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That Are Proved: in This Discourse
That Are Proved: in This Discourse
in this Discourse.
Proposition 1.
That the strangenesse of this opinion is no sufficient reason why it should be rejected, because other certaine
truths have beene formerly esteemed ridiculous, and great absurdities entertayned by common consent.
By way of Preface.
Prop. 2.
That a plurality of worlds doth not contradict any principle of reason or faith.
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Prop. 3.
That the heavens doe not consist of any such pure matter which can priviledge them from the like change and
corruption, as these inferiour bodies are liable unto.
Prop. 4.
Prop. 5.
Prop. 6.
That there is a world in the Moone, hath beene the direct opinion of many ancient, with some moderne
Mathematicians, and may probably be deduced from the tenents of others.
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Prop. 7.
That those spots and brighter parts which by our sight may be distinguished in the Moone, doe shew the
difference betwixt the Sea and Land in that other world.
The Propositions 1
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Prop. 8.
That the spots represent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land.
Prop. 9.
That there are high Mountaines, deepe vallies, and spacious plaines in the body of the Moone.
Prop. 10.
That there is an Atmo-sphæra, or an orbe of grosse vaporous aire, immediately encompassing the body of the
Moone.
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Prop. 11.
Prop. 12.
That tis probable there may bee such Meteors belonging to that world in the Moone, as there are with us.
Prop. 13.
That tis probable there may be inhabitants in this other World, but of what kinde they are is uncertaine.
FINIS.
The element -que in Latin passages was almost always printed with a ligature resembling â—q3â—:
Translations of Latin and Greek passages were usually printed with marginal quotation marks. These passages
have been shown as block quotes (indented) with quotation marks.
The incorrect pagination on pages 177-192 (printed as 175-190) is all one error: The eight pages printed on
one side of the sheet forming signature N— 177, 180, 181, 184, 185, 188, 189, 192— were misnumbered by
Prop. 8. 2
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-2.
This is not intended to be a comprehensive list. A few sources could not be identified; others are so
well-known, they did not need to be marked.
Austin = Augustine
Nicholas Hill â—a country man of oursâ—. Hill the early atomist, not Hill (Montanus, van de Bergh) the
printer.
—: De caelo et mundo
Aristotle: De Caelo
Christopher Besoldus: De Natura Populorum ejusque variatione, et de Linguarum ortu atque immutatione
(1632)
Josephus Blancanus (Giuseppe Biancani): Sphaera mundi (Full Title: Sphaera Mundi seu Cosmographia.
Demonstrativa, ac facili Methodo tradita: In qua totius Mundi fabrica, una cum novis, Tychonis, Kepleri,
Galilaei, aliorumque; Astronomorum adinventis continetur)
Johannes Fabricius: De Maculis in Sole Observatis, et Apparente earum cum Sole Conversione Narratio
(1611)
Isidore: Originum
The name â—Galileoâ— (or â—Galileiâ—) is sometimes included in the title, as â—Diss. cum Nunc. Syd.
Galil.â—
This work is often cited as â—De Moribusâ—; other early mentions are found in Tristram Shandy and The
Anatomy of Melancholy.
Carolus Malapertus, Malapertius (Charles Malapert): Austriaca sidera heliocyclia astronomicis hypothesibus
illigata (1633)
Jacobus Mazonius (Jacopo Mazzoni): In universam Platonis et Aristotelis philosophiam praeludia sive de
Comparatione Platonis et Aristotelis
Benedictus Pererius (Benito Pereira): Commentariorum et disputationum in Genesim tomi quattuor (1591-99)
—: De tranquillitate animi
Erasmus Reinhold: Commentary (1542, 1553) on Georg Purbachâ—s Theoricae novae planetarum
Caelius = Lodovicus Caelius Rhodiginus (Lodovico / Luigi Ricchieri): Lectionum antiquarum libri triginta
Christoph Scheiner: Rosa Ursina sive Sol ex Admirando Facularum & Macularum suarum Phoenomeno
varius
Transcriberâ—s Footnotes
1. There are a few illegible points in the Greek text (Herodotus IV.36.2):
3. Sidenote unclear:
Transcriberâ—s Footnotes 5
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That is: given that AB = 100 and BG = 1000, 1002 + 10002 = 1,010,000. By the Pythagorean Theorem
(â—the 47th propositionâ—), AG = â—1010000. 104 is presumably an error for 1004; the actual figure is
almost 1005.
6.
Cælius (Sidenote) Progym. 1.
the noble Tycho (Sidenote) l. 20. c. 5.
These two sidenotes may be reversed: one of Tycho Braheâ—s works is called Progymnasmata.
7. The first paragraph on this page is very unclear. The page image is shown in full because in other respects
this is a typical page. If there were sidenotes, they would be printed in the wide margin, outside the line.
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8.
the words of Fienus, as they are quoted by Fromondus in the above cited place, Possunt maximæ
permutationes in cÅlo fieri
The text as printed reads:
in the above cited place) Possunt maximæ
The passage could also be punctuated as:
the words of Fienus (as they are quoted by Fromondus in the above cited place) Possunt maximæ
permutationes in cÅlo fieri
9. The sidenote is printed alongside the Mæslin quotation, but the text named in the sidenote is by Kepler.
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