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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
87
Then,
said
she,
I'le
have
the
Soul
of
one
of
the
most
famous
modern
Writers,
as
either
of
Galileo,
Gassendus,
Des
Cartes,
Helmont,
Hobbes,
H.
More,
&c.
The
Spirits
answered,
That
they
were
fine
ingenious
Writers,
but
yet
so
self-conceited,
that
they
would
scorn
to
be
Scribes
to
a
Woman.
But,
said
they,
there's
a
Lady,
the
Duchess
of
Newcastle;
which
although
she
is
not
one
of
the
most
learned,
eloquent,
witty
and
ingenious,
yet
she
is
a
plain
and
rational
Writer;
for
the
principle
of
her
Writings,
is
Sense
and
Reason,
and
she
will
without
question,
be
ready
to
do
you
all
the
service
she
can.
That
Lady
then,
said
the
Empress,
will
I
chuse
for
my
Scribe,
neither
will
the
Emperor
have
reason
to
be
jealous,
she
being
one
of
my
own
sex.
In
truth,
said
the
Spirit,
Husbands
have
reason
to
be
jealous
of
Platonick
Lovers,
for
they
are
very
dangerous,
as
being
not
onely
intimate
and
close,
but
subtil
and
insinuating.
You
say
well,
replied
the
Empress;
wherefore
I
pray
send
me
the
Duchess
of
Newcastle's
Soul;
which
the
Spirit
did;
and
after
she
came
to
wait
on
the
Empress,
at
her
first
arrival
the
Empress
imbraced
and
saluted
her
with
a
Spiritual
kiss;
then
she
asked
her
whether
she
could
write?
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