A new treatise proving a multiplicity of worlds that the planets are regions inhabited and the earth a star, and that it is out of the center of the world in a third heaven, and turns round before the sun which is fixed : and other most rare and curious things / by Peter Borell ...
         Discours nouveau prouvant la pluralité des mondes. English
         Borel, Pierre, 1620?-1671.
      
       
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             A new treatise proving a multiplicity of worlds that the planets are regions inhabited and the earth a star, and that it is out of the center of the world in a third heaven, and turns round before the sun which is fixed : and other most rare and curious things / by Peter Borell ...
             Discours nouveau prouvant la pluralité des mondes. English
             Borel, Pierre, 1620?-1671.
             Sashott, D.
          
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             London :
             1658.
          
           
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           A
           NEW
           TREATISE
           ,
           PROVING
           A
           Multiplicity
           OF
           
             WORLDS
             .
          
        
         
           That
           the
           Planets
           are
           Regions
           Inhabited
           ,
           and
           the
           Earth
           a
           Star
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           out
           of
           the
           Center
           of
           the
           World
           in
           the
           third
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           turns
           round
           before
           the
           Sun
           which
           is
           fixed
           .
           And
           other
           most
           Rare
           and
           Curious
           Things
           .
        
         
           By
           
             PETER
             BORELL
             ,
          
           Counsellor
           and
           Physitian
           to
           the
           King
           of
           
             France
             .
          
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Streater
             ▪
          
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           The
           Vertuous
           ,
           AND
           Most
           Renowned
           Gentleman
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Frederick
             Clodius
             ,
          
           Doctor
           in
           Physick
           ,
           His
           truly
           honoured
           Friend
           .
        
         
           
             Worthy
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           THree
           considerations
           have
           induced
           me
           to
           offer
           these
           rude
           and
           unpolished
           
           lines
           to
           your
           Patronage
           and
           favourable
           acceptance
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           the
           Learning
           and
           fame
           of
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           
             Treatise
             ,
          
           who
           carrieth
           the
           same
           Title
           as
           Your Self
           .
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           the
           worthinesse
           and
           great
           esteem
           and
           acuity
           of
           spirit
           
           of
           that
           Person
           of
           Honour
           ,
           Sir
           
             Kenelm
             Digby
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           offered
           by
           the
           Author
           .
           The
           third
           is
           ,
           the
           worthiness
           ,
           wisdom
           and
           deep
           Learning
           wherewith
           You
           are
           indued
           &
           adorned
           ,
           which
           that
           Noble
           Knight
           well
           knowing
           ,
           for
           an
           acknowledgment
           
           thereof
           ,
           hath
           presented
           this
           Book
           to
           your
           view
           ,
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           great
           novelty
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           presume
           to
           implore
           your
           Protection
           for
           the
           subject
           ,
           but
           onely
           for
           this
           my
           rash
           attempt
           in
           the
           translating
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           if
           it
           may
           auspiciously
           be
           admitted
           
           into
           Your
           friendly
           estimation
           ,
           doubtlesse
           't
           will
           find
           an
           universall
           acceptance
           amongst
           Persons
           of
           greatest
           Eminency
           ;
           All
           I
           humbly
           crave
           for
           the
           present
           is
           ,
           my
           boldnesse
           might
           be
           favourably
           excused
           ,
           since
           't
           was
           my
           lawfull
           Ambition
           
           thereby
           to
           avoid
           Ingratitude
           ;
           However
           this
           Work
           be
           esteemed
           ,
           may
           your
           deserved
           good
           name
           and
           honor
           encrease
           more
           and
           more
           ;
           which
           is
           and
           shall
           be
           the
           constant
           Vote
           of
           ,
           Sir
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             humbly
             devoted
             Servant
             ,
             D.
             Sashott
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
       
         
           A
           NEW
           TREATISE
           ,
           PROVING
           A
           Multiplicity
           OF
           
             WORLDS
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Plurality
               of
               Worlds
               in
               general
               ,
               being
               as
               a
               Preface
               to
               the
               following
               Chapters
               .
            
          
           
             WE
             may
             truly
             say
             ,
             that
             Preoccupation
             is
             an
             horrid
             Monster
             ,
             which
             makes
             
             a
             strange
             havock
             in
             the
             spirits
             of
             Men
             ,
             hinders
             the
             progress
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             causes
             Men
             to
             droop
             in
             a
             constant
             ignorance
             ;
             for
             they
             who
             by
             it
             are
             once
             prepossessed
             ,
             can
             judge
             of
             nothing
             by
             themselves
             ,
             censure
             the
             best
             opinions
             that
             are
             ,
             assert
             those
             of
             their
             Masters
             ,
             whether
             good
             or
             bad
             ;
             and
             having
             conceived
             a
             distaste
             of
             whatsoever
             checks
             what
             is
             contrary
             to
             their
             belief
             ,
             though
             grosse
             and
             ignorant
             ,
             bring
             forth
             nothing
             but
             contempts
             and
             blames
             against
             those
             who
             endeavour
             to
             open
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             root
             them
             out
             of
             the
             darknesse
             of
             their
             ignorance
             ,
             to
             draw
             them
             to
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             the
             true
             light
             
             and
             knowledg
             of
             things
             .
          
           
             The
             which
             is
             more
             particularly
             practised
             now
             in
             this
             Age
             wherein
             we
             live
             ,
             wherein
             Men
             live
             but
             by
             imitation
             ,
             wherein
             learned
             Men
             are
             despised
             ,
             wherein
             they
             who
             have
             some
             particular
             and
             rare
             notions
             upon
             subject
             matters
             of
             great
             moment
             and
             concernment
             to
             mens
             knowledge
             ,
             are
             esteemed
             extravagant
             and
             ridiculous
             ,
             wherein
             no
             new
             proposition
             can
             be
             admitted
             .
          
           
             But
             alas
             ,
             what
             may
             I
             hope
             ,
             seeing
             this
             evill
             is
             like
             a
             gangrene
             ,
             and
             hath
             taken
             so
             deep
             root
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             robb'd
             men
             of
             their
             senses
             and
             feeling
             ,
             who
             by
             it
             are
             infected
             ,
             Considering
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             are
             
             most
             possess'd
             with
             it
             ,
             do
             not
             think
             so
             themselves
             to
             be
             ;
             What
             then
             may
             I
             expect
             ,
             who
             am
             going
             to
             propose
             some
             Novelties
             ,
             not
             of
             things
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             but
             even
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ;
             and
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             Stars
             .
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             the
             Title
             of
             this
             Discourse
             shall
             appear
             to
             the
             eyes
             of
             Men
             ,
             they
             will
             condemn
             me
             before
             they
             hear
             me
             ;
             neither
             will
             they
             so
             much
             as
             read
             my
             Reasons
             ,
             and
             will
             rather
             live
             in
             ignorance
             ,
             then
             change
             their
             opinion
             ;
             and
             be
             as
             beasts
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             than
             know
             the
             secrets
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Most
             men
             think
             it
             a
             shame
             to
             confesse
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             ignorant
             
             of
             some
             thing
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             in
             the
             wrong
             ;
             for
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             it
             's
             the
             way
             to
             find
             out
             the
             truth
             ,
             considering
             ,
             that
             new
             reasons
             are
             alwayes
             sought
             for
             what
             we
             esteem
             our selves
             ignorant
             of
             .
          
           
             Mens
             ignorance
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             have
             declared
             Mens
             knowledg
             to
             be
             nothing
             else
             but
             vanity
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             do
             not
             flatter
             our selves
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             we
             know
             nothing
             but
             is
             or
             may
             be
             controverted
             .
             Divinity
             it self
             is
             not
             exempted
             from
             it
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             the
             other
             Sciences
             and
             Arts
             ,
             those
             great
             &
             many
             Volumes
             that
             we
             have
             of
             them
             ,
             sufficiently
             testifie
             the
             same
             .
             And
             this
             hath
             moved
             
             the
             
               Pyrrhonians
            
             and
             
               Scepticks
               ,
            
             to
             doubt
             and
             question
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             hath
             brought
             forth
             severall
             Books
             of
             the
             vanity
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             the
             Astrology
             ,
             the
             Medicine
             ,
             the
             Jurisprudence
             ,
             and
             the
             naturall
             Physick
             are
             daily
             moved
             and
             shaken
             ,
             and
             see
             their
             foundations
             totter
             ;
             
               Ramus
            
             did
             overthrow
             
               Aristotle's
            
             Philosophy
             ;
             
               Copernicus
               ,
               Ptolomey's
            
             Astrologie
             ;
             
               Paracelsus
               ,
               Galen's
            
             Physick
             ;
             So
             that
             every
             one
             hath
             followers
             and
             disciples
             ,
             and
             all
             appearing
             plausible
             .
             We
             have
             much
             ado
             whom
             to
             believe
             ,
             and
             thereby
             are
             constrained
             to
             confesse
             ,
             that
             what
             we
             know
             ,
             is
             much
             lesse
             then
             what
             we
             know
             not
             .
          
           
           
             I
             greatly
             esteem
             
               Michael
               Mountanus's
            
             Judgment
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             honour
             of
             our
             Age
             upon
             this
             point
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             consonant
             to
             reason
             ,
             and
             my
             opinion
             hereupon
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             agreeing
             with
             his
             ;
             and
             especially
             with
             that
             is
             the
             subject
             matter
             of
             this
             Treatise
             :
             Amongst
             a
             thousand
             rare
             thoughts
             that
             he
             hath
             upon
             it
             ,
             he
             alledges
             a
             most
             exquisite
             similitude
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             compares
             learned
             persons
             to
             the
             ears
             of
             corn
             ,
             which
             being
             well
             fill'd
             ,
             do
             bow
             down
             their
             heads
             ;
             for
             after
             they
             have
             learned
             all
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             have
             consumed
             themselves
             in
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             constrained
             to
             confesse
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             nothing
             by
             the
             acknowledgment
             
             of
             that
             great
             Philosopher
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Hoc
               unum
               scio
               ,
               quòd
               nihil
               scio
               ,
            
             I
             know
             this
             one
             thing
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             nothing
             .
          
           
             If
             then
             we
             be
             ignorant
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             may
             we
             not
             yield
             ,
             that
             we
             can
             be
             ignorant
             of
             heavenly
             things
             especially
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             praise-worthy
             ,
             who
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             raise
             their
             contemplations
             and
             meditations
             up
             into
             Heaven
             ;
             and
             having
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             loosened
             their
             Souls
             from
             their
             bodies
             ,
             have
             made
             it
             to
             wander
             and
             run
             through
             the
             Vaults
             and
             concavities
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             there
             to
             observe
             those
             things
             which
             were
             above
             our
             reach
             ?
             Our
             understanding
             being
             heavenly
             ,
             and
             our
             
             Soul
             full
             of
             knowledg
             &
             perfection
             ,
             is
             not
             ignorant
             of
             these
             things
             ;
             but
             the
             lump
             &
             corpulency
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             which
             is
             its
             prison
             ,
             hinders
             it
             freely
             to
             perform
             its
             functions
             ;
             it
             would
             willingly
             rise
             up
             ,
             and
             at
             every
             moment
             lenche
             it self
             up
             towards
             the
             place
             of
             its
             original
             ;
             but
             the
             weight
             of
             its
             body
             keeps
             it
             low
             and
             under
             ,
             and
             the
             mixture
             of
             the
             Elements
             wherewith
             the
             body
             is
             composed
             ,
             makes
             its
             agility
             dull
             and
             heavy
             .
          
           
             If
             ,
             before
             the
             Invention
             of
             Artillery
             ,
             of
             Printing
             ,
             of
             Prospect-glasses
             ,
             and
             of
             infinite
             number
             of
             other
             Inventions
             ,
             that
             in
             these
             times
             are
             practised
             ,
             their
             effects
             had
             been
             told
             to
             us
             ,
             we
             had
             never
             believed
             
             them
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             had
             been
             asserted
             ,
             That
             with
             the
             powder
             ,
             without
             stirring
             ,
             we
             might
             kill
             beasts
             distant
             from
             us
             ;
             and
             not
             onely
             the
             beasts
             on
             the
             earth
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             fowls
             and
             birds
             flying
             high
             through
             the
             ayr
             ,
             throw
             down
             walls
             of
             Cities
             ,
             and
             batter
             and
             thunder
             down
             the
             strongest
             places
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             a
             moment
             those
             instruments
             should
             execute
             our
             will
             :
             That
             by
             printing
             ,
             and
             the
             letters
             ,
             we
             might
             communicate
             our
             thoughts
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             write
             in
             a
             short
             time
             a
             number
             infinite
             of
             books
             ,
             and
             even
             write
             a
             thousand
             times
             faster
             then
             we
             speak
             ,
             transmit
             and
             leave
             to
             our
             posterity
             our
             exquisite
             conceptions
             ,
             and
             
             get
             an
             immortal
             name
             ;
             And
             that
             by
             the
             prospective
             glasses
             ,
             we
             might
             approach
             to
             objects
             far
             distant
             ,
             strengthen
             our
             sight
             ,
             and
             make
             us
             distinctly
             to
             see
             things
             sar
             remote
             ;
             If
             these
             things
             (
             I
             say
             )
             had
             been
             proposed
             to
             us
             in
             a
             time
             ,
             wherein
             farther
             speech
             and
             enquire
             had
             never
             more
             been
             made
             of
             it
             ,
             who
             had
             believed
             them
             ?
             but
             rather
             who
             had
             not
             laughed
             at
             them
             ,
             and
             derided
             the
             first
             motioner
             of
             them
             ?
             and
             yet
             experience
             daily
             sheweth
             the
             effects
             of
             these
             Inventions
             to
             be
             true
             .
          
           
             So
             the
             former
             Ages
             did
             condemne
             as
             hereticks
             ,
             those
             who
             believed
             the
             ▪
             Antipodes
             ;
             and
             this
             belief
             was
             a
             
             long
             time
             held
             for
             a
             false
             and
             ridiculous
             opinion
             ;
             
               Christophorus
               Columbus
            
             was
             rejected
             of
             divers
             Kings
             ,
             when
             he
             proposed
             to
             them
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             
               West-Indies
               ;
            
             and
             yet
             his
             propositions
             have
             been
             found
             very
             true
             ,
             and
             have
             immortalised
             their
             Author
             .
          
           
             So
             likewise
             do
             I
             hope
             ,
             that
             time
             will
             bring
             forth
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             my
             opinion
             ,
             which
             I
             do
             not
             produce
             to
             the
             light
             ,
             without
             many
             strong
             Reasons
             ,
             and
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             most
             learned
             men
             ,
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             it self
             is
             not
             repugnant
             and
             contradictory
             to
             it
             ,
             but
             rather
             leans
             much
             towards
             my
             opinion
             :
             And
             as
             touching
             those
             Philosophers
             ,
             who
             grant
             it
             
             not
             ,
             some
             deny
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             this
             may
             be
             ;
             others
             dare
             not
             contradict
             it
             ;
             and
             others
             have
             so
             ridiculous
             reasons
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             imagine
             weaker
             can
             be
             found
             ;
             and
             considering
             all
             they
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             I
             ,
             have
             ascended
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             therefore
             who
             ever
             hath
             the
             best
             Reasons
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             believed
             ;
             which
             being
             doubtlesse
             on
             my
             side
             ,
             my
             opinion
             ought
             not
             at
             all
             to
             be
             esteemed
             ridiculous
             .
          
           
             
               Democritus
               ,
            
             King
             of
             the
             
               Abderitanes
               ,
            
             constantly
             smiled
             ,
             because
             the
             World
             could
             not
             apprehend
             the
             multiplicity
             of
             Worlds
             ;
             I
             ,
             like
             him
             ,
             have
             also
             sufficient
             occasion
             to
             smile
             ,
             and
             laugh
             at
             those
             ,
             who
             are
             ignorant
             of
             the
             plurality
             
             of
             the
             Worlds
             ,
             and
             even
             to
             compare
             them
             to
             bruit
             beasts
             ,
             which
             eat
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             without
             considering
             whence
             they
             come
             to
             them
             :
             for
             Man
             is
             lodged
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             to
             contemplate
             in
             it
             the
             wonders
             that
             God
             exposes
             to
             the
             sight
             of
             his
             eyes
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             end
             he
             hath
             given
             him
             a
             face
             looking
             upward
             ,
             for
             to
             look
             up
             to
             Heaven
             ;
             but
             he
             will
             not
             make
             use
             of
             his
             gifts
             ,
             nor
             enquire
             after
             the
             place
             of
             their
             habitation
             .
          
