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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
93
No
sooner
had
the
Empress
said
this,
but
some
Immaterial
Spirits
came
to
visit
her,
of
whom
she
inquired,
Whether
there
were
but
three
Worlds
in
all,
to
wit,
the
Blazing
World
where
she
was
in,
the
World
which
she
came
from,
and
the
World
where
the
Duchess
lived?
The
Spirits
answered,
That
there
were
more
numerous
Worlds
then
the
Stars
which
appeared
in
these
three
mentioned
Worlds.
Then
the
Empress
asked,
Whether
it
was
not
possible
that
her
dearest
friend
the
Duchess
of
Newcastle,
might
be
Empress
of
one
of
them?
Although
there
be
numerous,
nay,
infinite
Worlds,
answered
the
Spirits,
yet
none
is
without
Government.
But
is
none
of
these
Worlds
so
weak,
said
she,
that
it
may
be
surprized
or
conquered?
The
Spirits
answered,
That
Lucian's
World
of
Lights,
had
been
for
some
time
in
a
snuff,
but
of
late
years
one
Helmont
had
got
it,
who
since
he
was
Emperour
of
it,
had
so
strengthened
the
Immortal
parts
thereof
with
mortal
out-works,
as
it
was
for
the
present
impregnable.
said
the
Empress,
If
there
be
such
an
Infinite
number
of
Worlds,
I
am
sure,
not
onely
my
friend,
the
Duchess,
but
any
other
might
obtain
one.
Yes,
answered
the
Spirits,
if
those
Worlds
were
uninhabited;
but
they
are
as
populous
as
this
your
Majesty
governs.
Why,
said
the
Empress,
it
is
not
possible
to
conquer
a
World.
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