Wilkins, John - A discovery of a new world : or a discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the Probability of a Passage thither; unto which is added, a discourse concerning a New Planet, tending to prove, that 'tis probable our earth is one of the Planets

Wilkins, John, A discovery of a new world : or a discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the Probability of a Passage thither; unto which is added, a discourse concerning a New Planet, tending to prove, that 'tis probable our earth is one of the Planets

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[41.] PROP. XII.

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[42.] PROP. XIII.

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[43.] PROP. XIV.

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[44.] FINIS.

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[45.] A DISCOURSE Concerning a Rem Planet. Tending to prove That ’tis probable our EARTH is one of the PLANETS. The Second Book. By John Wilkins, late L. Biſhop of Cheſter.

[46.] LONDON: Printed by J. D. for John Gellibrand, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. M.DC.LXXXIV.

[47.] To the Reader.

[48.] PROP. I.

[49.] PROP. II.

[50.] PROP. III.

[51.] PROP. IV.

[52.] PROP. V.

[53.] PROP. VI.

[54.] PROP. VII. PROP. VIII. PROP. IX. PROP. X.

[55.] That the EARTH May be a PLANET. PROP. I.

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[56.] PROP. II.

[57.] PROP. III.

[58.] PROP. IV.

[59.] PROP. V. That the Scripture, in its proper conſtru-ction, does not any where affirm the Immobility of the Earth.

[60.] PROP. VI. That there is not any Argument from the Words of Scripture, Principles of Na-ture, or Obſervations in Aſtronomy, which can ſuſſiciently evidence the Earth to be in the Gentre of the Uni-verſe.

[61.] PROP. VII. Tis probable that the Sun is in the Gentre of the World.

[62.] PROP. VIII. That there is not any ſufficient reaſon to prove the Earth incapable of thoſe mo-tions which Copernicus aſcribes un-to it.

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[63.] Provebimur portu, terræque, verbeſq; recedunt.

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[64.] PROP. IX. That it is more probable the Earth does move, than the Sun or Heavens.

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[65.] PROP. X. That this Hypotheſis is exactly agreeable to common appearances.

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[66.] Quicunq; ſolam mente præcipiti petit

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[67.] Brevem replere non valentis ambitum, # Pudebit aucti nominis.

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[68.] FINIS.

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208That the Moon may be a World. Eclipſe, relates, that at ſuch time it was a
cuſtom amongſt the Romans (the moſt civil and
Learned People of the World) to ſound Braſs
Inſtruments, and hold great Torches toward
the Heaven. Τῶν δε Ρωμαίων (ὤσπερ {ἐστὶ}ν ἐνομισ {μέν}ον)
χαλκ{οῦ} τε τατό γι; ὰνακαλ{ου} μένων τοφῶς ἀυτῆς {καὶ} πυ{ρὰ}
11In vita
Paul. Æ-
mil. πολλὰ δαλοῖς {καὶ} δαοτίν ἀνε{χό}ντων πρός {οὐ}ῥοανον. For
by this means they ſuppoſed the Moon was
much eaſed in her Labours, and therefore
Ovid calls ſuch loud Inſtruments the Auxilia-
ries or helps of the Moon.

Cum fruſtra reſonant æra auxiliaria Lunæ.

22Metam.
Lib. 4.

And therefore the Satyriſt too, deſcribing a
loud Scold, ſays, ſhe was able to make noiſe
enough to deliver the labouring Moon.

Una laboranti poterit ſuccerrere Lunæ.

33Juven.
Sat. 6.

Now the reaſon of all this their Ceremony,
was, becauſe they feared the World would
fall aſleep, when one of its Eyes began to
wink, and therefore they would do what they
could by loud Sounds to rouſe it from its drow-
ſineſs, and keep it awake, by bright Torches,
to beſtow that Light upon it which it began to
lofe.

Some of them thought hereby to keep the
Moon in her Orb, whereas other wiſe ſhe would
have fallen down upon the Earth, and the
World would have loſt one of its Lights; for
the credulous People believed, that Inchanters
and Witches could bring the Moon down,
which made Virgil ſay,

Gantus & è cælo poſſunt deducere Lunam.

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