The discovery of a world in the moone . in the Moone may proceed, noris this 3gainft rcafon, for that « Planet (C <^ Plancc cannot be pcrfcdiy Iphe-^ricall/inc< tis to rcfiiotca b)ciy«nfir-nifd With divers realb.^s, K^pUrha h obfi.^rvcd in the M jacsfclipfts, thac thedivifion ofhwrcnlighcfcned pare from theftadcd,was made by a crooked urcijtuKlinejOt which ihcfc cannot beanyprobable caufcconcc^ived, uol ff,icdid aiife from therugg di if:ofchat planer, fcr ic cannor v allbe producd from ihc(h^dof ;nymountains here npon e^nh, be-caufc ihi Cz would be fo 1: ih^A bv-tore thev coold reach fo
The discovery of a world in the moone . in the Moone may proceed, noris this 3gainft rcafon, for that « Planet (C <^ Plancc cannot be pcrfcdiy Iphe-^ricall/inc< tis to rcfiiotca b)ciy«nfir-nifd With divers realb.^s, K^pUrha h obfi.^rvcd in the M jacsfclipfts, thac thedivifion ofhwrcnlighcfcned pare from theftadcd,was made by a crooked urcijtuKlinejOt which ihcfc cannot beanyprobable caufcconcc^ived, uol ff,icdid aiife from therugg di if:ofchat planer, fcr ic cannor v allbe producd from ihc(h^dof ;nymountains here npon e^nh, be-caufc ihi Cz would be fo 1: ih^A bv-tore thev coold reach fo high in acoiiicall (hjdow^ that they wouldnet be at all Gnfible untou^ T^smighteafiJy be demonrtrated) nor jcaj ic be conceired wh^t rcifon ot jthis difference there (hould be in Ithe there beingno other body that hath any thing \to doc in ecIipfi^jWC muft ncctiA- i ^^ Mundl-^P^on, rilv i »^4 The Dijco^ery \ mm\ ?? ?? ? nly corcludt^thaticiscafedbyavafkty of parts in \hi Moone itfrife ^^A what cm there be but itsgibbofiries ? Now if you fhouldaskc a reaf)!! why there fliould beftch a iimilicude of thefc in thatPlincr, the fame 7<r^/?/^r (hill jcftyodouc an anfv/erc, for fuppofing(fiith he) tbofe inhabituics arebii^ger thao any of us in the fameI roportionjastheir daicsarelon-ger than ours, viz. by fif(ccn timesicm<^ybcc for want of ftones toertft fuchvaft houfes 2i% were re-qnifitc for their bodies, they arefaine to digj^e grexc and roundhollo wes in the earthy where theymay both procure water for theirthirft, and turning about with theflude, may a^oid thofc great liearswhich orhcTvvife they would beIvab!. tiPto; or if you v;ill giveCtUr Ja GrMa leave to gucill* inthe ;.^ rn3nner,hc vjould raiherthinkihattbofechirfty nations callup romany^ind fo great heaps ofearth in digging ohheir wine cel-lars
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