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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            No; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1435" xml:space="preserve">ſince ’tis ſo, and more with us alſo under
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            the Poles; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1436" xml:space="preserve">and beſides, the general Length of
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            their Night is ſomewhat abated in the Bigneſs
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            of their Moon which is our Earth. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1437" xml:space="preserve">For this Re-
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            turns as great a Light unto that Planet, as it
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            Receives from it. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1438" xml:space="preserve">But for the better Proof of
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            this, I ſhall firſt free the Way from ſuch Opi-
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            nions as might otherwiſe hinder the ſpeed of a
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          <note position="left" xml:space="preserve">Plut de.
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          fac lunæ.</note>
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            World in the Moon, doth directly Contract
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            this Propoſition, Affirming, that thoſe who
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            Live there, may diſcern our World, as the
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            Dreggs and Sediment of all other Creatures,
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            appearing to them through Clouds and Foggy
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            miſts, and that altogether Devoid of Light,
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            being Baſe and unmoveable; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1441" xml:space="preserve">ſo that they
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            might well imagine the Dark place of Damna-
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            tion to be here Situate, and that they only were
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            the Inhabiters of the World, as being in the
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            midſt betwixt Heaven and Hell.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1443" xml:space="preserve">To this I may Anſwer, ’tis Probable that
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            Plutarch ſpake this Inconſiderately, and with-
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            out a Reaſon, which makes him likewife fall
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            into another Abſurdity, when he ſays our Earth
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            would appear Immovable; </s>
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            leſs, though it did not, yet would it ſeem to
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            Move and theirs to ſtand Still, as the Land doth
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            to a Man in a Ship; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1445" xml:space="preserve">according to that of the
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