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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            Diſtinctly ſet down for this Opinion. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s559" xml:space="preserve">For
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            the better Confirmation of which he adjoins
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            alſo ſome Authentical Epiſtles of Fredericus
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            Gæſius Lyncæus, a Noble Prince, written to
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            Bellarmine, containing divers Reaſons to the
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            ſame purpoſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s560" xml:space="preserve">You may alſo ſee the ſame
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            Truth ſet down by Fohannes Pena, in his Pre-
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            face to Euclids Opticks, and Chriſtoph. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s561" xml:space="preserve">Roth-
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            manus, both who thought the Firmament to
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0047-01" xlink:href="note-0047-01a" xml:space="preserve">De ſtella.
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              15. 72. l. 1.
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            be only Air: </s>
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            Diſpute againſt them, yet he himſelf holds,
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            Quod propius ad veritatis penetralia accedit hæc
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            opinio, quam Ariſtotelica vulgariter approbata,
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            quæ cælum pluribus realibus atque imperviis orbi-
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            bus citra rem replevit. </s>
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            ‘ comes nearer to the Truth, than the common
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            ‘ one of Ariſtotle, which hath to no purpoſe
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            ‘ filled the Heavens with ſuch real and Imper-
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            ‘ vious Orbs.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s565" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s566" xml:space="preserve">There is no Element of Fire, which
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            muſt be held with this Opinion here deliver'd;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s567" xml:space="preserve">for if we ſuppoſe a World in the Moon, then
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            it will follow, that the Sphere of Fire, either
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            is not there where it is uſually placed in the
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            Concavity of his Orb, or elſe that there is no
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            ſuch thing at all, which is moſt probable,ſince
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            there are not any ſuch Solid Orbs, that by
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            their ſwift Motion might Heat and Enkindle
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            the adjoyning Air, which is imagined to be
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            the Reaſon of that Element. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s568" xml:space="preserve">The Arguments
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            that are commonly urged to this purpoſe, are
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            theſe.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s570" xml:space="preserve">1. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s571" xml:space="preserve">That which was beſore alledged concer-
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