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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
88
Yes,
answered
the
Duchess's
Soul,
but
not
so
intelligibly
that
any
Reader
whatsoever
may
understand
it,
unless
he
be
taught
to
know
my
Characters;
for
my
Letters
are
rather
like
Characters,
then
well
formed
Letters.
Said
the
Empress,
you
were
recommended
to
me
by
an
honest
and
ingenious
Spirit.
Surely,
answered
the
Duchess,
the
Spirit
is
ignorant
of
my
hand-writing.
The
truth
is,
said
the
Empress,
he
did
not
mention
your
hand-writing;
but
he
informed
me,
that
you
writ
Sense
and
Reason,
and
if
you
can
but
write
so,
that
any
of
my
Secretaries
may
learn
your
hand,
they
shall
write
it
out
fair
and
intelligible.
The
Duchess
answered,
That
she
questioned
not
but
it
might
easily
be
learned
in
a
short
time.
But,
said
she
to
the
Empress,
What
is
it
that
your
Majesty
would
have
written?
she
answered,
The
Jews
Cabbala.
Then
your
onely
way
for
that
is,
said
the
Duchess,
to
have
the
Soul
of
some
famous
Jew;
nay,
if
your
Majesty
please,
I
scruple
not,
but
you
may
as
easily
have
the
Soul
of
Moses,
as
of
any
other.
That
cannot
be,
replied
the
Empress,
for
no
Mortal
knows
where
Moses
is.
But,
said
the
Duchess,
humane
Souls
are
immortal;
however,
if
this
be
too
difficult
to
be
obtained,
you
may
have
the
Soul
of
one
of
the
chief
Rabbies
or
Sages
of
the
Tribe
of
Levi,
who
will
truly
instruct
you
in
that
mystery;
when
as,
otherwise,
your
Majesty
will
be
apt
to
mistake,
and
a
thousand
to
one,
will
commit
gross
errors.
No,
said
the
Empress,
for
I
shall
be
instructed
by
Spirits.
Alas!
said
the
Duchess,
Spirits
are
as
ignorant
as
Mortals
in
many
cases;
for
no
created
Spirits
have
a
general
or
absolute
knowledg,
nor
can
they
know
the
Thoughts
of
Men,
much
less
the
Mysteries
of
the
great
Creator,
unless
he
be
pleased
to
inspire
into
them
the
gift
of
Divine
Knowledg.
Then,
I
pray,
said
the
Empress,
let
me
have
your
counsel
in
this
case.
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