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Which sight, when her Country-men perceived at
a distance, their hearts began to tremble; but coming
something nearer, she left her Torches, and appeared
onely in her Garments of Light, like an Angel, or
some Deity, and all kneeled down before her, and
worshipped her with all submission and reverence: But
the Emperess would not come nearer then at such a
distance where her voice might be generally heard, by
reason she would not have that of her Accoustrements
any thing else should be perceived, but the
splendor thereof; and when she was come so near that
her voice could be heard and understood by all, she
made this following Speech:
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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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