           
             Why
             open
             ye
             not
             your
             eyes
             ,
             O
             ye
             learned
             and
             wise
             Men
             ?
             and
             why
             awake
             ye
             not
             out
             of
             your
             slumber
             ,
             and
             deep
             sleep
             ?
             Awake
             up
             the
             eyes
             of
             your
             Understanding
             
             and
             Reason
             towards
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             contemplating
             the
             wonderfull
             things
             thereof
             ;
             despise
             the
             earthly
             things
             ;
             and
             as
             true
             Philosophers
             ,
             consider
             the
             rest
             of
             Men
             in
             a
             dunghill
             ,
             having
             their
             thoughts
             low
             ,
             and
             Earthly
             Souls
             ,
             which
             not
             being
             able
             to
             stretch
             themselves
             beyond
             the
             limit
             of
             their
             weak
             activity
             ,
             dare
             even
             accuse
             those
             who
             by
             noble
             projects
             desire
             to
             lend
             them
             their
             hands
             ,
             for
             to
             draw
             them
             out
             of
             their
             ignorance
             .
          
           
             Having
             then
             so
             many
             ,
             and
             so
             good
             Reasons
             and
             authority
             on
             my
             behalf
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             longer
             fear
             those
             ,
             who
             scarce
             can
             find
             any
             for
             the
             confirmation
             of
             their
             opinion
             ,
             or
             
             what
             they
             have
             is
             so
             weak
             ,
             that
             the
             building
             ,
             that
             the
             edifice
             is
             upon
             ,
             tottereth
             and
             leans
             on
             every
             side
             ;
             therefore
             will
             I
             not
             fear
             those
             backbiting
             tongues
             which
             envy
             anothers
             good
             repute
             and
             fame
             ,
             which
             I
             already
             foresee
             in
             great
             number
             opened
             against
             me
             ;
             but
             I
             shall
             justly
             say
             ,
             that
             they
             accuse
             God
             and
             Nature
             of
             weaknesse
             and
             insufficiency
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             proper
             reason
             of
             incapacity
             ;
             Can
             it
             be
             possible
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             rare
             and
             great
             persons
             ,
             who
             in
             former
             Ages
             did
             believe
             it
             ,
             and
             whose
             memory
             is
             by
             us
             honoured
             and
             reverenced
             ,
             had
             erroneous
             opinions
             ?
             and
             that
             so
             many
             pertinent
             reasons
             
             should
             have
             no
             solid
             ground
             ?
             Could
             it
             be
             possible
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             not
             willingly
             hearken
             to
             those
             who
             desire
             to
             free
             you
             from
             your
             mistakes
             ?
             nor
             suffer
             your
             eyes
             to
             be
             unfolded
             ,
             when
             they
             be
             folded
             with
             the
             vail
             of
             Preoccupation
             ?
             No
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             the
             most
             reasonable
             at
             least
             will
             be
             found
             ,
             who
             will
             adhere
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             take
             my
             part
             against
             the
             assaults
             of
             the
             ignorants
             ,
             who
             endeavour
             to
             discredit
             me
             ,
             thinking
             to
             obtain
             great
             glory
             ,
             for
             the
             endeavouring
             the
             overthrow
             of
             so
             great
             a
             project
             ;
             for
             that
             is
             their
             ordinary
             scope
             ;
          
           
           
             
               Alta
               petit
               livor
               ,
               praestant
               altissima
               venti
               ,
            
             
               Alta
               petunt
               dextrâ
               fulmina
               miss
               a
               Jovis
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               is
               ,
            
             
               Envy
               ,
               nothing
               but
               high
               things
               emulates
               ,
            
             
               As
               by
               the
               whirlwinds
               shaken
               are
               high
               States
               ;
            
             
               And
               the
               thunders
               of
               great
               
                 Jupiter
              
               the
               god
               of
               gods
               ,
            
             
               Fall
               upon
               the
               Steeples
               ,
               and
               not
               upon
               the
               Valleys
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             shall
             smile
             at
             them
             in
             my
             heart
             ,
             and
             applaud
             my self
             ,
             if
             none
             can
             be
             found
             to
             second
             me
             ,
             hoping
             that
             the
             Ages
             to
             come
             will
             produce
             
             men
             more
             reasonable
             ;
             and
             who
             ,
             better
             esteeming
             my
             conceptions
             ,
             will
             accuse
             this
             present
             Age
             of
             great
             ingratitude
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             II.
             
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               plurality
               of
               the
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               a
               reason
               taken
               from
               the
               place
               wherein
               are
               ingendred
               the
               Comets
               .
            
          
           
             
               PRoclus
               ,
               Cardanus
               ,
               Telessius
               ,
            
             and
             others
             have
             observed
             ,
             That
             most
             of
             the
             Comets
             are
             formed
             not
             onely
             out
             of
             the
             Region
             of
             the
             Meteors
             ,
             but
             even
             far
             above
             the
             Moon
             ;
             and
             
               Tycho
               Brabe
               ,
            
             that
             great
             Astrologian
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             exquisite
             
             and
             rare
             Observations
             ,
             hath
             gotten
             an
             everlasting
             name
             ,
             discoursing
             of
             it
             ,
             hath
             asserted
             ,
             
               That
               all
               the
               Comets
               are
               formed
               above
               the
               Moon
               ,
               even
               according
               to
            
             Kepler
             ,
             
               as
               high
               as
               the
               Sun
               .
            
             Now
             it
             's
             Impossible
             for
             the
             vapours
             to
             pierce
             and
             penetrate
             into
             the
             fiery
             Region
             ,
             there
             to
             be
             changed
             into
             Comets
             even
             far
             above
             it
             ,
             considering
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             all
             the
             Philosophers
             Judgment
             ,
             the
             fiery
             Region
             is
             under
             the
             concavity
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             and
             so
             these
             Comets
             are
             formed
             out
             of
             the
             exhalations
             of
             other
             Lands
             which
             are
             the
             Starres
             ;
             it
             's
             so
             clear
             and
             perspicuous
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             believe
             that
             any
             Man
             is
             so
             void
             of
             Reason
             as
             to
             deny
             
             it
             .
             If
             it
             be
             objected
             ,
             That
             it
             cannot
             positively
             and
             certainly
             be
             known
             ,
             that
             the
             Comets
             are
             above
             the
             region
             of
             the
             Moon
             ;
             I
             shall
             send
             them
             to
             the
             School
             of
             Astrologie
             ,
             which
             teaches
             by
             true
             Rules
             and
             Demonstrations
             ,
             the
             way
             to
             measure
             all
             the
             bodies
             ,
             and
             their
             far
             distances
             from
             the
             earth
             ;
             the
             which
             
               Galileus
               ,
            
             a
             Person
             of
             great
             fame
             and
             renown
             in
             this
             our
             Age
             ,
             hath
             confirmed
             by
             such
             like
             Observations
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             III.
             
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               ,
               by
               another
               Argument
               taken
               from
               the
               bignesse
               and
               continuancy
               of
               the
               Comets
               .
            
          
           
             THE
             same
             Astrologers
             have
             observed
             ,
             That
             some
             Comets
             have
             so
             vaste
             and
             great
             bodies
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             impossible
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             exhalations
             of
             this
             Earth
             could
             furnish
             them
             sufficiently
             with
             matter
             ;
             but
             I
             shall
             dare
             to
             go
             beyond
             ,
             and
             shall
             say
             ,
             That
             though
             all
             the
             Earth
             should
             be
             dissolved
             into
             vapours
             and
             exhalations
             ,
             yet
             it
             could
             not
             form
             so
             great
             
             Comets
             ,
             and
             of
             such
             long
             continuancy
             ,
             as
             those
             which
             sometimes
             have
             been
             seen
             ,
             although
             it
             should
             all
             be
             burned
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             needful
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             other
             Stars
             ,
             whose
             body
             is
             so
             great
             in
             comparison
             of
             this
             our
             little
             Globe
             ,
             did
             furnish
             it
             with
             matter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               multiplicity
               of
               the
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               a
               reason
               drawn
               from
               the
               conformity
               of
               the
               Moon
               with
               the
               Earth
               .
            
          
           
             ALL
             Philosophers
             and
             Astrologers
             are
             agreed
             ,
             That
             the
             Earth
             and
             Moon
             
             have
             this
             commune
             between
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             both
             are
             thick
             ,
             grosse
             ,
             dark
             ,
             and
             solid
             bodies
             ,
             able
             to
             receive
             and
             refresh
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             ;
             this
             being
             granted
             ,
             What
             is
             easier
             than
             to
             conclude
             ,
             That
             the
             Earth
             reverberating
             the
             beams
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             would
             appear
             lightsome
             to
             them
             who
             should
             be
             raised
             high
             towards
             Heaven
             ?
             that
             it
             would
             seem
             so
             little
             and
             small
             by
             its
             far
             distance
             from
             us
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             almost
             like
             the
             Moon
             ,
             both
             in
             light
             and
             bignesse
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             would
             even
             have
             its
             spots
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             waters
             which
             bury
             and
             smother
             the
             Sun
             beams
             ;
             and
             do
             not
             reverberate
             them
             .
             We
             might
             discover
             in
             it
             by
             
             prospective
             glasses
             some
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Mountains
             ,
             whereby
             we
             might
             soon
             be
             perswaded
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             those
             Seas
             and
             Mountains
             are
             inhabited
             and
             filled
             with
             living
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             we
             turn
             what
             we
             have
             said
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             to
             the
             Moon
             ,
             shall
             we
             not
             say
             the
             same
             of
             it
             ?
             Wherein
             we
             discover
             those
             spots
             ,
             that
             by
             
               Galileus's
            
             prospective-glasses
             helps
             us
             so
             naisty
             to
             distinguish
             ,
             that
             we
             see
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Table
             and
             Mapp
             ,
             some
             Seas
             ,
             some
             straights
             ,
             some
             Lakes
             ,
             some
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             some
             Islands
             ,
             some
             Rocks
             and
             Mountains
             ,
             that
             are
             perceived
             to
             swell
             out
             ,
             especially
             at
             the
             new
             Moon
             .
          
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
             And
             if
             it
             be
             true
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             can
             it
             not
             be
             true
             also
             of
             the
             other
             Stars
             ?
             but
             their
             far
             distance
             stealing
             from
             our
             eyes
             their
             spots
             ,
             we
             must
             judge
             of
             it
             by
             the
             Moon
             ,
             which
             though
             lesser
             ,
             is
             nearer
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             appears
             greater
             to
             our
             eyes
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             may
             not
             think
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             things
             that
             are
             seen
             in
             the
             Moon
             ,
             cannot
             appear
             in
             the
             other
             Stars
             ,
             the
             Telescope
             sheweth
             us
             a
             Mountain
             in
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             some
             spots
             in
             other
             Stars
             ,
             and
             that
             
               Venus
            
             increaseth
             and
             diminisheth
             even
             as
             the
             Moon
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             V.
             
          
           
             
               Wherein
               is
               proved
               ,
               this
               Opinion
               of
               divers
               Worlds
               ,
               in
               that
               the
               Earth
               is
               a
               Starre
               ,
               as
               the
               others
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             foregoing
             Chapter
             declaring
             to
             us
             ,
             how
             the
             Earth
             would
             appear
             lightsome
             to
             us
             ,
             if
             we
             were
             once
             high
             raised
             up
             from
             it
             ,
             because
             it
             reflects
             the
             beams
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             according
             to
             the
             divers
             places
             by
             it
             inlightned
             ,
             would
             cause
             it
             to
             increase
             and
             decrease
             ;
             considering
             also
             ,
             that
             Mountains
             seen
             from
             far
             are
             bright
             and
             shining
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             as
             
               Milchius
            
             
             saith
             ,
             the
             fields
             adjacent
             to
             mount
             Hesperides
             ,
             shine
             at
             night
             as
             the
             Stars
             ;
             and
             seeing
             also
             that
             the
             Earth
             is
             moveable
             ,
             as
             hereafter
             we
             shall
             prove
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             situated
             in
             the
             Ayr
             ,
             and
             weighed
             and
             counterpois'd
             in
             its
             proper
             weight
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Ayr
             is
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             as
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             do
             sufficiently
             prove
             it
             ,
             when
             at
             every
             moment
             they
             confound
             the
             Ayr
             with
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             Shall
             we
             not
             then
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             Earth
             is
             a
             Star
             situated
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             Starres
             ?
             That
             this
             at
             the
             first
             sight
             will
             amuse
             the
             Readers
             ,
             but
             they
             shall
             be
             pleased
             to
             yield
             ,
             That
             the
             yolk
             of
             an
             egg
             is
             in
             its
             shell
             ,
             neither
             can
             they
             
             deny
             ,
             that
             the
             Earth
             is
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             wraps
             and
             compasses
             it
             on
             every
             side
             as
             an
             egg-shell
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             infinite
             spaces
             of
             the
             Aires
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             do
             not
             contain
             divers
             bodies
             far
             distant
             one
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             the
             earth
             seeming
             from
             on
             high
             little
             and
             lightsome
             ,
             may
             be
             a
             Star
             inhabited
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             the
             Earth
             be
             a
             Star
             inhabited
             ,
             the
             others
             may
             be
             Earths
             inhabited
             ,
             being
             they
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Earth
             ,
             seem
             and
             appear
             to
             be
             great
             and
             lightsome
             bodies
             to
             those
             who
             are
             far
             remote
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             no
             Man
             may
             object
             ,
             that
             the
             Heaven
             is
             a
             
             place
             coloured
             ,
             solid
             and
             separated
             from
             their
             aire
             ,
             I
             beseech
             him
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             things
             far
             remote
             from
             us
             ,
             appear
             as
             the
             Skie
             ,
             even
             the
             Mountains
             and
             Seas
             seen
             from
             far
             ,
             seem
             blewish
             ;
             so
             that
             this
             skie-colour'd
             Heaven
             that
             we
             see
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             solid
             and
             reall
             thing
             ,
             but
             the
             limit
             of
             our
             sight
             in
             a
             certain
             place
             of
             the
             infinite
             spaces
             of
             the
             Aire
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             common
             place
             ,
             wherein
             are
             lodged
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             great
             globes
             of
             divers
             natures
             ,
             or
             inhabited
             by
             several
             living
             creatures
             ,
             which
             the
             Sun
             being
             in
             the
             middle
             ,
             equally
             inlightens
             ;
             as
             a
             great
             Torch
             set
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             a
             Chamber
             ,
             shines
             in
             every
             
             corner
             of
             it
             ,
             with
             the
             brightnesse
             of
             its
             light
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             VI
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               ,
               by
               the
               great
               number
               of
               the
               Stars
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               noblenesse
               .
            
          
           
             THose
             who
             imagine
             ,
             that
             the
             infinite
             number
             of
             the
             heavenly
             bodies
             are
             created
             for
             the
             globe
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             its
             Inhabitants
             ,
             are
             much
             mistaken
             :
             for
             natural
             reason
             doth
             sufficiently
             disswade
             us
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             greater
             things
             serve
             the
             lesser
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             that
             are
             the
             noblest
             ,
             serve
             the
             vilest
             ,
             and
             
             that
             are
             of
             lesse
             consequence
             and
             moment
             ;
             Is
             it
             not
             very
             like
             ,
             that
             every
             Globe
             makes
             a
             World
             ,
             or
             a
             particular
             Earth
             ?
             and
             that
             this
             great
             number
             is
             suspended
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             whereof
             the
             vast
             space
             conjoyns
             them
             all
             as
             so
             many
             dependances
             from
             the
             everlasting
             and
             divine
             Empire
             :
             the
             greatnesse
             and
             bignesse
             of
             the
             whole
             World
             is
             composed
             of
             divers
             creatures
             ,
             which
             though
             far
             remote
             and
             differing
             one
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             their
             nature
             ,
             as
             by
             their
             place
             ,
             do
             notwithstanding
             so
             well
             agree
             in
             a
             mutual
             love
             ,
             that
             they
             compose
             and
             make
             up
             a
             perfect
             harmony
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             where
             the
             Heaven
             or
             the
             Air
             is
             their
             
             common
             space
             ,
             and
             the
             Sea
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Earths
             or
             Stars
             are
             the
             Islands
             ,
             which
             doth
             so
             joyn
             and
             separate
             them
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             this
             Ayr
             purest
             ,
             near
             the
             perfectest
             bodies
             ;
             neverthelesse
             ,
             this
             spiritual
             body
             of
             the
             Air
             equally
             receives
             the
             influences
             and
             operations
             of
             every
             Globe
             ,
             and
             communicates
             with
             great
             speed
             to
             every
             one
             those
             of
             all
             the
             others
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               Wherein
               the
               same
               is
               proved
               ,
               by
               a
               reason
               drawn
               from
               the
               bignesse
               of
               the
               Stars
               .
            
