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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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After
some
time,
when
the
Spirits
had
refreshed
themselves
in
their
own
Vehicles,
they
sent
one
of
their
nimblest
Spirits,
to
ask
the
Empress,
Whether
she
would
have
a
Scribe,
or,
whether
she
would
write
the
Cabbala
her
self?
The
Empress
received
the
proffer
which
they
made
her,
with
all
civility;
and
told
them,
that
she
desired
a
Spiritual
Scribe.
The
Spirits
answer'd,
That
they
could
dictate,
but
not
write,
except
they
put
on
a
hand
or
arm,
or
else
the
whole
body
of
Man.
The
Empress
replied,
How
can
Spirits
arm
themselves
with
gantlets
of
Flesh?
As
well,
answered
they,
as
Man
can
arm
himself
with
a
gantlet
of
steel.
If
it
be
so,
said
the
Empress,
then
I
will
have
a
Scribe.
Then
the
Spirits
asked
her,
Whether
she
would
have
the
Soul
of
a
living
or
a
dead
Man?
Why,
said
the
Empress,
can
the
Soul
quit
a
living
Body,
and
wander
or
travel
abroad?
Yes,
answered
they,
for
according
to
Plato's
Doctrine,
there
is
a
Conversation
of
Souls,
and
the
Souls
of
Lovers
live
in
the
Bodies
of
their
Beloved.
Then
I
will
have,
answered
she,
the
Soul
of
some
ancient
famous
Writer,
either
of
Aristotle,
Pythagoras,
Plato,
Epicurus,
or
the
like.
The
Spirits
said,
That
those
famous
Men
were
very
learned,
subtile,
and
ingenious
Writers;
but
they
were
so
wedded
to
their
own
opinions,
that
they
would
never
have
the
patience
to
be
Scribes.
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