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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[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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[41.] PROP. XII.
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[42.] PROP. XIII.
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[43.] PROP. XIV.
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[44.] FINIS.
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[45.] A DISCOURSE Concerning a Rem Planet. Tending to prove That ’tis probable our EARTH is one of the PLANETS. The Second Book. By John Wilkins, late L. Biſhop of Cheſter.
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[46.] LONDON: Printed by J. D. for John Gellibrand, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. M.DC.LXXXIV.
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[47.] To the Reader.
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[48.] PROP. I.
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[49.] PROP. II.
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[50.] PROP. III.
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177To the Reader
2. For the Manner. It is not
maintained with ſuch Heat and
Religion, as if every one that reads
it, were preſently bound to yield up
his aſſent: But as it is in other
Wars, where Victory cannot be had,
Men muſt be content with Peace:
So likewiſe is it in this, and ſhould
be in all other Philoſophical Con-
tentions. If there be nothing able to
convince and ſatisfy the indifferent
Reader, he may ſtill enjoy his own
Opinion. All Men have not the
ſame way of apprehending things;
but according to the variety of their
Temper, Cuſtom, and Abilities,
their Underſtandings are ſeverally
faſhioned to different Aſſents:
Which had it been but well conſi-
dered by ſome of our hot 11Fromond.
Al Roſſe. ſaries, they would not have ſhewed
more violence in oppoſing the Per-
ſons againſt whom they write, than
ſtrength in confuting the Cauſe.

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