          
           
             
               PYthagoras
            
             did
             often
             call
             the
             Earth
             a
             Moon
             ;
             and
             ,
             all
             well
             considered
             ,
             What
             hinders
             ,
             that
             the
             Earth
             be
             not
             as
             well
             reckoned
             in
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             as
             the
             Moon
             ,
             seeing
             that
             (
             as
             we
             have
             said
             )
             the
             body
             of
             both
             of
             them
             is
             of
             a
             thick
             ,
             dark
             ,
             and
             heavy
             matter
             ,
             that
             both
             do
             borrow
             their
             light
             from
             the
             Sun
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             both
             solid
             ,
             and
             reverberate
             the
             beams
             of
             this
             light
             of
             the
             
             World
             ,
             that
             both
             produce
             vertues
             and
             spirits
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             are
             heng'd
             and
             suspended
             each
             in
             its
             aire
             or
             heaven
             ,
             and
             upon
             its
             center
             :
             and
             having
             all
             these
             things
             common
             together
             ,
             may
             not
             the
             Moon
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             the
             other
             Stars
             ,
             infinitely
             bigger
             then
             it self
             ,
             have
             Inhabitants
             ?
             And
             indeed
             this
             exceeds
             all
             belief
             ,
             that
             so
             great
             bodies
             as
             the
             Stars
             ,
             which
             many
             times
             over
             exceed
             the
             Earth
             in
             bignesse
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             idle
             and
             barren
             ,
             that
             no
             creature
             should
             dwell
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             motions
             ,
             labours
             ,
             and
             actions
             ,
             should
             onely
             redound
             to
             the
             advantage
             of
             this
             Terrestriall
             Globe
             
             alone
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             least
             and
             meanest
             of
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               ,
               by
               the
               Creation
               ,
               multitude
               ,
               and
               society
               of
               things
               .
            
          
           
             God
             (
             with
             respect
             be
             it
             spoken
             )
             finding
             himself
             weary
             of
             solitarinesse
             ,
             did
             in
             a
             manner
             go
             out
             of
             himself
             ,
             by
             the
             Creation
             ,
             and
             poured
             himself
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             wholly
             ,
             into
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             commanded
             them
             to
             multiply
             ;
             and
             is
             it
             not
             also
             more
             meet
             and
             convenient
             to
             his
             goodnesse
             and
             Divine
             glory
             ,
             to
             have
             made
             one
             whole
             world
             alone
             ,
             
             as
             an
             Empire
             adorned
             with
             varieties
             of
             worlds
             ,
             as
             with
             Provinces
             and
             Cities
             ;
             and
             that
             these
             divers
             worlds
             be
             the
             habitations
             of
             so
             many
             Citizens
             and
             numberlesse
             Inhabitants
             of
             divers
             kinds
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             these
             things
             be
             created
             for
             the
             praise
             and
             everlasting
             glory
             of
             their
             Maker
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Sun
             be
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             inlighten
             them
             all
             equally
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             IX
             .
          
           
             
               Confirming
               the
               Plurality
               of
               the
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               the
               privation
               of
               Mens
               Sciences
               and
               Knowledg
               after
               
                 Adam's
              
               Sin
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Doctrine
             of
             many
             Worlds
             or
             Globes
             inhabited
             ,
             is
             not
             repugnant
             to
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             which
             do
             onely
             discover
             to
             us
             the
             Creation
             of
             that
             which
             we
             inhabit
             ;
             of
             which
             they
             even
             speak
             what
             they
             mention
             ,
             in
             a
             discourse
             more
             mystical
             then
             clear
             ;
             onely
             briefly
             mentioning
             the
             other
             creatures
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             to
             yield
             greater
             occasion
             of
             admiration
             ,
             
             then
             of
             knowledg
             to
             mens
             weak
             spirits
             ,
             of
             old
             fallen
             from
             the
             knowledg
             of
             Sciences
             ;
             this
             obscurity
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             these
             darknesses
             of
             Mens
             understanding
             have
             been
             part
             of
             the
             pains
             and
             miseries
             that
             
               Adams
            
             sin
             drew
             upon
             us
             ,
             by
             reason
             whereof
             Man
             was
             excluded
             from
             the
             delights
             of
             Paradise
             ,
             from
             the
             satisfaction
             that
             is
             in
             the
             knowledg
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             from
             the
             true
             knowledg
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             heavenly
             things
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             had
             raised
             himself
             up
             to
             the
             wicked
             desire
             and
             appetite
             of
             forbidden
             things
             ,
             might
             justly
             be
             deprived
             of
             the
             knowledg
             that
             had
             been
             granted
             him
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             X.
             
          
           
             
               Containing
               a
               Reason
               drawn
               from
               this
               ,
               That
               the
               Earth
               is
               not
               the
               Center
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               but
               the
               Sun
               ;
               With
               a
               description
               of
               
                 Copernicus
              
               his
               Sphere
               .
            
          
           
             
               THeophrastes
            
             writes
             ,
             That
             
               Plato
            
             in
             his
             old
             age
             repented
             ,
             to
             have
             placed
             the
             Earth
             in
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             St.
             
               Chrysostome
            
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             seat
             and
             scituation
             of
             the
             earth
             is
             not
             known
             :
             and
             after
             him
             
               Nicolas
               Copernicus
               ,
            
             that
             great
             Astrologer
             ,
             who
             after
             long
             study
             in
             Astrology
             ,
             hath
             
             thereof
             known
             the
             falshood
             ,
             did
             so
             well
             confirm
             this
             opinion
             ,
             and
             unto
             this
             day
             hath
             rendred
             it
             approved
             by
             the
             best
             and
             rarest
             spirits
             of
             these
             Ages
             ,
             that
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Reason
             I
             thence
             intend
             to
             draw
             ,
             will
             be
             sufficient
             and
             pertinent
             enough
             :
             he
             hath
             grounded
             his
             opinion
             upon
             admirable
             demonstrations
             which
             have
             overthrown
             the
             ancient
             Astrology
             ;
             yet
             without
             overturning
             the
             Science
             ;
             but
             he
             did
             onely
             find
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             predictions
             ,
             aspects
             ,
             and
             other
             needful
             things
             with
             his
             new
             Maximes
             ,
             which
             have
             established
             this
             Science
             :
             with
             much
             more
             perspicuity
             and
             certainty
             ,
             he
             settles
             the
             Sun
             
             in
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             immoveable
             as
             a
             great
             Torch
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             a
             great
             King
             upon
             his
             Throne
             ,
             whence
             he
             rules
             all
             the
             heavenly
             Globes
             ,
             which
             are
             nothing
             but
             Earths
             ,
             like
             unto
             that
             we
             inhabit
             ;
             and
             round
             the
             earth
             he
             causes
             the
             Moon
             to
             move
             alone
             ;
             and
             round
             about
             the
             Sun
             ,
             
               Venus
            
             and
             
               Mercury
               ;
            
             then
             
               Mars
               ,
               Jupiter
               ,
            
             and
             
               Saturn
               ,
            
             and
             the
             other
             Spheres
             wrap
             all
             that
             in
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Earth
             is
             found
             to
             be
             distant
             from
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             third
             Heaven
             ;
             so
             that
             being
             distant
             from
             the
             Center
             ,
             it
             may
             easily
             be
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             other
             Globes
             of
             equall
             ,
             or
             even
             ,
             of
             more
             
             vaste
             extension
             ,
             that
             are
             in
             equal
             distance
             from
             the
             center
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Sun
             ;
             may
             be
             Globes
             inhabited
             with
             Creatures
             ,
             whose
             true
             descriptions
             we
             know
             not
             :
             the
             Figure
             of
             this
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             
               Campanella
               ,
               Gassendi
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Authors
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XI
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               by
               the
               motion
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             same
             
               Copernicus
               ,
            
             who
             after
             
               Philolaus
               ,
               Crotoniatus
               ,
               E●phantes
               ,
               Ponticus
               ,
               Heraclides
               ,
               Nicetas
               ,
               Syracusius
               ,
               Democritus
               ,
               Timeus
               ,
               Aristarchus
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               Seleucus
               ,
            
             hath
             confirmed
             and
             renewed
             the
             opinion
             concerning
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Earth
             :
             and
             the
             immobility
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             gives
             us
             by
             this
             motion
             yet
             one
             means
             to
             prove
             our
             opinion
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Earth
             be
             moved
             in
             the
             Aire
             ,
             and
             doth
             its
             course
             as
             the
             Stars
             far
             distant
             from
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             what
             hinders
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             not
             put
             in
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Stars
             ?
             and
             contrariwise
             ,
             that
             the
             Stars
             which
             have
             such
             a
             motion
             ,
             be
             not
             earths
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             be
             Lands
             ,
             to
             what
             purpose
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             inhabited
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             may
             say
             nothing
             without
             proof
             ,
             the
             next
             following
             Chapter
             shall
             prove
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XII
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               Motion
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
          
           
             WEe
             have
             here
             above
             promised
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             the
             Earth
             moves
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             hence
             drawn
             an
             argument
             to
             confirm
             our
             Opinion
             ;
             though
             most
             men
             of
             understanding
             now
             adayes
             believe
             this
             motion
             of
             the
             Earth
             as
             better
             clearing
             the
             course
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             the
             order
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             the
             ebbing
             and
             flowing
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             yet
             I
             shall
             speak
             something
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Heavens
             and
             the
             Stars
             
             had
             cheaten
             three
             thousand
             years
             ,
             all
             the
             World
             did
             so
             believe
             it
             ;
             untill
             that
             
               Cleanthes
            
             the
             
               Samian
               ,
            
             or
             ,
             as
             
               Theophrastes
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Nicetas
            
             of
             
               Syracuse
               ,
            
             was
             resolved
             ,
             that
             the
             Earth
             moved
             upon
             its
             prop.
             And
             in
             our
             Age
             ,
             
               Copernicus
            
             hath
             so
             well
             grounded
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             that
             he
             makes
             use
             of
             it
             for
             a
             rule
             to
             the
             consequences
             of
             Astrologie
             ,
             and
             freeth
             our
             spirit
             from
             those
             impossibilities
             ,
             that
             the
             Astrologians
             of
             old
             would
             make
             us
             believe
             ;
             for
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             judgment
             ,
             the
             first
             
               mobile
            
             should
             run
             in
             one
             minute
             706640
             miles
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             and
             that
             one
             and
             the
             same
             body
             had
             contrary
             motions
             ;
             Is
             it
             not
             more
             probable
             ,
             that
             
             the
             Earth
             turns
             round
             in
             24.
             hours
             from
             the
             West
             to
             the
             East
             ,
             as
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             
               Timeus
               Locrenfis
               ,
               Philolaus
               ,
               Aristarchus
               ,
               Franciscus
               Marius
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             did
             believe
             it
             ?
          
           
             
               Keplerus
               ,
               Longomonus
               ,
               Origanus
               ,
               Campanella
               ,
            
             and
             others
             of
             our
             Age
             have
             acknowledged
             this
             truth
             ;
             
               Galileus
            
             also
             seems
             to
             be
             of
             the
             same
             opinion
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               if
               the
               Earth
               did
               not
               move
               and
               turn
               ,
               the
               Sea
               could
               not
               have
               its
               flux
               and
               reflux
               .
            
          
           
             We
             are
             as
             those
             who
             are
             in
             floating
             Islands
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             Ship
             ,
             who
             think
             that
             they
             move
             not
             ,
             but
             that
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             Sea-banks
             seem
             to
             flye
             from
             them
             ;
             for
             we
             cannot
             perceive
             the
             motion
             of
             
             the
             Earth
             ,
             as
             well
             because
             of
             its
             bignesse
             ,
             as
             because
             that
             we
             are
             not
             loosed
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             in
             opposition
             to
             this
             ,
             be
             alledged
             those
             Texts
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Sun
             is
             moveable
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             fixt
             ;
             may
             it
             not
             suffice
             to
             answer
             ,
             That
             God
             speaks
             according
             to
             mens
             belief
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             upon
             a
             thousand
             of
             other
             subject
             matters
             ;
             as
             when
             he
             calls
             the
             Moon
             the
             
               great
               light
               ,
            
             though
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             others
             are
             greater
             .
             As
             for
             the
             Argument
             that
             is
             alledged
             from
             a
             stone
             cast
             down
             from
             high
             far
             from
             us
             ,
             if
             the
             Earth
             turn
             ;
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             the
             Ayr
             roles
             and
             turns
             with
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             ponderous
             
             body
             falls
             down
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             ,
             that
             the
             Earth
             cannot
             by
             its
             motion
             in
             24.
             houres
             be
             alienated
             from
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             also
             objected
             ,
             That
             the
             Towers
             would
             fall
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Clouds
             and
             Rivers
             would
             all
             follow
             the
             course
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             But
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             the
             Clowds
             are
             agitated
             by
             the
             winds
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             follow
             the
             course
             of
             the
             earth
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             the
             Towers
             ,
             they
             cannot
             fall
             ,
             considering
             that
             the
             Earth's
             motion
             is
             not
             violent
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Towers
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             ponderosity
             ,
             bend
             still
             towards
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             removed
             from
             their
             situation
             ;
             And
             as
             
             touching
             the
             Rivers
             ,
             the
             earth
             being
             as
             a
             gall-nut
             ,
             a
             River
             may
             run
             towards
             the
             East
             ,
             by
             the
             bending
             of
             its
             Seats
             towards
             the
             center
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             although
             the
             Earth
             tends
             towards
             the
             West
             ;
             which
             may
             easily
             be
             apprehended
             ,
             if
             we
             conceive
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             walking
             in
             a
             Ship
             ,
             directs
             his
             steps
             towards
             the
             East
             ,
             whilest
             that
             the
             Ship
             sayles
             to
             the
             West
             .
          
           
             Many
             severall
             other
             Reasons
             are
             objected
             ,
             which
             are
             but
             weak
             ;
             but
             because
             there
             are
             divers
             Discourses
             touching
             the
             Earth's
             motion
             ,
             which
             resolve
             them
             ,
             and
             reconcile
             the
             places
             of
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             upon
             this
             subject
             matter
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             are
             
               Foscarinus
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               Barantzanus
               ;
            
             I
             shall
             desire
             the
             curious
             Readers
             to
             read
             them
             ,
             and
             shall
             content
             my self
             with
             what
             I
             have
             said
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               Plurality
               of
               the
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               the
               variety
               of
               all
               natural
               things
               :
            
          
           
             NAture
             is
             various
             in
             all
             its
             operations
             ▪
             and
             God
             hath
             put
             such
             variety
             in
             all
             his
             Works
             ,
             that
             we
             can
             find
             nothing
             uniform
             in
             this
             world
             ;
             all
             things
             in
             it
             are
             various
             and
             different
             :
             and
             this
             great
             diversity
             causes
             us
             
             the
             more
             to
             admire
             the
             Creator
             of
             this
             whole
             Fabrick
             .
             If
             it
             be
             so
             concerning
             the
             earth
             ,
             which
             is
             near-upon
             the
             smallest
             of
             all
             the
             Globes
             ,
             what
             will
             it
             not
             be
             of
             the
             heavenly
             ,
             which
             are
             incomparably
             greater
             ?
             For
             this
             cause
             did
             
               Campanella
            
             say
             ,
             That
             though
             God
             and
             Nature
             do
             nothing
             in
             vain
             ,
             yet
             such
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Stars
             ,
             greater
             then
             the
             earth
             ,
             would
             be
             in
             vain
             ,
             if
             there
             was
             not
             in
             them
             divers
             demonstrations
             of
             the
             Idea's
             of
             God
             ;
             It
             's
             then
             consonant
             to
             reason
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             the
             four
             Elements
             be
             in
             every
             one
             of
             the
             Starres
             ,
             but
             also
             that
             Men
             ,
             Bsasts
             and
             Plants
             ,
             and
             all
             whatsoever
             is
             seen
             amongst
             us
             ,
             be
             in
             them
             .
             
