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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[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.
[51.] PROP. IV.
[52.] PROP. V.
[53.] PROP. VI.
[54.] PROP. VII. PROP. VIII. PROP. IX. PROP. X.
[55.] That the EARTH May be a PLANET. PROP. I.
[56.] PROP. II.
[57.] PROP. III.
[58.] PROP. IV.
[59.] PROP. V. That the Scripture, in its proper conſtru-ction, does not any where affirm the Immobility of the Earth.
[60.] PROP. VI. That there is not any Argument from the Words of Scripture, Principles of Na-ture, or Obſervations in Aſtronomy, which can ſuſſiciently evidence the Earth to be in the Gentre of the Uni-verſe.
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            logy for the ſtrangeneſs of thoſe Truths that
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            he was there to deliver; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s890" xml:space="preserve">amongſt which, there
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            are divers things to this purpoſe concerning
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            the Nature of theMoon. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s891" xml:space="preserve">He profeſſes that
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            he did not publiſh them, either out of a hu-
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            mour oſ Contradiction, or deſire of Vain-glo-
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            ry, or in a Jeſting way, to make himſelf, or
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            others merry, but after a conſiderate and ſo-
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            lemn manner, for the diſcovery of the Truth.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s893" xml:space="preserve">Now as for the knowledge which Cæſar pre-
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            tends to the contrary, you may gueſs what it
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            was by his ſtrange conſidence in other Aſſerti-
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            ons, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s894" xml:space="preserve">his boldneſs in them may well derogate
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            from his Credit in this. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s895" xml:space="preserve">For ſpeaking of Pto-
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            lomy’s Hypotheſis, he pronounces this Verdict,
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            Impoſſibile eſt excentricorum & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s896" xml:space="preserve">epicyclorum poſiti-
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            tio, nec aliquis eſt ex Mathematicis adeo ſtultus
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            qui veram illam exiſtimet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s897" xml:space="preserve">‘The poſition of
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            ‘ Excentricks and Epicycles is altogether im-
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            ‘ poſſible, nor is there any Mathematician ſuch
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            ‘ a Fool as to think it true. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s898" xml:space="preserve">I ſhould gueſs he
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            could not have knowledge enough to maintain
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            any other Hypotheſis, who was ſo ignorant in
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            Mathematicks, as to deny, any good Author
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            held this. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s899" xml:space="preserve">For I would fain know, whether
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            there were never any that thought the Hea-
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            vens to be ſolid Bodies, and that there
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            were ſuch kinds of Motion, as is by thoſe
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            feigned Orbs ſupplyed; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s900" xml:space="preserve">if ſo, Gæſar la Galla
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            was much miſtaken. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s901" xml:space="preserve">I think his Aſſertions
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            are equally true, that Galilæus and Keplar did
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            not hold this, and that there were none which
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            ever held that other. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s902" xml:space="preserve">Thus much for the
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            Teſtimony of thoſe who were directly of this
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