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.
[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.
[41.] PROP. XII.
[42.] PROP. XIII.
[43.] PROP. XIV.
[44.] FINIS.
[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.
[46.] LONDON: Printed by J. D. for John Gellibrand, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. M.DC.LXXXIV.
[47.] To the Reader.
[48.] PROP. I.
[49.] PROP. II.
[50.] PROP. III.
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151139That the Moon may be a World. Motion. ’Tis uſually Obſerved, that amongſt
the Variety of Birds, thoſe which do moſt
Converſe upon the Earth, and are Swifteſt in
their running, as a Pheaſant, Partridge, &
c. to-
gether with all Domeſtical Fowl, are leſs able
for Flight, than others, which are for the moſt
part upon the Wing, as a Swallow, Swift, &
c.
and therefore we may well think, that Man
being not naturally endowed with any ſuch
Condition as may enable him for this Motion,
and being neceſſarily tyed to a more eſpecial
Reſidence on the Earth, muſt needs be ſlower
than any Fowl, and leſs able to hold out.
Thus
it is alſo in Swimming;
which Art, though it
be grown to a good Eminence, yet he that is
beſt skilled in it, is not able, either for conti-
nuance, or ſwiftneſs, to equal a Fiſh;
becauſe
he is not naturally appointed to it.
So that
though a Man could Fly, yet he would be ſo
ſlow in it, and ſo quickly weary, that he could
never think to reach ſo great a Journey as it is
to the Moon.
But Suppoſe with all, that he could Fly as
Faſt, and Long, as the Swifteſt Bird:
yet it
cannot Poſſibly be Conceived, how he ſhould
ever be able to paſs through ſo vaſt a Diſtance
as there is betwixt the Moon\and our Earth.
For this Planet, according to the common
Grounds, is uſually Granted to be at the Leaſt,
52 Semidiameters of the Earth from us.
Reck-
oning for each Semidiameter 3456 Engliſh
Miles, of which the whole ſpace will be about
179712.
So that though a Man could Conſtantly keep
on in his Journey thither by a Strait

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