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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
91
One
time,
when
the
Duchess
her
Soul
was
with
the
Empress,
she
seem'd
to
be
very
sad
and
melancholy;
at
which
the
Empress
was
very
much
troubled,
and
asked
her
the
reason
of
her
Melancholick
humour?
Truly,
said
the
Duchess
to
the
Empress,
(for
between
dear
friends
there's
no
concealment,
they
being
like
several
parts
of
one
united
body)
my
Melancholy
proceeds
from
an
extream
Ambition.
The
Empress
asked,
What
the
height
of
her
ambition
was?
The
Duchess
answered,
That
neither
she
her
self,
nor
no
Creature
in
the
World
was
able
to
know
either
the
height,
depth,
or
breadth
of
her
Ambition;
but
said
she,
my
present
desire
is,
that
I
would
be
a
great
Princess.
The
Empress
replied,
so
you
are;
for
you
are
a
Princess
of
the
fourth
or
fifth
Degree,
for
a
Duke
or
Duchess
is
the
highest
title
or
honour
that
a
subject
can
arrive
to,
as
being
the
next
to
a
King's
Title;
and
as
for
the
name
of
a
Prince
of
Princess,
it
belongs
to
all
that
are
adopted
to
the
Crown;
so
that
those
that
can
add
a
Crown
to
their
Arms,
are
Princes,
and
therefore
a
Duke
is
a
Title
above
a
Prince;
for
example,
the
Duke
of
Savoy,
the
Duke
of
Florence,
the
Duke
of
Lorrain,
as
also
Kings
Brothers,
are
not
called
by
the
name
of
Princes,
but
Dukes,
this
being
the
higher
Title.
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