             And
             thus
             did
             this
             famous
             Person
             of
             our
             time
             speak
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               measures
               and
               dimensions
               of
               the
               Stars
               ,
               and
               their
               distance
               from
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               proportions
               with
               it
               ;
               with
               an
               argument
               taken
               from
               those
               distances
               ,
               for
               to
               prove
               the
               multiplicity
               of
               Worlds
               .
            
          
           
             BUt
             because
             we
             have
             often
             mentioned
             the
             bignesse
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             exceed
             the
             Earth
             in
             extension
             ,
             and
             also
             spoken
             of
             their
             infinite
             distances
             ;
             It
             will
             not
             be
             out
             of
             purpose
             ,
             and
             beyond
             our
             present
             Discourse
             ,
             
             to
             insert
             them
             in
             this
             Chapter
             .
             These
             distances
             are
             somewhat
             variously
             given
             by
             divers
             Authors
             ;
             but
             the
             difference
             being
             but
             small
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             great
             concernment
             to
             us
             :
             
               Charles
               Rapineus
            
             gives
             these
             distances
             in
             his
             book
             ,
             called
             
               Nucleus
               Philosophiae
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Moon
             is
             lesser
             then
             the
             Earth
             39
             times
             ;
             and
             according
             to
             
               Cardan
               ,
            
             thirty
             nine
             times
             and
             a
             half
             .
          
           
             
               Mercury
               is
               lesser
               then
               the
               Earth
               by
               1100
               times
               .
            
             
               Venus
               by
               37
               times
               .
            
             
               The
               Sun
               is
               greater
               then
               the
               Earth
               ,
               by
               166
               times
               .
            
             
               Mars
               by
               1
               time
               .
            
             
               Jupiter
               by
               95
               times
               .
            
             
               Saturn
               by
               91
               times
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             fixt
             Stars
             are
             innumerable
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             are
             observed
             by
             the
             Astrologians
             ,
             are
             1022
             ,
             and
             are
             of
             proportions
             of
             bignesse
             :
          
           
             Those
             of
             the
             first
             magnitude
             ,
             are
             15
             in
             number
             ,
             and
             are
             bigger
             then
             the
             Earth
             by
             117
             times
             .
          
           
             Those
             of
             the
             second
             magnitude
             are
             45
             ,
             and
             are
             bigger
             then
             the
             Earth
             by
             90
             times
             .
          
           
             Those
             of
             the
             third
             ,
             are
             208
             ,
             and
             are
             bigger
             then
             the
             earth
             by
             70
             times
             .
          
           
             Those
             of
             the
             fourth
             ,
             are
             472
             ,
             and
             are
             bigger
             then
             the
             Earth
             ,
             by
             54
             times
             .
          
           
             Those
             of
             the
             fifth
             ,
             are
             17
             ,
             and
             are
             bigger
             then
             the
             Earth
             ,
             by
             37
             times
             .
          
           
           
             Those
             of
             the
             sixth
             ,
             are
             49
             ,
             and
             5
             dark
             ,
             and
             9
             bright
             ones
             ,
             and
             are
             all
             bigger
             then
             the
             Earth
             by
             18
             times
             .
          
           
             The
             concavity
             of
             the
             Moon
             is
             distant
             from
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Earth
             14291
             leagues
             ,
             which
             are
             28541
             miles
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Earth
             to
             
               Venus
               ,
            
             there
             is
             542749
             miles
             .
          
           
             
               To
               the
               
                 Sun
                 ,
              
               3640000
               miles
               .
            
             
               To
               
                 Mars
                 ,
              
               3965000
               miles
               .
            
             
               To
               
                 Jupiter
                 ,
              
               28845000
               miles
               .
            
             
               To
               
                 Saturn
                 ,
              
               46816250
               miles
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Concavity
               of
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               65357500
               miles
               .
            
             
               The
               thicknesse
               of
               the
               Moons
               round
               ,
               is
               of
               99504
               miles
               .
            
             
               
                 Mercury's
              
               round
               is
               of
               334208
               miles
               .
            
             
             
               That
               of
               
                 Venus
                 ,
              
               of
               3097251
               miles
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               the
               
                 Sun
                 ,
              
               32500
               miles
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               
                 Mars
                 ,
              
               248820000
               miles
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               
                 Jupiter
                 ,
              
               17969250
               miles
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               
                 Saturn
                 ,
              
               18541250
               miles
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               55357500
               miles
               .
            
             
               The
               diameter
               of
               the
               Earth
               is
               of
               ten
               thousand
               and
               eight
               hundred
               miles
               ;
               But
               
                 Cardanus
              
               saith
               ,
               of
               10000
               miles
               .
            
             
               It
               s
               circumference
               is
               of
               32400
               miles
               ;
               and
               according
               to
               
                 Cardanus
                 ,
              
               of
               31000
               miles
               and
               a
               half
               .
            
             
               It
               s
               semidiameter
               ,
               or
               half
               diameter
               ,
               is
               of
               5000
               miles
               .
            
          
           
           
             These
             things
             being
             thus
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             very
             like
             ,
             that
             so
             huge
             and
             vaste
             bodies
             ,
             so
             distant
             one
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             should
             hide
             and
             contain
             in
             themselves
             something
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Earth
             ?
             at
             least
             those
             that
             move
             ,
             and
             are
             Planets
             ,
             as
             It
             is
             ;
             and
             that
             turn
             round
             the
             bright
             body
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             communicates
             his
             light
             to
             them
             all
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XV
             .
          
           
             
               Wherein
               the
               plurality
               of
               Worlds
               is
               proved
               ,
               by
               a
               Reason
               drawn
               from
               the
               colour
               of
               the
               Stars
               .
            
          
           
             IF
             we
             see
             ,
             and
             punctually
             discern
             ,
             not
             onely
             with
             
               Jacob's
            
             
             staffe
             ,
             but
             also
             with
             our
             own
             sight
             ,
             without
             the
             help
             of
             any
             instrument
             ,
             a
             great
             diversity
             in
             the
             Stars
             in
             their
             bignesse
             ,
             colour
             ,
             light
             ,
             and
             other
             circumstances
             ;
             Shall
             we
             not
             say
             ,
             That
             those
             various
             colours
             do
             testifie
             their
             various
             nature
             ,
             and
             their
             bodily
             mixtures
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             may
             consequently
             be
             bodies
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Earth
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               ,
               because
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               empty
               nor
               vain
               in
               nature
               .
            
          
           
             WE
             cannot
             remark
             any
             thing
             empty
             in
             the
             
             whole
             Nature
             ;
             this
             passes
             for
             a
             sure
             Maxim
             :
             therefore
             did
             
               Hermes
            
             in
             his
             
               Asclepe
            
             say
             ,
             That
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             are
             very
             full
             ,
             the
             whole
             World
             is
             full
             of
             Globes
             or
             Stars
             ;
             these
             Stars
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             Earth
             which
             we
             inhabit
             ,
             is
             filled
             with
             Seas
             ,
             Rivers
             ,
             four-footed
             Beasts
             ,
             Men
             ,
             Birds
             ,
             Minerals
             ;
             the
             waters
             are
             filled
             with
             Fishes
             ;
             these
             things
             have
             yet
             in
             themselves
             ,
             and
             unto
             their
             very
             Center
             ,
             so
             great
             a
             variety
             ,
             that
             their
             anatomy
             drawes
             us
             to
             admiration
             :
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             we
             may
             lose
             our selves
             in
             the
             subdividing
             of
             them
             ;
             And
             why
             may
             not
             the
             Stars
             be
             so
             too
             ,
             seeing
             that
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             already
             
             been
             proved
             in
             the
             foregoing
             Chapter
             ,
             we
             may
             see
             and
             observe
             in
             them
             some
             certain
             variety
             ?
             especially
             in
             the
             Moon
             ,
             where
             Mountains
             and
             Waters
             evidently
             appear
             ,
             and
             may
             very
             well
             be
             discerned
             with
             a
             good
             Prospective
             glasse
             ,
             with
             which
             Instrument
             is
             a
             notable
             Mountain
             discerned
             in
             
               Mars
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               plurality
               of
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               the
               plurality
               of
               Men
               ,
               and
               because
               things
               above
               ,
               are
               as
               things
               below
               .
            
          
           
             GReat
             
               Mercurius
               Trismegistus
               ,
            
             who
             for
             his
             eximious
             Learning
             ,
             hath
             obtained
             the
             name
             of
             
               Thrice
               most
               Great
               ,
            
             hath
             left
             us
             this
             notable
             Aphorism
             ,
             That
             things
             below
             ,
             are
             as
             things
             above
             ;
             and
             ,
             
               vice
               versa
               ,
            
             those
             above
             ,
             as
             them
             below
             ;
             the
             meaning
             is
             ,
             That
             this
             World
             is
             an
             example
             to
             us
             ,
             without
             any
             need
             to
             go
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             for
             to
             know
             those
             things
             
             that
             role
             over
             our
             head
             ;
             and
             God
             hath
             even
             bestowed
             upon
             us
             sufficient
             capacity
             to
             draw
             reason
             from
             every
             thing
             ;
             If
             we
             consider
             our
             own
             selves
             ,
             we
             shall
             see
             by
             a
             generall
             approbation
             ,
             that
             Man
             is
             a
             little
             World
             ;
             so
             that
             Men
             being
             infinite
             in
             number
             ,
             who
             are
             
               Microcosms
               ;
            
             likewise
             ought
             the
             
               Macrocosms
            
             or
             great
             Worlds
             ,
             to
             be
             many
             ,
             after
             whose
             Idea's
             and
             images
             he
             is
             built
             ;
             as
             may
             appear
             by
             the
             conformity
             of
             one
             with
             the
             other
             :
             But
             here
             might
             we
             speak
             of
             this
             conformity
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             fully
             described
             by
             many
             Philosophers
             of
             note
             ;
             therefore
             omitting
             it
             ,
             we
             shall
             proceed
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             
               Wherein
               the
               same
               is
               proved
               ,
               by
               some
               Reasons
               taken
               from
               God's
               Power
               ,
               from
               Man's
               Reason
               ,
               from
               hence
               ,
               That
               there
               is
               nothing
               onely
               one
               ,
               and
               such
               other
               considerations
               .
            
          
           
             I
             Shall
             not
             fear
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             those
             who
             deny
             this
             exquisite
             Opinion
             ,
             seem
             to
             be
             offended
             against
             themselves
             ,
             to
             accuse
             God
             of
             impotency
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             Reason
             of
             falshood
             :
             and
             that
             I
             may
             bring
             them
             to
             passe
             sentence
             of
             condemnation
             by
             another
             mouth
             then
             mine
             ,
             I
             would
             
             have
             them
             to
             hearken
             to
             great
             
               Michael
               Montanus
               ,
            
             who
             is
             esteemed
             one
             of
             the
             wisest
             ,
             and
             reasonablest
             Men
             of
             his
             Age
             ;
             he
             hath
             these
             words
             in
             his
             Apologie
             for
             
               Raymond
            
             of
             
               Sebone
               ;
            
          
           
             Thy
             Reason
             hath
             in
             nothing
             else
             more
             likely
             truth
             and
             foundation
             ,
             then
             in
             that
             ,
             wherein
             it
             perswades
             thee
             of
             the
             plurality
             of
             Worlds
             .
          
           
             
               Terramque
               et
               Solem
               Lunamque
               et
               caetera
               quae
               sunt
            
             
               Non
               esse
               unica
               sed
               numero
               magis
               innumerabilia
               .
            
          
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             The
             Earth
             ,
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             the
             Moon
             ,
             are
             not
             one
             alone
             ,
             but
             many
             in
             number
             .
          
           
           
             The
             ratest
             spirits
             of
             former
             Ages
             did
             believe
             ,
             yea
             ,
             even
             some
             of
             our
             Age
             ,
             constrained
             to
             it
             by
             humane
             reason
             ,
             because
             that
             in
             this
             building
             and
             fabrick
             that
             we
             see
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             alone
             and
             one
             .
          
           
             Cùn
             ,
             in
             summa
             ,
             res
             nulla
             sit
             una
             ,
             Vnica
             quae
             gignatur
             ,
             et
             unica
             solaque
             crescat
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             Being
             there
             is
             nothing
             that
             is
             onely
             one
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             that
             is
             engendred
             alone
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           
             And
             every
             species
             is
             multiplyed
             in
             some
             reasonable
             number
             ;
             whence
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             not
             likely
             that
             God
             
             hath
             formed
             this
             work
             alone
             ,
             without
             some
             more
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             matter
             of
             this
             form
             was
             spent
             in
             this
             Individual
             alone
             .
          
           
             
               Quare
               etiam
               atque
               etiam
               tales
               fate
               are
               necesse
               est
               ,
            
             
               Esse
               alios
               alibi
               congressus
               materiai
               :
            
             
               Qualis
               hic
               est
               avido
               complexu
               quem
               tenet
               aether
               .
            
          
           
             Wherefore
             it
             must
             be
             confessed
             ,
             that
             some where
             else
             there
             are
             heaps
             of
             matter
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             is
             wrapt
             up
             in
             this
             our
             Aire
             .
          
           
             Especially
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             a
             living
             creature
             ,
             as
             by
             its
             motions
             we
             may
             be
             perswaded
             it
             is
             ,
             as
             
               Plato
            
             asserts
             it
             ;
             and
             many
             
             of
             the
             Learned
             of
             our
             time
             either
             do
             confirm
             it
             ,
             or
             dare
             not
             deny
             it
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             there
             be
             many
             Worlds
             ,
             as
             
               Democritus
               ,
            
             and
             almost
             all
             the
             Philosophers
             did
             judge
             ,
             what
             do
             we
             know
             ,
             whether
             the
             principles
             and
             rules
             of
             this
             do
             concern
             particularly
             the
             others
             ?
             perhaps
             they
             may
             have
             another
             face
             and
             policy
             ;
             but
             being
             all
             things
             are
             divers
             in
             this
             ,
             yea
             in
             a
             small
             distance
             ,
             we
             may
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             other
             worlds
             ought
             to
             be
             divers
             and
             various
             ;
             For
             why
             should
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             Almighty
             ,
             have
             limited
             and
             restrained
             his
             power
             and
             virtue
             ?
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XIX
             .
          
           
             
               By
               what
               reason
               ,
               the
               World
               may
               be
               proved
               to
               have
               a
               Soul
               .
            
          
           
             VVHereas
             
               Montanus
            
             hath
             here
             above
             spoken
             of
             the
             Soul
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             It
             will
             be
             meet
             for
             our
             present
             subject
             ,
             to
             demonstrate
             those
             Arguments
             by
             which
             this
             Opinion
             may
             be
             proved
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             not
             be
             judged
             to
             have
             incongruously
             spoken
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             being
             also
             advantageous
             for
             our
             Discourse
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             World
             is
             a
             reasonable
             Creature
             ,
             as
             divers
             Learned
             Persons
             have
             proved
             ,
             It
             may
             not
             be
             strange
             and
             ridiculous
             to
             believe
             .
             
