an
embleme
of
Heaven.
And
thus
the
Empress,
by
Art,
and
her
own
Ingenuity,
did
not
onely
convert
the
Blazing-World
to
her
own
Religion,
but
kept
them
in
a
constant
belief,
without
inforcement
or
blood-shed;
for
she
knew
well,
that
belief
was
a
thing
not
to
be
forced
or
pressed
upon
the
people,
but
to
be
instilled
into
their
minds
by
gentle
perswasions;
and
after
this
manner
she
encouraged
them
also
in
all
other
duties
and
employments:
for
Fear,
though
it
makes
people
obey,
yet
does
it
not
last
so
long,
nor
is
it
so
sure
a
means
to
keep
them
to
their
duties,
as
Love.
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