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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            Thus likewiſe St. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s148" xml:space="preserve">Auſtin, who cenſures that
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            Relation of the Antipodes to be an incredible
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0017-01" xlink:href="note-0017-01a" xml:space="preserve">De civit.
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              Dei lib. 16
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            Fable; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s149" xml:space="preserve">and with him agrees the Eloquent
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            Lactantius, Quid illi qui eſſe contrarios veſtigiis
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            noſtris Antipodes putant? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s150" xml:space="preserve">num aliquid loquuntur?
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0017-02" xlink:href="note-0017-02a" xml:space="preserve">Inſtiſtur,
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              l. 3.
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            aut eſt quiſpiam tam ineptus qui credat eſſe homi-
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            nes, quorum veſtigia ſunt ſuperiora quâm capita?
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s152" xml:space="preserve">aut ibi quæ apud nos jacent inverſa pendere? </s>
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            nives, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s156" xml:space="preserve">grandinem ſurſum verſus cadere in ter-
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s158" xml:space="preserve">miratur aliquis hortos penſiles inter ſep-
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            ‘What (ſaith he) are they that think there are
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            ‘Antipodes, ſuch as walk with their Feet
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            ‘againſt ours? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s165" xml:space="preserve">do they ſpeak any likelyhood? </s>
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            ‘or is there any one ſo fooliſh as to believe
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            ‘the Hail, and Rain, and Snow fall upwards
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            What ſhall we think (ſaith he in Plutarch) that
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