             That
             the
             Earth
             hath
             a
             motion
             ,
             nor
             consequently
             that
             it
             is
             a
             moving
             Star
             or
             Planet
             inhabited
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             likewise
             all
             the
             others
             may
             be
             inhabited
             :
             Now
             if
             the
             Earth
             turns
             and
             moves
             ;
             is
             it
             not
             also
             needfull
             to
             grant
             ,
             that
             that
             whereby
             it
             is
             moved
             ,
             is
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             its
             soul
             moving
             it
             ,
             as
             our
             soul
             moves
             our
             body
             ?
             Some
             have
             thought
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             the
             soul
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             is
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             the
             soul
             in
             man's
             body
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             all
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             all
             in
             each
             part
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             the
             World
             might
             have
             a
             soul
             ,
             and
             be
             called
             a
             living
             creature
             ,
             great
             and
             round
             ,
             and
             as
             
               Montanus
            
             saith
             ,
             Is
             it
             not
             more
             likely
             ,
             
             that
             this
             great
             body
             by
             us
             called
             the
             World
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             quite
             contrary
             then
             we
             esteem
             ?
             The
             
               Pythagorians
               ,
               Xenophon
               ,
               Plato
               ,
            
             and
             all
             his
             Schollers
             ,
             have
             taught
             and
             believed
             this
             opinion
             ;
             and
             since
             them
             
               Marsilius
               Ficinus
               ,
            
             and
             
               Hierome
               Fracaster
               ,
            
             most
             renowned
             Doctors
             of
             Physick
             ;
             and
             in
             our
             Age
             
               Campanella
               ,
            
             who
             alledges
             
               Seneca
               ,
               Origenes
               ,
               Eusebius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Gregorius
               Nazianzenus
               ,
            
             as
             witnesses
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             any
             one
             should
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             World
             cannot
             be
             a
             living
             creature
             ,
             seeing
             it
             hath
             nor
             feet
             ,
             nor
             eyes
             ,
             nor
             hands
             ,
             nor
             any
             such
             member
             as
             living
             creatures
             have
             ;
             I
             beseech
             him
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             
             it
             s
             not
             requisite
             it
             should
             have
             some
             feets
             ,
             being
             it
             treads
             not
             upon
             the
             other
             living
             creatures
             ;
             nor
             eyes
             ,
             nor
             ears
             ,
             because
             it
             can
             neither
             see
             nor
             hear
             any
             thing
             out
             of
             it self
             ;
             but
             the
             hands
             of
             this
             living
             Creature
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             in
             it
             are
             contained
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             ,
             are
             its
             beams
             and
             virtues
             ;
             its
             eyes
             ,
             the
             Stars
             ;
             its
             bloud
             ,
             the
             Waters
             ;
             and
             so
             hath
             other
             things
             besides
             ,
             consonant
             and
             correspondent
             to
             our
             members
             ,
             without
             having
             need
             of
             the
             same
             as
             we
             have
             ;
             Are
             there
             not
             strange
             and
             monstrous
             beasts
             in
             respect
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             yet
             live
             well
             ,
             and
             are
             perfect
             in
             their
             kind
             ,
             doing
             well
             enough
             without
             such
             members
             as
             we
             have
             ,
             
             though
             they
             have
             not
             the
             same
             situation
             with
             us
             .
             How
             many
             Fishes
             is
             there
             ,
             that
             have
             their
             mouth
             in
             the
             belly
             ,
             the
             eyes
             and
             other
             members
             in
             extravagant
             places
             ?
             Some
             Creatures
             have
             the
             gall
             in
             their
             head
             ,
             and
             some
             in
             their
             tail
             ;
             yea
             ,
             there
             are
             some
             Men
             ,
             whose
             head
             is
             in
             their
             bosome
             ;
             some
             likewise
             may
             be
             formed
             ,
             so
             as
             we
             cannot
             comprehend
             nor
             know
             how
             .
             Its
             motion
             sets
             forth
             its
             life
             ;
             and
             the
             flux
             and
             reflux
             of
             the
             waters
             its
             breath
             and
             respiration
             .
             There
             are
             divers
             such
             Reasons
             to
             prove
             the
             same
             :
             but
             I
             shall
             desire
             the
             curious
             Reader
             to
             peruse
             
               Plato
               ,
               Sextus
               ,
               Empiricus
               ,
               Ficus
               ,
               Macrobius
               ,
            
             
             
               Campanella
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             to
             avoid
             tediousnesse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XX
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               multiplicity
               of
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               a
               Reason
               drawn
               from
               infinite
               number
               of
               causes
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               spots
               of
               the
               Moon
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             spots
             in
             the
             Moon
             ,
             touching
             which
             
               Plutarch
            
             hath
             made
             a
             whole
             Discourse
             ,
             whereof
             we
             might
             here
             alledge
             divers
             Observations
             ;
             are
             to
             us
             a
             sufficient
             testimony
             ,
             that
             the
             Moon
             is
             as
             the
             Earth
             ,
             filled
             with
             Rivers
             and
             Seas
             ,
             Mountains
             ,
             
             Valleys
             ,
             Plains
             ,
             and
             other
             such
             things
             ;
             for
             its
             Spots
             are
             not
             the
             shadow
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             as
             some
             have
             thought
             ;
             considering
             ,
             that
             they
             never
             change
             their
             shape
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             do
             ,
             according
             unto
             the
             divers
             parts
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Moon
             by
             its
             motion
             would
             answer
             ,
             and
             having
             no
             conformity
             at
             all
             with
             the
             Earth
             ,
             nor
             with
             the
             Sea
             ;
             and
             lastly
             ,
             because
             that
             our
             sight
             holpen
             by
             the
             Prospective-glasses
             ,
             observes
             in
             it
             some
             Seas
             ,
             and
             the
             tops
             of
             divers
             Mountains
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             remarkable
             things
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Maps
             and
             figures
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             
               Hevelius
               ,
               Argolius
               ,
            
             and
             several
             others
             ,
             and
             in
             our
             Book
             
               de
               Telescopio
               .
            
          
           
           
           
           
             These
             Spots
             shew
             ,
             that
             the
             Moon
             is
             partaker
             of
             the
             Elementary
             and
             Terrestriall
             nature
             ,
             and
             consequently
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Elements
             .
             This
             did
             move
             
               Plato
            
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             Stars
             are
             composed
             of
             fire
             and
             earth
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             splendour
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             great
             and
             lumpish
             body
             .
          
           
             This
             plurality
             of
             Worlds
             may
             again
             be
             proved
             by
             the
             variety
             of
             the
             causes
             that
             compose
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             divers
             combinations
             that
             may
             thence
             be
             made
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             argument
             used
             by
             
               Morodorus
            
             in
             
               Plutarch
               ,
            
             in
             his
             book
             of
             the
             Philosophers
             opinion
             ,
             wherein
             it
             's
             said
             ,
             That
             where
             the
             causes
             are
             ,
             there
             the
             effects
             ought
             to
             be
             also
             ;
             and
             
             the
             causes
             of
             the
             World
             being
             a
             great
             many
             ,
             so
             also
             ought
             the
             Worlds
             to
             be
             many
             ;
             the
             causes
             of
             the
             world
             are
             the
             four
             Elements
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             may
             yet
             be
             unknown
             to
             us
             ,
             or
             the
             infinite
             number
             of
             
               Democritus
            
             Atomes
             ;
             unlesse
             we
             had
             rather
             say
             ,
             That
             its
             God
             ,
             who
             being
             infinite
             ,
             so
             likewise
             hath
             created
             an
             infinite
             not
             onely
             of
             Worlds
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             things
             :
             And
             indeed
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             Philosopher
             saith
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             sad
             spectacle
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             but
             an
             ear
             of
             corn
             in
             a
             great
             field
             ;
             the
             same
             would
             it
             be
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             true
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             more
             Earth
             but
             one
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXI
             .
          
           
             
               Wherein
               is
               the
               same
               proved
               ,
               by
               certain
               Reasons
               drawn
               from
               
                 Galileus's
              
               Observations
               ,
               and
               others
               ;
               as
               of
               the
               Stars
               of
               
                 Jupiter
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               the
               Spots
               in
               the
               
                 Sun
                 .
              
            
          
           
             THat
             great
             
               Galileus
               ,
            
             who
             seemed
             onely
             to
             be
             in
             the
             World
             for
             to
             resolve
             the
             doubts
             in
             Astrologie
             ,
             hath
             discovered
             with
             his
             admirable
             invention
             of
             Prospective-glasses
             ,
             which
             immortalize
             his
             name
             ,
             by
             the
             discovery
             of
             what
             is
             contained
             in
             the
             Stars
             ;
             he
             is
             the
             first
             who
             hath
             directed
             his
             
               Telescopes
            
             or
             
             Prospective-glasses
             towards
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             by
             help
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             milky
             line
             were
             small
             Stars
             ,
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             proximity
             and
             great
             number
             ,
             do
             confound
             their
             light
             :
             he
             also
             hath
             discovered
             the
             Moons
             superficies
             ,
             not
             smooth
             ,
             but
             rugged
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             risings
             of
             Hills
             ,
             and
             hollownesse
             of
             Valleys
             .
          
           
             He
             also
             hath
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             Star
             
               Venus
            
             doth
             imitate
             the
             course
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             being
             now
             full
             ,
             then
             half
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             first
             quarter
             as
             a
             sithe
             ;
             and
             hath
             observed
             the
             perspicuous
             change
             of
             bignesse
             in
             
               Venus
            
             and
             
               Mars's
            
             diameters
             ;
             things
             of
             great
             concernment
             and
             note
             ,
             for
             the
             
             theories
             of
             
               Copernicus
            
             and
             
               Tycho
               Brahe
               .
            
          
           
             He
             hath
             ashamed
             the
             
               Sun
               ,
            
             discovering
             in
             him
             those
             Spots
             ,
             which
             for
             so
             many
             Ages
             he
             had
             buried
             and
             hid
             in
             his
             bright
             obscurity
             ,
             and
             hath
             discerned
             ,
             that
             those
             Spots
             were
             not
             fixed
             ,
             and
             alwayes
             lasting
             ,
             as
             those
             in
             the
             Moon
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             disappear
             &
             appear
             again
             ,
             turning
             round
             the
             Sun
             :
             he
             hath
             also
             discovered
             four
             new
             Planets
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             yet
             bin
             observed
             by
             some
             of
             the
             ancient
             Astrologers
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             called
             the
             Planets
             of
             
               Medicis
               ,
            
             in
             favour
             of
             his
             Prince
             ;
             these
             Planets
             move
             onely
             round
             about
             
               Jupiter
               ,
            
             which
             hath
             
             induced
             some
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             
               Jupiter
            
             was
             another
             world
             ,
             or
             another
             
               Sun
               ,
            
             round
             about
             which
             other
             Planets
             do
             run
             ,
             as
             round
             about
             that
             which
             in
             lightens
             us
             .
          
           
             He
             hath
             farther
             observed
             ,
             that
             the
             Planet
             
               Saturn
            
             hath
             three
             bodies
             ,
             having
             two
             more
             at
             his
             sides
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Planet
             
               Jupiter
            
             is
             be
             spotted
             with
             girdles
             or
             Zones
             that
             do
             girth
             it
             ;
             the
             which
             may
             plainly
             and
             perspicuously
             be
             seen
             by
             those
             Telescopes
             or
             Prospectives
             ,
             admirably
             well
             made
             by
             
               Torricelli
            
             the
             
               Florentine
               .
            
             These
             are
             those
             rare
             Observations
             of
             that
             illustrious
             Person
             ,
             who
             though
             but
             little
             in
             body
             ,
             yet
             so
             great
             in
             ingenuity
             ,
             
             and
             acuity
             of
             spirit
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             World
             hath
             suffered
             by
             the
             losse
             of
             him
             ;
             He
             became
             blind
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             too
             great
             propensity
             and
             labour
             in
             these
             Observations
             ;
             and
             he
             who
             had
             in
             these
             things
             given
             light
             to
             all
             this
             world
             ,
             could
             not
             enjoy
             the
             light
             ,
             nor
             his
             Invention
             .
          
           
             
               Foscarius
            
             adds
             to
             all
             these
             Observations
             ,
             that
             
               Venus
            
             hath
             been
             seen
             with
             three
             bodies
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             
               Saturn
               ,
            
             and
             that
             
               Jupiter
            
             hath
             4.
             bodies
             ;
             But
             
               Gassendus
               Fontana
               ,
               Neapolitan
               ,
            
             hath
             now
             the
             excellentest
             Telescope
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             hath
             seen
             the
             four
             Planets
             which
             are
             adjacent
             to
             
               Jupiter
            
             as
             four
             Moons
             ;
             two
             about
             
               Saturn
               ,
            
             which
             make
             a
             
             figure
             of
             a
             pot
             handle
             at
             each
             side
             of
             it
             .
             In
             the
             midst
             of
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             a
             little
             Globe
             ,
             at
             his
             brimmes
             a
             darkish
             circle
             ,
             and
             about
             
               Venus
            
             two
             Moons
             or
             Stars
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXII
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               Plurality
               of
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               a
               Reason
               taken
               from
               the
               Clouds
               ,
               and
               the
               waters
               above
               in
               Heaven
               .
            
          
           
             WIth
             the
             Prospective-glasse
             we
             may
             see
             some
             Clouds
             flying
             round
             about
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             can
             arise
             but
             from
             the
             Moon
             ,
             from
             other
             Stars
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             Sun
             it self
             ,
             because
             they
             be
             beyond
             the
             Region
             of
             the
             Meteors
             :
             
             Now
             if
             the
             Stars
             ingender
             clouds
             ,
             they
             have
             water
             within
             themselves
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             Element
             of
             water
             is
             in
             them
             ,
             the
             Element
             of
             earth
             and
             the
             rest
             have
             as
             great
             priviledge
             to
             be
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             .
             Now
             that
             there
             is
             water
             in
             them
             ,
             the
             first
             Chapter
             of
             
               Genesis
            
             proves
             it
             clearly
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Then
               God
               said
               ,
               Let
               there
               be
               a
               Firmament
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               waters
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               divide
               the
               waters
               from
               the
               waters
               ;
               And
               God
               made
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               and
               divided
               the
               waters
               which
               were
               under
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               from
               the
               waters
               which
               were
               above
               the
               Firmament
               ;
               &
               he
               called
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               the
               waters
               under
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               Seas
               .
               Esdras
            
             in
             Chap.
             6.
             
             of
             his
             second
             Book
             ,
             saith
             the
             same
             ,
             in
             these
             terms
             ,
             
               Thou
               madest
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               and
               commandedst
               it
               to
               part
               asunder
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               a
               division
               betwixt
               the
               waters
               ,
               that
               the
               one
               part
               might
               go
               up
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               remain
               beneath
               .
            
             Where
             are
             these
             waters
             above
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             not
             in
             the
             Stars
             ?
             For
             it
             's
             a
             very
             weak
             Reason
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             they
             are
             in
             the
             Clouds
             ;
             because
             that
             ,
             besides
             that
             they
             could
             not
             contain
             the
             Seas
             ,
             It
             s
             said
             in
             the
             second
             Chapter
             of
             
               Genesis
               ,
            
             that
             
               God
               had
               not
               caused
               it
               to
               rain
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               but
               there
               went
               up
               a
               mist
               from
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               watered
               the
               whole
               face
               of
               the
               Earth
               ;
            
             and
             so
             consequently
             there
             was
             no
             vapour
             raised
             
             up
             to
             form
             them
             :
             and
             what
             should
             have
             raised
             them
             ,
             seeing
             there
             was
             yet
             no
             Sun
             created
             to
             light
             the
             World
             ?
          
           
             Let
             us
             then
             lift
             up
             our
             eyes
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             the
             new
             
               Gymnosophists
               ,
            
             who
             daily
             contemplated
             the
             Sun
             ,
             let
             us
             observe
             in
             them
             those
             new
             Worlds
             ,
             wherewith
             it
             is
             wonderfully
             enriched
             ,
             which
             are
             divers
             and
             various
             in
             bignesse
             ,
             light
             ,
             and
             other
             qualities
             ;
             let
             us
             not
             be
             as
             poor
             simple
             Countrey
             fellowes
             ,
             who
             having
             seen
             no
             farther
             then
             the
             corner
             of
             their
             own
             chimney
             ,
             cannot
             apprehend
             ,
             that
             there
             can
             be
             any
             Town
             or
             City
             bigger
             then
             their
             Village
             ;
             but
             let
             us
             raise
             our
             spirits
             to
             the
             contemplation
             
             of
             the
             remotest
             and
             highest
             things
             that
             are
             ;
             thereby
             ennobling
             our selves
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             a
             very
             high
             attempt
             .
             O
             how
             happy
             is
             that
             man
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             pleaseth
             ,
             can
             spiritually
             loosen
             his
             Soul
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             exquisite
             Meditations
             rise
             up
             to
             the
             meditation
             and
             contemplation
             of
             these
             Worlds
             !
             When
             once
             we
             are
             well
             acquainted
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             freed
             from
             all
             Preoccupation
             ,
             nothing
             can
             be
             found
             sweeter
             ,
             pleasanter
             ,
             and
             more
             consonant
             to
             truth
             .
          
           
             What
             Patents
             and
             particular
             priviledges
             have
             they
             ,
             who
             believe
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             adhere
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             our
             belief
             should
             be
             ruled
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             
             under
             their
             commands
             ?
             Men
             feign
             and
             forge
             to
             us
             five
             Zones
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             seen
             other
             things
             ,
             that
             are
             nothing
             but
             dreams
             and
             foolish
             fancies
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             there
             above
             to
             see
             it
             .
             We
             may
             say
             the
             same
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Diogenes
            
             said
             to
             such
             other
             creatures
             ,
             How
             long
             is
             it
             since
             thou
             camest
             from
             Heaven
             ?
             It
             's
             then
             as
             lawful
             for
             us
             to
             establish
             new
             Maxims
             ,
             as
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             believe
             in
             the
             strength
             of
             our
             reason
             ,
             what
             we
             here
             have
             attempted
             ,
             and
             what
             others
             say
             with
             reason
             ,
             or
             appearance
             of
             truth
             .
             O
             that
             Nature
             would
             once
             open
             us
             her
             bosome
             ,
             and
             plainly
             shew
             us
             the
             direction
             and
             Government
             of
             its
             motion
             ,
             
             with
             what
             is
             contained
             in
             those
             great
             and
             vaste
             bodies
             ,
             which
             sparkle
             and
             glister
             in
             Heaven
             ;
             What
             abuses
             and
             grosse
             mistakes
             should
             we
             find
             in
             all
             Sciences
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             
               Wherein
               the
               same
               is
               proved
               ,
               by
               an
               Argument
               taken
               from
               the
               place
               where
               the
               Clouds
               stay
               without
               going
               farther
               .
            
