THE
DESCRIPTION
OF A NEW
WORLD
CALLED
The Blazing-World.
WRITTEN
By The Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent
PRINCESSE
THE
Duchess of Newcastle
Printed by A. Maxwell, in the Year M.DC.LX.VIII.
Contents
To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World.
To all Noble and Worthy Ladies.
The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World.
The Second Part of the Description of the New Blazing-World.
The Epilogue to the Reader.
Here on this Figure Cast a Glance.
But so as if it were by Chance,
Your eyes not fixt, they must not Stay,
Since this like Shadowes to the Day
It only represent's; for Still,
Her Beauty's found beyond the Skill
Of the best Paynter, to Imbrace
These lovely Lines within her face.
View her Soul's Picture, Judgment, witt,
Then read those Lines which Shee hath writt,
By Phancy's Pencill drawne alone
Which Peces but Shee, can justly owne.
To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World.
Our Elder World, with all their Skill and Arts,
Could but divide the World into three Parts:
Columbus, then for Navigation fam'd,
Found a new World, America 'tis nam'd;
Now this new World was found, it was not made,
Onely discovered, lying in Time's shade.
Then what are You, having no Chaos found
To make a World, or any such least ground?
But your Creating Fancy, thought it fit
To make your World of Nothing, but pure Wit.
Your Blazing-World, beyond the Stars mounts higher,
Enlightens all with a Cœlestial Fier.
William Newcastle.
To all Noble and Worthy Ladies.
This present Description of a New World, was made as an Appendix to myObservations upon Experimental Philosophy; and, having some Sympathyand Coherence with each other, were joyned together as Two severalWorlds, at their Two Poles. But, by reason most Ladies take no delightin Philosophical Arguments, I separated some from the mentionedObservations, and caused them to go out by themselves, that I mightexpress my Respects, in presenting to Them such Fancies as myContemplations did afford. The First Part is Romancical; the Second,Philosophical; and the Third is meerly Fancy; or (as I may call it)Fantastical. And if (Noble Ladies) you should chance to take pleasure inreading these Fancies, I shall account my self a Happy Creatoress: Ifnot, I must be content to live a Melancholly Life in my own World; whichI cannot call a Poor W