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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[11.] PROP. V.
[12.] PROP. VI.
[13.] PROP. VII.
[14.] PROP. VIII.
[15.] PROP. IX.
[16.] PROP. X.
[17.] PROP. XI.
[18.] PROP. XII.
[19.] PROP. XIII.
[20.] PROP. XIV.
[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.
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291111That the Earth may be a Planet. above us were whirled about with ſuch a
mad celerity as our Adverſaries ſuppoſe;
for then there would be but ſmall hopes, that
this little point of Earth ſhould eſcape from
the reſt.
But ſuppoſing (ſaith * Roſſe) that this
11Lib. 1. ſect.
1. cap. 3.
Motion were natural to the Earth, yet it is
not natural to Towns and Buildings, for
theſe are Artificial.
To which I anſwer: Ha, ha, ha.
3. Another Argument to this purpoſe, is
taken from the reſt and quietneſs of the Air
about us;
which could not be, if there were
any ſuch ſwift Motion of the Earth.
If a Man
riding upon a fleet Horſe, do perceive the
Air to beat againſt his Face, as if there
were a Wind, what a vehement Tempeſt
ſhould we continually feel from the Eaſt, if
the Earth were turned about with ſuch a
ſwift revolution as is ſuppoſed?
Unto this ’tis uſually anſwered, That the
Air alſo is carried along with the ſame mo-
tion of the Earth:
For if the Concavity of
the Moon's Orb, which is of ſo ſmooth and
glabrous a Superficies, may (according to
our Adverſaries) drive along with it the
greateſt part of this Elementary World, all
the Regions of Fire, and all the vaſt upper
Regions of Air, and (as ſome will have it)
the two lower Regions, together with the
Sea likewiſe;
for from hence (ſaith Alex.
Roſſe, lib. 1. ſect. 1. cap. 3.) is it, that be-
twixt the Tropicks there is a conſtant Eaſtern
Wind, and a continual flowing of the

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