          
           
             WE
             have
             here
             above
             spoken
             of
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             and
             thence
             have
             drawn
             an
             Argument
             to
             assert
             this
             our
             opinion
             ;
             we
             may
             yet
             draw
             this
             from
             them
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             that
             the
             Clouds
             and
             vapours
             being
             
             light
             should
             ascend
             without
             limitation
             ,
             untill
             that
             they
             were
             lost
             from
             our
             sight
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             not
             some
             other
             terrestrial
             Globes
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             attraction
             then
             that
             of
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             but
             we
             may
             observe
             even
             in
             the
             hottest
             of
             Summer
             ,
             that
             the
             Clouds
             do
             not
             ascend
             above
             3.
             miles
             ,
             and
             the
             strongest
             vapours
             that
             are
             ,
             not
             above
             30
             miles
             ;
             whence
             we
             must
             infer
             ,
             that
             they
             ascend
             unto
             the
             limit
             of
             the
             activity
             and
             attraction
             of
             the
             center
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             go
             beyond
             ,
             because
             it
             would
             be
             to
             bend
             downward
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             towards
             the
             Center
             of
             some
             other
             terrestriall
             Globe
             .
             But
             ,
             that
             I
             
             may
             better
             be
             understood
             ,
             it
             's
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Loadstone
             hath
             a
             certain
             inward
             virtue
             to
             draw
             iron
             ,
             or
             to
             move
             the
             Needle
             of
             the
             Sea-compasse
             unto
             such
             a
             distance
             ,
             and
             no
             farther
             ;
             so
             likewise
             the
             Earth
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             opinion
             of
             some
             ,
             is
             a
             great
             Loadstone
             ,
             whose
             circumference
             and
             activity
             is
             extended
             towards
             the
             Moon
             ,
             unto
             such
             a
             certain
             heighth
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             Stars
             also
             have
             such
             like
             circumference
             ,
             wherunto
             their
             virtue
             &
             attraction
             may
             reach
             ;
             Insomuch
             ,
             that
             the
             Clouds
             having
             attained
             unto
             that
             distance
             which
             makes
             a
             middle
             between
             us
             and
             the
             Moon
             ,
             there
             they
             are
             stayed
             ,
             not
             being
             suffered
             to
             go
             beyond
             
             it
             ,
             because
             then
             they
             would
             descend
             towards
             the
             Moon
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Stars
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             contrary
             to
             their
             nature
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             rise
             upward
             still
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             a
             ponderous
             body
             as
             a
             stone
             being
             cast
             up
             ,
             could
             go
             beyond
             the
             Earth's
             attractive
             point
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             fall
             back
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             but
             upon
             that
             Star
             ,
             whose
             attractive
             Center
             should
             reach
             unto
             that
             place
             whither
             the
             stone
             was
             cast
             ;
             therefore
             hath
             
               Bacon
            
             said
             in
             his
             Book
             
               de
               progressu
               Scientiarum
               ,
            
             that
             
               Gilbert
            
             did
             not
             doubt
             incongruously
             ,
             That
             the
             bodies
             of
             weight
             and
             ponderosity
             ,
             being
             at
             a
             far
             distance
             from
             the
             Earth
             ,
             would
             by
             little
             and
             
             little
             forsake
             their
             motion
             towards
             things
             below
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXIV
             .
          
           
             
               Containing
               a
               Reason
               ,
               drawn
               from
               the
               Bird
               of
               Paradise
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             new
             World
             discovered
             by
             our
             Fathers
             amongst
             those
             infinite
             riches
             and
             rare
             things
             it
             communicates
             to
             us
             ,
             makes
             us
             partakers
             of
             a
             Bird
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             Indians
             ,
             
               Manucodiata
               ,
            
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             Bird
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             of
             Paradise
             ;
             This
             Bird
             is
             so
             beautiful
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             in
             the
             Earth
             is
             to
             be
             compared
             to
             it
             ;
             its
             figure
             is
             of
             so
             rare
             a
             form
             ,
             and
             so
             extraordinary
             ,
             
             that
             never
             the
             like
             hath
             been
             found
             ;
             for
             it
             hath
             neither
             feet
             nor
             wings
             ,
             but
             is
             clothed
             with
             a
             skin
             of
             feathers
             ,
             made
             otherwise
             then
             that
             of
             other
             birds
             ;
             it
             's
             not
             found
             but
             dead
             either
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Sea
             ,
             no body
             ever
             saw
             its
             eggs
             ,
             nor
             its
             nest
             ;
             and
             it
             's
             asserted
             ,
             that
             it
             lives
             by
             the
             Air
             ;
             this
             Bird
             never
             being
             found
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             confonant
             to
             Reason
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             come
             from
             some
             other
             Starre
             ,
             where
             it
             lives
             and
             breeds
             ,
             and
             that
             having
             flown
             higher
             ,
             and
             beyond
             the
             attractive
             Center
             of
             that
             earth
             or
             Star
             where
             he
             lived
             ;
             he
             dyeth
             by
             changing
             his
             Ayr
             ,
             unto
             that
             which
             is
             not
             proper
             and
             natural
             ,
             and
             dying
             ,
             
             falls
             upon
             this
             Earth
             .
             Now
             if
             birds
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Stars
             ,
             there
             also
             may
             other
             living
             Creatures
             be
             ,
             having
             all
             the
             same
             right
             of
             habitation
             .
             And
             grant
             ,
             that
             what
             some
             object
             ,
             be
             true
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             feet
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             very
             short
             ,
             or
             that
             its
             feet
             are
             cut
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             the
             rarer
             ,
             yet
             it
             hinders
             not
             the
             consequence
             drawn
             from
             it
             ;
             provided
             ,
             that
             the
             other
             circumstances
             of
             its
             nature
             be
             true
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             hath
             feet
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             understood
             of
             some
             of
             its
             species
             onely
             ;
             for
             
               Aldrovandus
            
             mentions
             five
             or
             six
             sorts
             of
             them
             ,
             whereof
             some
             have
             feet
             ,
             and
             some
             none
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXV
             .
          
           
             
               Wherein
               is
               alledged
               ,
               an
               Argument
               taken
               from
               the
               Eclipses
               .
            
          
           
             BEfore
             the
             Creation
             of
             this
             whole
             Fabrick
             ,
             God
             did
             inlighten
             himself
             ,
             and
             contemplate
             himself
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             sealed
             Book
             ,
             which
             at
             length
             is
             opened
             ,
             and
             hath
             set
             forth
             to
             the
             view
             ,
             that
             which
             remained
             in
             Himself
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             whole
             World
             is
             nothing
             else
             ,
             then
             an
             evident
             image
             ,
             an
             Idea
             of
             his
             hidden
             God-head
             ,
             he
             is
             through
             it
             all
             ,
             as
             our
             soul
             is
             throughout
             all
             our
             body
             ,
             and
             
             by
             his
             will
             ,
             encompasses
             all
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             spheres
             ,
             having
             spread
             through
             them
             all
             the
             Aires
             ,
             as
             a
             scrowl
             ;
             which
             folding
             it self
             away
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             shall
             be
             reduced
             to
             its
             former
             Silence
             ,
             or
             rather
             to
             Nothing
             .
          
           
             This
             wonderful
             order
             ,
             thus
             by
             him
             established
             ,
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             constant
             and
             unchangeable
             course
             of
             the
             Planets
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             Astrologians
             make
             some
             certain
             Almanacks
             for
             many
             years
             together
             ,
             and
             foretell
             the
             eclipses
             of
             Ages
             to
             come
             ,
             without
             missing
             a
             moment
             of
             time
             .
          
           
             These
             Stars
             being
             all
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             nature
             ,
             do
             eclipse
             one
             another
             ;
             the
             
             Earth
             eclipses
             the
             Moon
             ,
             the
             Moon
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             so
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             if
             their
             small
             body
             is
             not
             overcome
             by
             the
             bignesse
             of
             those
             they
             intend
             to
             darken
             ,
             as
             it
             s
             testified
             by
             
               Averroe's
            
             Observation
             ,
             who
             hath
             seen
             
               Mercury
            
             in
             the
             center
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             seemed
             to
             grow
             in
             it
             ;
             its
             light
             ,
             if
             it
             hath
             any
             ,
             being
             covered
             and
             put
             out
             .
          
           
             Now
             from
             these
             Eclipses
             ,
             or
             want
             of
             light
             in
             the
             Stars
             ,
             we
             may
             draw
             this
             strong
             Reason
             for
             the
             assertion
             of
             our
             Position
             ,
             for
             it
             sheweth
             and
             verifieth
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             of
             an
             earthly
             nature
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             light
             is
             borrowed
             ;
             the
             Moon
             appears
             black
             ,
             when
             the
             Earth
             hinders
             it
             to
             receive
             
             light
             from
             the
             Sun
             :
             and
             divers
             Philosophers
             have
             believed
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Stars
             do
             borrow
             their
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             ;
             they
             are
             then
             obscure
             ,
             and
             thick
             of
             their
             own
             nature
             ,
             and
             consequently
             earthy
             ,
             and
             may
             have
             such
             variety
             and
             diversity
             as
             the
             Earth
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             Men
             ,
             Beasts
             ,
             Plants
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             is
             seen
             here
             amongst
             us
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Pythagorians
            
             did
             believe
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             
               Copernicus
            
             agreeth
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXVI
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               ,
               because
               otherwise
               it
               were
               to
               make
               God
               to
               act
               by
               necessity
               .
            
          
           
             IF
             there
             were
             not
             many
             Worlds
             in
             this
             whole
             Fabrick
             ,
             God
             could
             not
             act
             so
             powerfully
             and
             freely
             ,
             but
             that
             by
             some
             certain
             necessity
             and
             constraint
             ;
             which
             would
             be
             a
             great
             impiety
             and
             blasphemy
             even
             to
             imagine
             it
             :
             for
             God
             could
             assuredly
             ,
             not
             onely
             have
             made
             other
             Worlds
             ,
             but
             also
             much
             more
             perfect
             then
             this
             ;
             for
             his
             power
             is
             neither
             shortened
             ,
             nor
             exhausted
             ,
             neither
             the
             
             matter
             ,
             which
             he
             could
             create
             of
             nothing
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             of
             this
             our
             Earth
             ;
             therefore
             as
             he
             hath
             created
             this
             World
             ,
             could
             he
             not
             also
             have
             created
             others
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXVII
             .
          
           
             
               How
               could
               we
               see
               the
               Earth
               ,
               if
               we
               were
               far
               distant
               from
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             SOme
             may
             ask
             ,
             If
             the
             Planets
             are
             so
             many
             Earths
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             a
             Planet
             ,
             how
             could
             we
             see
             the
             Earth
             ,
             if
             we
             were
             far
             remote
             from
             it
             ?
             
               Clavius
            
             in
             his
             Commentary
             upon
             
               Sacroboscus
               ,
            
             hath
             endeavoured
             some
             suppositions
             
             upon
             this
             question
             ,
             and
             hath
             found
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             one
             were
             in
             the
             Globe
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             and
             should
             look
             towards
             the
             Earth
             ,
             it
             would
             appear
             to
             him
             three
             times
             bigger
             then
             the
             Moon
             appears
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             more
             ;
             and
             if
             a
             man
             were
             in
             the
             Globe
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             it
             would
             appear
             to
             him
             twice
             bigger
             then
             
               Venus
            
             seems
             to
             us
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Globe
             of
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             thence
             it
             would
             appear
             lightsome
             ,
             and
             would
             seem
             to
             be
             of
             the
             bignesse
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Stars
             of
             the
             sixth
             proportion
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             were
             in
             the
             highest
             heavens
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             see
             it
             at
             all
             ;
             And
             this
             is
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             the
             Astrologers
             common
             opinion
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXVIII
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               number
               of
               the
               Worlds
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             may
             also
             be
             asked
             ,
             What
             number
             of
             Worlds
             there
             is
             ?
             but
             though
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             not
             certainly
             known
             ,
             considering
             the
             infinite
             number
             of
             Stars
             to
             us
             perspicuous
             ,
             besides
             those
             that
             we
             cannot
             see
             by
             reason
             of
             our
             eyes
             weaknesse
             .
          
           
             Yet
             I
             shall
             here
             alledge
             the
             Judgment
             of
             some
             Authors
             upon
             this
             question
             ;
             
               Baruck
            
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             and
             
               Clemens
            
             a
             disciple
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             as
             
               Origen
            
             saith
             ,
             do
             mention
             seven
             ;
             perhaps
             meaning
             
             the
             seven
             Planets
             .
             An
             ancient
             Author
             ,
             according
             to
             
               Plutarch
            
             in
             his
             book
             ,
             touching
             the
             ceasing
             of
             miracles
             ,
             did
             believe
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             an
             hundred
             and
             eighty
             nine
             Worlds
             disposed
             in
             a
             triangle
             ,
             every
             side
             containing
             sixty
             three
             .
             
               Petro
            
             of
             
               Sicily
            
             thought
             the
             same
             thing
             touching
             the
             plurality
             of
             Worlds
             .
             But
             the
             Thalmudists
             going
             beyond
             ,
             say
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             nineteen
             thousand
             ;
             and
             
               Democritus
            
             did
             believe
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             infinite
             ,
             and
             innumerable
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXIX
             .
          
           
             
               Touching
               divers
               ancient
               Philosophers
               ,
               who
               have
               believed
               the
               plurality
               of
               Worlds
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pythagoras
               ,
            
             who
             first
             called
             this
             Fabrick
             ,
             Worlds
             ,
             is
             also
             one
             of
             the
             chiefest
             ,
             who
             believed
             the
             plurality
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             hath
             had
             many
             disciples
             and
             Citators
             ,
             who
             have
             continued
             to
             establish
             and
             maintain
             this
             assertion
             ;
             for
             
               Socrates
            
             hath
             publickly
             asserted
             the
             Worlds
             to
             be
             infinite
             ;
             so
             did
             also
             his
             disciple
             
               Archelaus
               ,
            
             who
             perswaded
             it
             also
             to
             
               Xenophanes
            
             the
             
               Colophian
               ,
            
             who
             also
             did
             assert
             ,
             
             That
             there
             are
             many
             Moons
             and
             Suns
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             This
             same
             Axiome
             was
             believed
             by
             
               Melisseus
            
             of
             
               Samia
               ,
               Parmenides's
            
             disciple
             ;
             as
             also
             by
             his
             School-fellow
             
               Zeno
            
             of
             
               Elis
               ,
            
             and
             his
             disciple
             
               Lucippus
            
             of
             
               Elis
            
             also
             .
             
               Item
               ,
            
             by
             
               Democritus
            
             of
             
               Miletum
               ,
               Pythagoras's
            
             hearer
             ,
             who
             saith
             ,
             That
             in
             these
             Worlds
             the
             Stars
             are
             more
             beautifull
             and
             bright
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             may
             be
             according
             to
             their
             proximity
             .
             By
             reason
             of
             which
             opinion
             ,
             that
             King
             of
             the
             
               Abderitanes
            
             was
             esteemed
             by
             his
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             to
             be
             out
             of
             his
             wits
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             they
             sent
             for
             
               Hippocrates
            
             to
             cure
             him
             of
             his
             disease
             ;
             but
             
               Hippocrates
            
             found
             him
             very
             
             well
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             and
             said
             nothing
             against
             his
             opinion
             ;
             which
             moved
             
               Democritus
            
             perpetually
             to
             laugh
             at
             them
             who
             were
             ignorant
             of
             the
             same
             .
             
               Joubertus
               ,
            
             who
             hath
             composed
             a
             book
             concerning
             laughter
             ,
             in
             it
             hath
             set
             down
             
               Hippocrates's
            
             letter
             upon
             this
             subject
             .
          
