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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[61.] PROP. VII. Tis probable that the Sun is in the Gentre of the World.
[62.] PROP. VIII. That there is not any ſufficient reaſon to prove the Earth incapable of thoſe mo-tions which Copernicus aſcribes un-to it.
[63.] Provebimur portu, terræque, verbeſq; recedunt.
[64.] PROP. IX. That it is more probable the Earth does move, than the Sun or Heavens.
[65.] PROP. X. That this Hypotheſis is exactly agreeable to common appearances.
[66.] Quicunq; ſolam mente præcipiti petit
[67.] Brevem replere non valentis ambitum, # Pudebit aucti nominis.
[68.] FINIS.
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544[Handwritten note 4]
A
DISCOVERY
OF A
New ,
OR,
A DISCOURSE Tending
to prove, that ’tis Probable there
may be another Habitable WORLD
in the MOON.
With a Diſcourſe concerning the Proba-
bility 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.
In Two Parts.
By John Wilkins, late Lord Biſhop of
Cheſter.
The Fifth Edition Corrected and Amended.
LONDON,
Printed by J. Rawlins for John Gellibrand,
at the Golden-Ball in St.
Pauls Church-
Yard.
MDCLXXXIV.

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