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THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW WORLD, CALLED The Blazing World.
A merchant travelling into a forreign
Country, fell extreamly in Love
with a young Lady; but being
a stranger in that Nation, and
beneath her both in Birth and
Wealth, he could have but little
hopes of obtaining his desire; however his love growing
more and more vehement upon him, even to the
slighting of all difficulties, he resolved at last to steal
her away; which he had the better opportunity to do,
because her Fathers house was not far from the Sea,
and she often using to gather shells upon the shore, accompanied
not with above two or three of her servants,
it encouraged him the more to execute his design.
Thus coming one time with a little light Vessel, not
unlike a Packet-boat, mann'd with some few Sea-men,
and well victualled, for fear of some accidents, which
might perhaps retard their journey, to the place where
she used to repair, he forced her away: But when he fancied
himself the happiest man of the World, he proved
to be the most unfortunate; for Heaven frowning at his
theft, raised such a Tempest, as they knew not what
to do, or whither to steer their course; so that the Vessel,
both by its own lightness, and the violent motion
of the Wind, was carried as swift as an Arrow out of
a Bow, towards the North-pole, and in a short time
reached the Icy Sea, where the wind forced it amongst
huge pieces of Ice; but being little, and light, it did
by assistance and favour of the Gods to this virtuous
Lady, so turn and wind through those precipices, as if
it had been guided by some Experienced Pilot, and
skilful Mariner: But alas! those few men which
were in it, not knowing whither they went, nor what
was to be done in so strange an adventure, and not
being provided for so cold a Voyage, were all frozen to
death, the young Lady onely, by the light of her
Beauty, the heat of her Youth, and Protection of the
Gods, remaining alive: Neither was it a wonder that
the men did freeze to death; for they were not onely
driven to the very end or point of the Pole of that
World, but even to another Pole of another World,
which joined close to it; so that the cold having a double
strength at the conjunction of those two Poles, was
insupportable: At last, the Boat still passing on, was
forced into another World; for it is impossible to
round this Worlds Globe from Pole to Pole, so as we
do from East to West; because the Poles of the other
World, joining to the Poles of this, do not allow any
further passage to surround the World that way; but
if any one arrives to either of these Poles, he is either
forced to return, or to enter into another World; and
least you should scruple at it, and think, if it were thus,
those that live at the Poles would either see two Suns at
one time, or else they would never want the Suns light
for six months together, as it is commonly believed;
You must know, that each of these Worlds having
its own Sun to enlighten it, they move each one in
their peculiar circles; which motion is so just and exact,
that neither can hinder or obstruct the other; for
they do not exceed their Tropicks, and although they
should meet, yet we in this world cannot so well perceive
them, by reason of the brightness of our Sun,
which being nearer to us, obstructs the splendor of the
Suns of the other Worlds, they being too far off to be
discerned by our optick perception, except we use very
good Telescopes, by which skilful Astronomers have
often observed two or three Suns at once.
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