           
             
               Diogenes
            
             of
             
               Apollonia
               ,
               Anaximenes's
            
             disciple
             ,
             together
             with
             
               Seleucus
               ,
            
             hath
             also
             pronounced
             their
             assertion
             touching
             the
             plurality
             of
             the
             worlds
             .
          
           
             
               Orpheus
               ,
               Origines
               ,
            
             and
             
               Baruck
            
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             
               Anaxagoras
               ,
            
             and
             many
             Stoicks
             more
             ,
             do
             a
             vouch
             the
             same
             ;
             
               Plinius
            
             also
             seems
             to
             have
             been
             of
             this
             opinion
             ;
             but
             
             
               Anaximander
               ,
               Anaximenes
               ,
               Epicureus
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             following
             
               Francis
            
             I.
             
               Picus
               Mirandulanus
               ,
            
             have
             fully
             asserted
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Mahomet
               ,
            
             who
             though
             an
             Infidel
             ,
             wanted
             not
             wit
             and
             knowledg
             to
             establish
             his
             belief
             ,
             did
             believe
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Alcoran
             mentions
             several
             Earths
             and
             Seas
             to
             be
             in
             Heaven
             and
             the
             four
             Elements
             ;
             and
             all
             that
             is
             amongst
             us
             to
             be
             in
             every
             one
             of
             the
             Stars
             .
          
           
             
               Epicureus
            
             did
             say
             ,
             That
             these
             Worlds
             were
             some
             of
             them
             without
             Sun
             or
             Moon
             ,
             and
             some
             had
             greater
             then
             those
             that
             lighten
             us
             ;
             and
             that
             others
             had
             divers
             Suns
             ,
             and
             that
             some
             of
             them
             were
             
             without
             living
             creatures
             in
             them
             ,
             without
             Plants
             ,
             and
             without
             all
             moisture
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             the
             same
             that
             things
             are
             thus
             in
             our
             worlds
             as
             we
             see
             them
             ,
             so
             also
             are
             they
             in
             divers
             other
             worlds
             ;
             but
             had
             he
             seen
             how
             the
             
               Indians
            
             and
             we
             agree
             in
             severall
             things
             ,
             he
             would
             questionlesse
             have
             believed
             it
             more
             constantly
             .
          
           
             
               Icetes
            
             the
             
               Pythagorian
               ,
            
             together
             with
             
               Philolaus
               ,
            
             did
             believe
             there
             were
             two
             Earths
             opposite
             one
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             and
             
               Picus
               Mirandula
            
             was
             forced
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             he
             thought
             that
             the
             Moon
             was
             an
             Earth
             like
             unto
             ours
             ;
             herein
             conforming
             himself
             to
             those
             
               Pythagorians
               ,
            
             who
             sometimes
             did
             call
             
             our
             Earth
             ,
             Moon
             ;
             and
             the
             Moon
             ,
             Earth
             .
             
               Francastor
               ,
            
             Physitian
             at
             
               Zerona
            
             (
             following
             
               Eudoxus
            
             and
             
               Calispus's
            
             Judgment
             )
             together
             with
             divers
             others
             ,
             whom
             for
             brevity
             sake
             I
             shall
             omit
             ,
             did
             also
             believe
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             But
             whereas
             so
             many
             Philosophers
             have
             asserted
             the
             Position
             of
             this
             opinion
             ;
             it
             will
             be
             answered
             ,
             That
             I
             am
             not
             the
             first
             author
             of
             〈◊〉
             ▪
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             it
             's
             sufficient
             for
             me
             to
             renew
             it
             ,
             and
             plainly
             professe
             it
             ,
             the
             which
             hitherto
             was
             not
             yet
             publickly
             practised
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXX
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               those
               things
               that
               are
               in
               the
               Moon
               ,
               and
               other
               Planets
               .
            
          
           
             THough
             the
             Ancients
             had
             not
             the
             help
             of
             Prospective-glasses
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             ,
             wherewith
             we
             see
             as
             new
             Linxes
             ,
             the
             Seas
             ,
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             which
             are
             in
             the
             Moon
             ;
             yet
             they
             did
             inquire
             and
             speak
             of
             things
             more
             particular
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Stars
             ;
             as
             the
             
               Pythagorians
            
             and
             
               Orpheus
               ,
            
             who
             did
             believe
             that
             the
             Moon
             was
             not
             onely
             of
             the
             colour
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             contained
             Men
             ,
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             
             Trees
             ,
             15
             times
             bigger
             then
             we
             ,
             or
             50
             times
             bigger
             ,
             as
             
               Herodotus
               ,
            
             who
             also
             asserts
             ,
             that
             in
             it
             are
             Towns
             and
             Cities
             .
             
               Xenophanes
            
             did
             also
             think
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             men
             within
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Moon
             ;
             
               Anaxagoras
            
             and
             
               Democritus
            
             have
             also
             said
             ,
             That
             in
             it
             are
             contained
             Mountains
             ,
             Valleys
             ,
             and
             Fields
             .
          
           
             
               Lucianus
            
             in
             his
             book
             of
             true
             history
             ,
             &
             
               Aristoteles
               ,
            
             have
             both
             mentioned
             some
             particularities
             of
             what
             is
             in
             the
             Moon
             ;
             but
             we
             shall
             not
             take
             notice
             what
             the
             first
             saith
             ,
             because
             he
             relates
             it
             as
             a
             fable
             ;
             though
             for
             the
             composing
             of
             his
             work
             ,
             he
             hath
             made
             use
             of
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             those
             ancient
             Philosophers
             opinions
             .
          
           
           
             
               Plutarch
            
             in
             his
             discourse
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             reasons
             
               pro
            
             and
             
               con
               ,
            
             whether
             the
             Moon
             is
             inhabited
             ?
             and
             whether
             it
             is
             an
             Earth
             as
             ours
             ,
             and
             inclines
             sometimes
             to
             one
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             the
             other
             ;
             but
             at
             length
             it
             seems
             that
             he
             did
             believe
             it
             ,
             because
             he
             answers
             to
             divers
             objections
             that
             might
             be
             alledged
             against
             this
             opinion
             .
          
           
             
               Bacon
            
             desires
             us
             seriously
             to
             cast
             our
             eyes
             upon
             the
             opinions
             of
             
               Pythagoras
               ,
               Philolaus
               ,
               Xenophanes
               ,
               Anaxagoras
               ,
               Parmenides
               ,
               Lucippus
               ,
            
             and
             of
             other
             ancient
             Philosophers
             ,
             indicating
             to
             us
             the
             truth
             thereof
             ,
             and
             wishes
             ,
             that
             some
             body
             would
             compose
             a
             book
             of
             their
             opinions
             ;
             this
             present
             
             discourse
             is
             part
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             therefore
             do
             we
             in
             some
             measure
             satisfie
             the
             desire
             of
             so
             rare
             a
             Person
             .
          
           
             
               Lucretius
               ,
            
             whom
             we
             have
             here
             above
             quoted
             ,
             did
             confidently
             believe
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             hath
             testified
             it
             in
             divers
             places
             of
             his
             works
             ,
             and
             especially
             in
             these
             Verses
             ,
             besides
             those
             already
             alledged
             in
             the
             18.
             
             Chapter
             .
          
           
             
               Esse
               alios
               alibi
               terrarum
               in
               partibus
               orbes
               ,
            
             
               Et
               varias
               hominum
               gentes
               et
               saecla
               ferarum
               ,
            
             
               Huc
               accedit
               ,
               uti
               in
               summa
               res
               nulla
               sit
               una
               ,
            
             
               Unica
               quae
               gignatur
               et
               unica
               solaque
               crescat
               .
            
          
           
           
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
          
           
             There
             are
             other
             new
             Worlds
             ,
             wherein
             is
             variety
             of
             Men
             and
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             other
             living
             creatures
             ,
             because
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             groweth
             single
             and
             alone
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             Sea
             .
             And
             in
             another
             place
             ,
          
           
             
               Praeterea
               cùn
               materies
               est
               multa
               parata
               ,
            
             
               Cùn
               loci
               est
               praeslò
               ,
               nec
               res
               nec
               causa
               moratur
            
             
               Ulla
               ,
               geri
               debet
               nimirum
               et
               confitier
               res
               .
            
          
           
             Whereas
             there
             is
             store
             of
             matter
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             causes
             
             and
             the
             places
             do
             suffice
             ,
             this
             therefore
             ought
             to
             be
             declared
             ,
             and
             men
             must
             needs
             grant
             it
             so
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             
               Paracelsus
            
             hath
             said
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             in
             Heaven
             some
             certain
             men
             called
             
               Tortelii
            
             and
             
               Penates
               ,
            
             for
             whom
             Christ
             did
             not
             die
             ,
             of
             whom
             some
             are
             without
             Soul
             ,
             and
             some
             not
             composed
             of
             the
             four
             Elements
             ;
             he
             yet
             names
             others
             ,
             never
             mentioned
             but
             by
             him
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             Stoicks
             were
             of
             opinion
             ,
             not
             onely
             that
             there
             are
             people
             in
             the
             Moon
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Sun
             ;
             And
             
               Campanella
            
             saith
             ,
             That
             those
             lively
             and
             bright
             habitations
             may
             have
             Inhabitants
             ,
             perhaps
             more
             wise
             
             and
             learned
             then
             we
             ,
             and
             better
             informed
             in
             those
             things
             that
             to
             us
             are
             incomprehensible
             .
          
           
             But
             
               Galileus
               ,
            
             who
             in
             our
             Age
             hath
             perspicuously
             seen
             into
             the
             Moon
             ,
             hath
             observed
             ,
             That
             it
             may
             be
             inhabited
             ,
             seeing
             that
             there
             are
             Mountains
             in
             it
             ,
             &c.
             for
             those
             parts
             in
             it
             that
             are
             the
             Plains
             and
             Valleys
             are
             obscure
             and
             dark
             ,
             and
             the
             Mountains
             are
             bright
             and
             clear
             .
             For
             this
             cause
             have
             some
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Stars
             do
             not
             shine
             ,
             but
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             irregularity
             ,
             asserting
             ,
             That
             we
             could
             not
             see
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             not
             Mountains
             for
             to
             reflect
             and
             reverberate
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXI
             .
          
           
             
               Containing
               the
               Solution
               of
               some
               Objections
               that
               may
               be
               made
               against
               this
               Paradox
               of
               the
               World's
               Plurality
               .
            
          
           
             BUt
             some
             may
             say
             ,
             There
             cannot
             be
             such
             Men
             as
             we
             ,
             in
             the
             Starres
             ;
             for
             they
             could
             not
             live
             there
             ,
             because
             men
             are
             divers
             ,
             even
             after
             the
             diversity
             of
             Countreys
             ;
             and
             those
             who
             ascend
             that
             high
             Mount
             
               Piracaca
            
             in
             the
             
               Indies
               ,
            
             dye
             there
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             too
             subtile
             ayr
             of
             the
             place
             .
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             those
             men
             must
             needs
             be
             different
             from
             us
             ,
             or
             indued
             
             with
             more
             robust
             and
             strong
             bodies
             then
             we
             ;
             or
             so
             well
             proportioned
             in
             the
             mixture
             of
             the
             Elements
             ,
             that
             that
             Ayr
             cannot
             be
             obnoxious
             and
             hurtful
             to
             them
             ;
             but
             that
             God
             hath
             so
             formed
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             well
             live
             where
             he
             hath
             placed
             them
             ,
             but
             no where
             else
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             we
             had
             never
             seen
             or
             heard
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             we
             could
             not
             be
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             Fishes
             could
             live
             in
             salt-water
             ,
             and
             that
             therein
             they
             could
             breed
             and
             grow
             for
             our
             food
             ;
             nor
             that
             those
             Countreys
             of
             the
             burning
             and
             frozen
             Zones
             ,
             could
             be
             inhabited
             :
             So
             must
             we
             believe
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             by
             prevention
             of
             inconvenience
             ,
             
             ordered
             all
             things
             for
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             Here
             also
             might
             be
             objected
             ,
             the
             Incommodities
             and
             incongruences
             that
             might
             befall
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             the
             Meteors
             as
             the
             Clouds
             ,
             and
             other
             which
             would
             offend
             them
             ,
             and
             would
             hinder
             Plants
             to
             grow
             therein
             .
          
           
             We
             answer
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             those
             Meteors
             are
             far
             enough
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             rather
             they
             are
             lesse
             molested
             by
             them
             then
             we
             ;
             for
             
               Galileus
            
             did
             see
             with
             the
             telescope
             ,
             that
             it
             doth
             not
             rain
             upon
             the
             Earth
             of
             the
             Moon
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             may
             be
             replyed
             ,
             How
             then
             do
             the
             plants
             grow
             ?
          
           
           
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             they
             may
             grow
             in
             it
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Moon
             's
             natural
             humidity
             and
             moisture
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             the
             inundations
             of
             its
             Rivers
             ;
             as
             in
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             where
             likewise
             no
             rain
             is
             seen
             ;
             I
             say
             farther
             ,
             That
             those
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Moon
             have
             no
             more
             ground
             to
             alledge
             these
             Objections
             ,
             being
             that
             when
             they
             look
             upon
             the
             Earth
             ,
             through
             the
             mists
             and
             clouds
             that
             incompass
             it
             ,
             they
             might
             doubt
             whether
             any
             creatures
             could
             be
             contained
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             hitherto
             we
             have
             answered
             none
             but
             weake
             objections
             .
             Now
             come
             we
             to
             that
             with
             which
             our
             Opponents
             do
             arm
             themselves
             
             chiefly
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             the
             
               Aristotelists
               ,
            
             who
             as
             the
             
               Otthomans
            
             aymed
             to
             slay
             all
             his
             brothers
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             reign
             more
             securely
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             to
             beat
             down
             and
             suppresse
             all
             opinions
             contrary
             to
             his
             ;
             now
             this
             is
             his
             argument
             ;
          
           
             If
             there
             were
             many
             worlds
             ,
             the
             earth
             of
             those
             worlds
             would
             move
             towards
             our
             Earth
             ;
             or
             ours
             towards
             that
             of
             the
             other
             Worlds
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             other
             Elements
             of
             the
             other
             worlds
             would
             reach
             ours
             ,
             and
             so
             there
             would
             be
             nothing
             but
             a
             great
             tumult
             and
             Chaos
             .
          
           
             This
             Argument
             is
             so
             weak
             ,
             that
             
               Magirus
            
             is
             constrained
             to
             speak
             in
             these
             terms
             when
             
             he
             alledges
             it
             ,
             not
             being
             himself
             able
             to
             find
             others
             ,
             because
             he
             maintains
             not
             the
             truth
             ;
             All
             these
             Reasons
             ,
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             and
             such
             like
             Philosophick
             Arguments
             ,
             cannot
             perspicuously
             demonstrate
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             but
             one
             World
             ;
             and
             
               Charles
               Rapineus
            
             speaks
             thus
             ,
             That
             it
             can
             but
             weakly
             be
             so
             perswaded
             .
          
           
             
               Aristoteles
            
             could
             not
             comprehend
             what
             we
             have
             above
             said
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             That
             each
             world
             hath
             its
             center
             ,
             whereunto
             tend
             those
             heavy
             bodies
             that
             are
             in
             its
             sphere
             ;
             But
             he
             arguments
             upon
             a
             false
             foundation
             ,
             making
             the
             Earth
             to
             be
             the
             Center
             of
             all
             the
             worlds
             ,
             and
             allotting
             but
             one
             center
             for
             all
             ;
             his
             Argument
             
             would
             be
             good
             ,
             if
             his
             ground
             were
             good
             :
             for
             what
             he
             saith
             was
             true
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             requisite
             that
             all
             heavy
             and
             ponderous
             things
             should
             tend
             towards
             our
             Center
             ;
             but
             there
             being
             many
             ,
             they
             also
             go
             into
             divers
             Centers
             ;
             for
             each
             Star
             hath
             its
             center
             that
             upholds
             it
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             be
             of
             a
             ponderous
             nature
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             light
             ,
             in
             itself
             .
             Having
             thus
             answered
             ,
             and
             so
             plainly
             and
             fully
             resolved
             the
             Objection
             of
             
               Aristoteles
               ,
            
             the
             grand
             Prince
             of
             Philosophers
             ,
             what
             may
             they
             expect
             who
             have
             not
             such
             pregnant
             Objections
             as
             his
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXII
             .
          
