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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10593That the Moon may be a World. appeared as dull and ruddy almoſt as the Moon
in her Eclipſes;
in ſo much that the Stars have
been ſeen at Mid-day.
Nay, he hath been
conſtantly darkned for almoſt a whole Year,
and never ſhined, but with a kind of heavy and
duskiſh Light, ſo that there was ſcarce heat
enough to Ripen the Fruits.
As it was about
the time when Gæſar was kill'd.
Which was
recorded by ſome of the Poets.
Thus Virgil,
ſpeaking of the Sun.
Ille etiam extincto miſeratus Gæſare Romam.
Gum caput obſcurâ nitidum ferrugine texit,
Impiaque æternam timuerunt ſæcula noctem.

He pitying Rome, when as great Cæſar dy'd,
His Head within a mourning-vail did hide;

And thus the wicked guilty World did fright
With doubtful Fears of an Eternal Night.

Ovid ſpeaking likewife of his Death,
--Solis quoque triſtis Imago
Lurida ſollicitis præbebat lumina terris.

--The Suns ſad Image then
Did yield a lowring light to fearful Men.
Now theſe appearances could not ariſe from
any lower Vapour.
For then 1. They would
not have been ſo univerſal as they were, being
ſeen through all Europe;
or elſe 2. That Va-
pour muſt have cover'd the Stars as well as the
Sun, which yet notwitſtanding were plainly
diſcern'd in the day time.
You may ſee this
Argument illuſtrated in another the like caſe,
Chap.
12. Hence then it will follow, that
this Fuliginous matter, which did thus obſcure
the Sun, muſt needs be very near his Body;
and if ſo, then, what can we more probably
gueſs it to be, then Evaporations from it?

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