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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          <head xml:id="echoid-head14" xml:space="preserve">PROP. VII.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s53" xml:space="preserve">That thoſe Spots and brighter Parts, which by
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            our Sight may be diſtinguiſbed in the Moon, do
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            ſhew the difference betwixt the Sea and Land in
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            that other World.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head15" xml:space="preserve">PROP. VIII.</head>
          <p style="it">
            <s xml:id="echoid-s55" xml:space="preserve">That the Spots repreſents the Sea, and the
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            brighter parts the Land.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head16" xml:space="preserve">PROP. IX.</head>
          <p style="it">
            <s xml:id="echoid-s57" xml:space="preserve">That there are bigh Mountains, deep Vallies,
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            and ſpacious plains in the Body of the Moon.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head17" xml:space="preserve">PROP. X.</head>
          <p style="it">
            <s xml:id="echoid-s59" xml:space="preserve">That there is an Atmo-ſphæra, or an Orb of
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            groſs Vaporous Air, immediately encompaſſing the
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            Body of the Moon.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head18" xml:space="preserve">PROP. XI.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s61" xml:space="preserve">That as their World is our Moon, ſo our World
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            is their Moon.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head19" xml:space="preserve">PROP. XII.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s63" xml:space="preserve">That ’tis probable there may be ſuch Meteors
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            belonging to that World in the Moon, as there are
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            with us.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head20" xml:space="preserve">PROP. XIII.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s65" xml:space="preserve">That ’tis probable there may be Inhabitants in
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            this other World; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s66" xml:space="preserve">but of what kind they are, is
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            uncertain.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head21" xml:space="preserve">PROP. XIV.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s68" xml:space="preserve">That ’tis poſſible for ſome of our Poſterity to
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            find out Gonveyance to this other World, and if
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            there be Inhabitants there, to have Commerce
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            with them.</s>
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