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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[21.] The Firſt Book. That the MOON May be a WORLD. The Firſt Propoſition, by way of Preface.
[22.] Sed vanus ſtolidis hæc omnia finxerit Error.
[23.] Solis lunæq; labores.
[24.] Cum fruſtra reſonant æra auxiliaria Lunæ.
[25.] Una laboranti poterit ſuccerrere Lunæ.
[26.] Gantus & è cælo poſſunt deducere Lunam.
[27.] Cantus & ſi curru lunam deducere tentant, Et facerent, ſi non æra repulſa ſonant.
[28.] PROP. II. That a Plurality of Worlds doth not contradict any Principle of Reaſon or Faith.
[29.] Æſtuas infelix auguſto limite mundi.
[30.] PROP. III. That the Heavens do not conſiſt of any ſuch pure Matter, which can priviledge them from the like Change and Corruption, as theſe Inferiour, Bodies are liable unto.
[31.] Necnon Oceano paſci phæbumque polumq; Gredimus.
[32.] PROP. IV. That the Moon is a Solid, Compacted, Opacous Body.
[33.] PROP. V. That the Moon hath not any Light of her own.
[34.] PROP. VI. That there is a World in the Moon, bath been the direct Opinion of many Ancient, with ſome Modern Mathematicians, and may probably de deduc’d from the Tenents of others.
[35.] PROP. VII. That thoſe Spots and brighter parts, which by our ſight may be diſtinguiſhed in the Moon, do ſhew the difference betwixt the Sea and Land, in that other World.
[36.] PROP. VIII. The Spots repeſent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land.
[37.] PROP. IX. That there are high Mountains, deep Vallies, and ſpacious Plains in the Body of the Moon.
[38.] PROP. X. That there is an Atmo-ſphæra, or an Orb of groſs, Vaporous Air, immediately encompaſſing the body of the Moon.
[39.] PROP. XI. That as their World is our Moon, ſo our World is their Moon.
[40.] Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
[41.] PROP. XII.
[42.] PROP. XIII.
[43.] PROP. XIV.
[44.] FINIS.
[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.
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            as HI. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1671" xml:space="preserve">Suppoſe EF likewiſe to repreſent half
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            the Heavens, wherein was this appearing Co-
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            met at K. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1672" xml:space="preserve">Now I ſay, that a contracted Va-
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            pour, as G, could not cauſe this appearance,
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            becauſe an Inhabitant at M could not diſcern
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            the ſame Star with the brightneſs, but perhaps
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            another at L, betwixt which the Vapour is di-
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            rectly interpoſed. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1673" xml:space="preserve">Nor could it be cauſed by a
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            dilated Vapour, as HI, becauſe then all the
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            Stars that were diſcern’d through it, would be
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            perceiv’d with the ſame brightneſs.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1675" xml:space="preserve">’Tis neceſſary therefore that the cauſe of this
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            appearance ſhould be in the Heavens. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1676" xml:space="preserve">And this
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            is granted by the moſt and beſt Aſtronomers.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1677" xml:space="preserve">But, ſay ſome, this doth not argue any natural
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            Alteration in thoſe purer Bodies, ſince ’tis pro-
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            bable that the Concourſe of many little Va-
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            gabond Stars, by the Union of their Beams
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            may cauſe ſo great a Light. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1678" xml:space="preserve">Of this Opinion
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            were Anaxagor as and Zeno amongſt the Anci-
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            ents, and Baptiſta Giſatus, Blancanus, with
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            others amongſt our modern Aſtronomers. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1679" xml:space="preserve">For,
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            ſay they, when there happens to be a Con-
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            courſe of ſome few Stars, then do many others
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            fly unto them from all the parts of Heaven like
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            ſo many Bees unto their King. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1680" xml:space="preserve">But 1. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1681" xml:space="preserve">’Tis not
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            likely that amongſt thoſe which we count the
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            fixed Stars, there ſhould be any ſuch uncertain
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            Motions, that they can wander from all parts
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            of the Heavens, as if Nature had neglected
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            them, or forgot to appoint them a determi-
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            nate Courſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1682" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1683" xml:space="preserve">If there be ſuch a Conſlux
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            of theſe, as of Bees to their King, then what
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            reaſon is there, that they do not ſtill tarry with
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            it, that ſo the Comet may not be diſſolv’d ?</s>
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