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This Relation amazed the Emperess very much; for
though in the world she came from, she had heard
great reports of the Philosophers-stone, yet had she
not heard of any that had ever found it out; which
made her believe that it was but a Chymera; she called
also to mind, that there had been in the same world
a man who had a little Stone which cured all kinds of
Diseases outward and inward, according as it was applied;
and that a famous Chymist had found out a certain
liquor called Alkahest, which by the vertue of
its own fire, consumed all diseases; but she had never
heard of a Medicine that could renew old Age, and
render it beautiful, vigorous and strong: Nor would
she have so easily believed it, had it been a medicine
prepared by Art; for she knew that Art, being Natures
Changeling; was not able to produce such a powerful
effect, but being that the Gum did grow naturally,
she did not so much scruple at it; for she knew
that Natures Works are so various and wonderful, that
no particular Creature is able to trace her ways.
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| And if any should like the world I have made,
and be willing to be my subjects, they may imagine themselves such, and they are such—I mean
in their minds, fancies or imaginations. But if they cannot endure to be subjects, they may
create worlds of their own and govern themselves as they please.
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| © 2025 by Sarah Reitmeier, except text from The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World, published 1666 by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle.
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