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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
79
They
answer'd,
That
many
Beasts
of
the
field
were
harmless
Creatures,
and
very
serviceable
for
Man's
use;
and
though
some
were
accounted
fierce
and
cruel,
yet
did
they
exercise
their
cruelty
upon
other
Creatures,
for
the
most
part,
to
no
other
end,
but
to
get
themselves
food,
and
to
satisfie
their
natural
appetite;
but
certainly,
said
they,
you
Men
are
more
cruel
to
one
another,
then
evil
Spirits
are
to
you;
and
as
for
their
habitations
in
desolate
places,
we
having
no
communion
with
them,
can
give
you
no
certain
account
thereof.
But
what
do
you
think,
said
the
Empress,
of
good
Spirits?
may
not
they
be
compared
to
the
Fowls
of
the
Air?
They
answered,
There
were
many
cruel
and
ravenous
Fowls
as
well
in
the
Air,
as
there
were
fierce
and
cruel
Beasts
on
Earth;
so
that
the
good
are
always
mixt
with
the
bad.
she
asked
further,
Whether
the
fiery
Vehicles
were
a
Heaven,
or
a
Hell,
or
at
least
a
Purgatory
to
the
Souls?
They
answered,
That
if
the
Souls
were
immaterial,
they
could
not
burn,
and
then
fire
would
do
them
no
harm;
and
though
Hell
was
believed
to
be
an
undecaying
and
unquenchable
fire,
yet
Heaven
was
no
fire.
The
Empress
replied,
That
Heaven
was
a
Light.
Yes,
said
they,
but
not
a
fiery
Light.
Then
she
asked,
Whether
the
different
shapes
and
sorts
of
Vehicles,
made
the
Souls
and
other
Immaterial
Spirits,
miserable,
or
blessed?
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