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.
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[12.] PROP. VI.
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[13.] PROP. VII.
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[14.] PROP. VIII.
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[15.] PROP. IX.
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[16.] PROP. X.
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[17.] PROP. XI.
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[18.] PROP. XII.
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[19.] PROP. XIII.
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[20.] PROP. XIV.
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[21.] The Firſt Book. That the MOON May be a WORLD. The Firſt Propoſition, by way of Preface.
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[22.] Sed vanus ſtolidis hæc omnia finxerit Error.
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[23.] Solis lunæq; labores.
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[24.] Cum fruſtra reſonant æra auxiliaria Lunæ.
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[25.] Una laboranti poterit ſuccerrere Lunæ.
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[26.] Gantus & è cælo poſſunt deducere Lunam.
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[27.] Cantus & ſi curru lunam deducere tentant, Et facerent, ſi non æra repulſa ſonant.
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[28.] PROP. II. That a Plurality of Worlds doth not contradict any Principle of Reaſon or Faith.
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[29.] Æſtuas infelix auguſto limite mundi.
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[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.
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[31.] Necnon Oceano paſci phæbumque polumq; Gredimus.
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[32.] PROP. IV. That the Moon is a Solid, Compacted, Opacous Body.
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[33.] PROP. V. That the Moon hath not any Light of her own.
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[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.
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[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.
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[36.] PROP. VIII. The Spots repeſent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land.
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[37.] PROP. IX. That there are high Mountains, deep Vallies, and ſpacious Plains in the Body of the Moon.
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[38.] PROP. X. That there is an Atmo-ſphæra, or an Orb of groſs, Vaporous Air, immediately encompaſſing the body of the Moon.
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[39.] PROP. XI. That as their World is our Moon, ſo our World is their Moon.
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[40.] Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
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363183That the Earth may be a Planet.
Media inter prælia ſemper,
11Lucan.
l.10. Stellarum, Cœliq; plagis, ſuperiſq; vacavit.
He always leiſure found, amidſt his Wars,
To mark the Coaſts of Heav’n, & learn the ſtars.
And for this reaſon likewiſe did Seneca,
amidſt the continual noiſe and busſle of the
Court, betake himſelf to this Recreation:
O quam juvabat, quo nihil majus, parens
Natura gennit, operis immenſi artifex,
Cœlum intueri Solis, & curros ſacros
Mundiq; motus, Solis alternas vices,
Orbemq; Pheobes, Aſtra quem cingunt vaga
Lateq; fulgens ætheris magni decus. O what a pleaſure was it to ſurvay
Natures chief Work, the Heavens; where we may
View the alternate Courſes of the Sun,
The ſacred Chariots, how the World does run;
The Moons bright Orb, when ſhe’s attended by
Thoſe ſcattered ſtars, whoſe light adorns the sky. And certainly thoſe eminent Men, who
have this way beſtowed a great part of their
imploiment, ſuch as were Ptolomy, Julius Cæ-
ſar, Alphonſus King of Spain, the Noble Ty-
cho, & c. have not only by this means pitched
upon that which for the preſent was a more
ſolid kind of pleaſure and contentment, but
alſo a ſurer way to propagate their memo-
ries unto future Ages. Thoſe great

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