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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            Truth, which they themſelves were not the
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            firſt Inventors of. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s118" xml:space="preserve">So that I may juſtly expect
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            to be accuſed of a Pragmatical Ignorance, and
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            bold Oſtentation; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s119" xml:space="preserve">eſpecially ſince for this O-
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            pinion, Xenophanes, a Man whoſe Authority
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            was able to add ſome Credit to his Aſſertion,
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            could not eſcape the like Cenſure from others.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s120" xml:space="preserve">For Natales Comes ſpeaking of that Philoſo-
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            pher, and this his Opinion, ſaith thus, Nonnulli
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0015-01" xlink:href="note-0015-01a" xml:space="preserve">Mytholog.
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              lib. 3. c. 17</note>
            ne nihil ſciſſe videantur, aliqua nova monſtr a in
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            Philoſophiam introducunt, ut alicujus rei inven-
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            tores fuiſſe apparent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s121" xml:space="preserve">‘Some there are, who leſt
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            ‘ they might ſeem to know nothing, will bring
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            ‘ up monſtrous abſurdities in Philoſophy, that
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            ‘ ſo afterward they may be famed for the In-
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            ‘ vention of ſomewhat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s122" xml:space="preserve">The ſame Author
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            doth alſo in another place accuſe Anaxagoras
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            of Folly for the ſame Opinion. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s123" xml:space="preserve">Eſt enim non
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0015-02" xlink:href="note-0015-02a" xml:space="preserve">Lib. 7. c. 1</note>
            ignobilis gradus ſtultitiæ, vel ſineſcias quid dicas,
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            tamen velle de rebus propoſitis hanc vell illam par-
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            tem ſtabilire. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s124" xml:space="preserve">’Tis none of the worſt kinds of
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            Folly, boldly to affirm one ſide or other when
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            a Man knows not what to ſay.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s126" xml:space="preserve">If theſe Men were thus cenſur’d, I may juſt-
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            ly expect to be derided of moſt, and to be be-
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            lieved by few or none; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s127" xml:space="preserve">eſpecially ſince this
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            Opinion ſeems to carry in it ſo much ſtrange-
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            neſs, and contradiction to the general conſent
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            of others. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s128" xml:space="preserve">But however, I am reſolved that
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            this ſhall not be any diſcouragement, ſince I
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            know that it is not common Opinion that can
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            either add or detract from the Truth. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s129" xml:space="preserve">For,</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s130" xml:space="preserve">1. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s131" xml:space="preserve">Other Truths have been formerly eſtee-
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