           
             
               Continuing
               the
               Solution
               of
               divers
               Philosophers
               Objections
               against
               the
               Plurality
               of
               Worlds
               .
            
          
           
             THese
             following
             Arguments
             are
             yet
             objected
             ;
             First
             ,
             That
             whereas
             there
             is
             but
             one
             principle
             and
             first
             Mover
             ,
             or
             but
             one
             God
             and
             first
             cause
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             world
             ought
             to
             answer
             in
             likenesse
             to
             its
             Architype
             ,
             there
             also
             ought
             to
             be
             but
             one
             World
             .
             But
             we
             have
             here
             above
             shewed
             the
             contrary
             ,
             because
             that
             God
             is
             infinite
             ,
             so
             also
             
             ought
             the
             Worlds
             to
             be
             infinite
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             second
             Argument
             ,
             it
             's
             objected
             ,
             That
             if
             there
             were
             more
             then
             one
             World
             ,
             the
             Divine
             Scriptures
             would
             have
             communicated
             it
             to
             us
             ;
             but
             speaking
             but
             of
             one
             onely
             ,
             it
             's
             not
             likely
             there
             should
             be
             any
             more
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             speaks
             clearly
             of
             none
             but
             of
             ours
             ;
             though
             yet
             in
             severall
             places
             it
             agreeth
             in
             the
             plurality
             of
             Worlds
             ,
             as
             we
             shall
             hereafter
             demonstrate
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             speaks
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             ,
             of
             all
             heavenly
             things
             ,
             condescending
             to
             our
             weaknesse
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             common
             opinion
             ;
             as
             when
             it
             saith
             ,
             
             That
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             are
             the
             great
             Lights
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             Moon
             is
             one
             of
             the
             smallest
             Stars
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             some
             others
             that
             are
             as
             bigg
             as
             the
             Sun
             ,
             as
             
               Canopus
            
             Starre
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             and
             an
             infinite
             number
             bigger
             then
             the
             Moon
             :
             Likewise
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             ,
             That
             God
             is
             angry
             ,
             and
             doth
             repent
             ,
             though
             he
             is
             immutable
             and
             unchangeable
             ;
             and
             therefore
             might
             the
             Scripture
             do
             the
             like
             concerning
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             plurality
             of
             Worlds
             .
          
           
             For
             a
             third
             Argument
             ,
             
               Plato
            
             speaks
             thus
             ;
             The
             matter
             requisite
             for
             the
             composition
             of
             the
             world
             is
             but
             one
             ,
             and
             heaped
             up
             together
             into
             one
             lump
             or
             body
             alone
             ,
             and
             
             the
             Heaven
             contains
             within
             it self
             all
             the
             simple
             bodies
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             part
             of
             the
             matter
             can
             remain
             ,
             for
             therewith
             to
             compose
             and
             frame
             other
             Worlds
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             it
             's
             not
             necessary
             that
             all
             the
             matter
             be
             exhausted
             and
             spent
             in
             the
             Creation
             of
             this
             our
             Earth
             alone
             ,
             yea
             rather
             in
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             whole
             Fabrick
             ;
             but
             and
             if
             it
             had
             been
             all
             spent
             at
             the
             creation
             alone
             of
             this
             our
             Earth
             ,
             God
             could
             yet
             create
             some
             new
             :
             And
             last
             of
             all
             ,
             
               concedo
               totum
               ,
            
             I
             grant
             the
             whole
             Argument
             ,
             it
             proving
             nothing
             against
             my
             assertion
             ;
             for
             I
             comprehend
             all
             the
             Worlds
             or
             Earths
             to
             be
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           
           
             
               Plato
            
             saith
             farther
             against
             this
             opinion
             ,
             That
             the
             World
             would
             be
             imperfect
             ,
             if
             it
             should
             not
             contain
             all
             ;
             and
             secondly
             ,
             would
             not
             be
             like
             its
             pattern
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             single
             and
             onely
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             would
             not
             be
             incorruptible
             ,
             if
             there
             was
             any
             thing
             out
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             we
             have
             already
             answered
             the
             Objection
             touching
             Unity
             ;
             where
             we
             have
             discovered
             ,
             That
             God
             being
             infinite
             ,
             there
             must
             also
             be
             infinite
             Worlds
             :
             for
             as
             
               Sextus
               Empiricus
            
             saith
             ,
             There
             is
             nothing
             one
             alone
             of
             all
             whatsoever
             is
             numbred
             in
             the
             World
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             last
             ,
             
               Plutarch
            
             answers
             it
             ,
             saying
             thus
             ,
             That
             it
             hinders
             not
             the
             
             World's
             perfection
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             other
             Worlds
             besides
             ;
             for
             man
             is
             perfect
             ,
             and
             yet
             contains
             not
             every
             thing
             .
             And
             to
             this
             answer
             I
             adde
             ,
             That
             by
             this
             word
             
               World
               ,
               Plato
            
             did
             understand
             the
             whole
             Fabrick
             of
             all
             these
             Earths
             or
             Worlds
             which
             make
             up
             but
             one
             whole
             world
             ;
             his
             Arguments
             cannot
             at
             all
             overthrow
             my
             Position
             .
          
           
             
               Timplerus
            
             forms
             yet
             this
             Argument
             ,
             If
             there
             were
             divers
             Worlds
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             been
             made
             in
             vain
             ,
             and
             to
             no
             purpose
             ,
             because
             no
             use
             of
             them
             can
             be
             shewed
             .
             This
             his
             Reason
             is
             so
             weak
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             suffice
             to
             say
             ,
             for
             to
             confute
             it
             ,
             That
             though
             we
             
             may
             not
             know
             for
             what
             use
             they
             are
             made
             ,
             yet
             they
             are
             not
             made
             for
             nothing
             ;
             for
             by
             this
             same
             reason
             ,
             the
             
               Indies
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             we
             receive
             great
             advantage
             and
             profit
             ,
             and
             the
             Northern
             Countreys
             that
             yet
             are
             unknown
             to
             us
             ,
             would
             also
             have
             been
             created
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             there
             are
             some
             who
             object
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             Stars
             were
             inhabited
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             need
             of
             the
             influence
             of
             other
             Stars
             and
             Heavens
             ,
             
               usque
               ad
               infinitum
               ,
            
             without
             number
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             I
             am
             not
             much
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             the
             Starres
             are
             advantageous
             to
             us
             ,
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             excepted
             ;
             it
             's
             not
             possible
             ,
             
             that
             the
             Stars
             communicate
             and
             serve
             one
             another
             mutually
             ,
             and
             therefore
             there
             is
             no
             need
             of
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Heavens
             .
          
           
             Last
             of
             all
             ,
             
               Zabarella
            
             arguments
             thus
             ,
             If
             there
             were
             other
             Worlds
             ,
             what
             in
             them
             should
             be
             contained
             ,
             would
             be
             either
             like
             to
             what
             is
             in
             this
             our
             World
             ,
             or
             differing
             from
             it
             ;
             if
             it
             were
             like
             it
             ,
             in
             vain
             would
             individuals
             be
             multiplyed
             ;
             if
             differing
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             be
             found
             out
             how
             it
             's
             disposed
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Objection
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             men
             and
             other
             things
             in
             the
             
               Indies
               ,
            
             would
             also
             have
             been
             created
             in
             vain
             ,
             if
             his
             Reason
             was
             valid
             ;
             and
             that
             though
             we
             
             knew
             not
             what
             was
             in
             those
             new
             Lands
             and
             Countreys
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             in
             them
             notwithstanding
             ;
             so
             likewise
             though
             we
             be
             ignorant
             of
             what
             is
             in
             the
             other
             Worlds
             ,
             yet
             this
             our
             ignorance
             excludes
             not
             their
             being
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXIII
             .
          
           
             
               Answering
               
                 Pacius's
              
               Argument
               against
               this
               Assertion
               :
            
          
           
             IN
             this
             whole
             Fabrick
             ▪
             considered
             at
             large
             ,
             may
             be
             observed
             divers
             Worlds
             contained
             within
             it
             ;
             as
             the
             individuals
             under
             the
             species
             ;
             but
             
               Pacius
            
             labours
             to
             oppose
             this
             Position
             thus
             ;
             That
             the
             
             World
             ,
             such
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             comprehends
             all
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             matter
             was
             spent
             in
             the
             composition
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             there
             can
             be
             no
             other
             bodies
             out
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             if
             there
             were
             any
             ,
             they
             would
             be
             either
             simple
             ,
             or
             composed
             ;
             if
             simple
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             the
             Heaven
             or
             the
             Elements
             :
             But
             they
             cannot
             be
             the
             Heaven
             ,
             considering
             it
             changes
             not
             fully
             its
             place
             ,
             but
             turns
             round
             upon
             it self
             :
             Nor
             likewise
             can
             it
             be
             an
             Element
             ,
             because
             it
             would
             be
             beyond
             nature
             ;
             nor
             also
             a
             mixt
             body
             ,
             because
             that
             if
             there
             be
             not
             some
             simple
             bodies
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             mixt
             ones
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             already
             said
             ,
             by
             
             
               Worlds
               ,
            
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             Earths
             onely
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             general
             word
             of
             
               World
               ,
            
             or
             
               whole
               Fabrick
               ,
            
             are
             by
             me
             understood
             ,
             All
             the
             things
             of
             the
             whole
             Fabrick
             ,
             in
             the
             frame
             and
             composition
             of
             which
             ,
             I
             yield
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             matter
             was
             spent
             and
             employed
             ,
             and
             that
             out
             of
             them
             there
             is
             no
             other
             Universe
             or
             generall
             World
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXIV
             .
          
           
             
               Answering
               
                 Melancthon's
              
               Objections
               ,
               together
               with
               others
               ,
               who
               say
               ,
               That
               this
               Doctrine
               tends
               to
               Introduce
               new
               Maxims
               against
               Religion
               .
            
          
           
             BUt
             there
             may
             yet
             some
             stand
             up
             ,
             and
             say
             with
             
               Melancthon
               ,
            
             That
             God
             ceased
             from
             creating
             ,
             and
             rested
             himself
             ;
             but
             
               Moses
            
             in
             the
             second
             of
             
               Genesis
            
             speaks
             ,
             and
             meaneth
             onely
             the
             Creation
             of
             this
             our
             World
             :
             and
             truly
             it
             's
             more
             consonant
             ,
             that
             some
             end
             ,
             and
             others
             be
             created
             of
             new
             ;
             as
             
               Empedocles
            
             did
             believe
             it
             ,
             together
             with
             
             
               Democritus
               ;
            
             God
             hath
             limited
             his
             power
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             still
             the
             same
             for
             to
             create
             again
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             afore
             :
             and
             as
             it
             's
             said
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             
               Wisdome
               ,
            
             ch.
             11.
             v.
             18.
             he
             wanteth
             not
             means
             to
             create
             of
             new
             unknown
             wild
             beasts
             :
             Therefore
             both
             this
             and
             the
             other
             Arguments
             alledged
             by
             
               Melancthon
               ,
            
             are
             weak
             against
             this
             our
             Position
             ,
             which
             he
             himself
             being
             forced
             to
             confesse
             ,
             he
             saith
             in
             his
             natural
             Physicks
             ,
             that
             though
             his
             arguments
             do
             not
             fully
             conclude
             ,
             yet
             they
             must
             be
             considered
             and
             weighed
             ,
             lest
             that
             if
             we
             believe
             that
             there
             are
             other
             worlds
             ,
             we
             also
             should
             believe
             other
             Religions
             ,
             and
             other
             natures
             of
             Men
             .
             
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             see
             no
             necessity
             ,
             that
             because
             there
             are
             more
             Worlds
             ,
             there
             must
             also
             be
             more
             Religions
             ;
             the
             increase
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             through
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             
               Indies
               ,
            
             hath
             not
             caused
             any
             new
             Religion
             ;
             and
             it
             's
             very
             unlike
             from
             being
             capable
             of
             introducing
             Heresie
             and
             Atheism
             ;
             I
             confidently
             believe
             ,
             that
             this
             admirable
             order
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             which
             disperses
             the
             confusisions
             and
             chaos
             ,
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             mens
             ignorance
             do
             yet
             reign
             ,
             will
             even
             make
             the
             greatest
             Atheists
             of
             this
             world
             to
             confesse
             ,
             That
             they
             cannot
             have
             their
             originall
             but
             from
             God
             alone
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Soveraign
             Creator
             of
             all
             things
             .
          
           
           
             
               Melancthon
            
             saith
             farther
             ,
             That
             if
             there
             were
             divers
             Worlds
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             requisite
             ,
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             should
             suffer
             death
             several
             times
             for
             to
             save
             them
             all
             :
             but
             what
             do
             we
             know
             ,
             whether
             those
             Men
             in
             the
             Stars
             are
             better
             then
             those
             that
             are
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             whereof
             Satan
             is
             called
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             where
             he
             abides
             ;
             for
             which
             cause
             St.
             
               John
            
             saith
             in
             Chap.
             12.
             &
             v.
             12.
             of
             the
             
               Revelations
               ,
               Therefore
               rejoyce
               ye
               Heavens
               ,
               and
               ye
               that
               dwell
               in
               them
               ;
               wo
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Sea
               ,
               for
               the
               Devil
               is
               come
               down
               unto
               you
               .
            
          
           
             And
             though
             we
             should
             certainly
             know
             ,
             that
             those
             men
             in
             the
             Starres
             have
             need
             
             of
             salvation
             ,
             God
             hath
             so
             many
             means
             and
             wayes
             ,
             to
             us
             unknown
             ,
             for
             to
             save
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             satisfie
             his
             Justice
             ,
             that
             we
             need
             not
             inform
             our selves
             about
             these
             things
             ,
             but
             believe
             them
             in
             faith
             ,
             captivating
             our
             understandings
             ;
             as
             an
             ancient
             Father
             of
             the
             Church
             hath
             well
             spoken
             .
          
           
             But
             some
             may
             object
             ,
             Who
             is
             he
             that
             will
             believe
             it
             ?
          
           
             To
             whom
             I
             shall
             reply
             with
             
               Plato
               ,
            
             No
             wicked
             man
             shall
             ever
             know
             it
             ;
             but
             he
             onely
             who
             shall
             be
             found
             worthy
             of
             it
             .
             Let
             then
             those
             who
             are
             unworthy
             of
             so
             high
             and
             sublime
             knowledge
             ,
             withdraw
             hence
             ,
             their
             gross
             spirit
             cannot
             apprehend
             the
             
             subtilty
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             as
             Spiders
             do
             turn
             the
             best
             food
             into
             venome
             and
             poyson
             ,
             they
             call
             that
             which
             is
             the
             true
             way
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             high-way
             to
             Atheism
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXV
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               Plurality
               of
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               a
               Reason
               drawn
               from
               the
               place
               of
               Hell
               .
            
          
           
             SOme
             scrupulous
             persons
             might
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             Reason
             of
             this
             Chapter
             seems
             in
             something
             to
             contradict
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             But
             I
             shall
             answer
             him
             ,
             That
             
             if
             any
             one
             should
             endeavour
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Hell
             ,
             his
             Opinion
             should
             certainly
             be
             esteemed
             erroneous
             and
             pernicious
             ;
             but
             to
             do
             nothing
             but
             to
             establish
             and
             confirm
             it
             ,
             as
             I
             do
             in
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             to
             remark
             the
             place
             where
             it
             is
             ,
             being
             that
             the
             Divines
             cannot
             certainly
             point
             out
             the
             place
             ,
             I
             find
             nothing
             in
             it
             repugnant
             to
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             Now
             whereas
             our
             bodies
             are
             to
             rise
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             for
             to
             be
             rewarded
             according
             to
             their
             deserts
             good
             or
             evill
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             damned
             are
             in
             greater
             number
             then
             the
             saved
             ,
             the
             place
             of
             Hell
             must
             needs
             be
             very
             spatious
             and
             great
             to
             contain
             them
             all
             ,
             
             and
             solid
             and
             firm
             to
             uphold
             them
             ;
             but
             it
             cannot
             be
             anywhere
             but
             in
             one
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             so
             consequently
             the
             Stars
             may
             have
             Inhabitants
             in
             them
             ;
             for
             it
             's
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             center
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             farthest
             place
             from
             Heaven
             ;
             but
             that
             I
             cannot
             find
             it
             needful
             to
             place
             it
             in
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             considering
             that
             God
             is
             equally
             every where
             ,
             and
             that
             men
             cannot
             alienate
             themselves
             from
             him
             ;
             and
             also
             because
             it
             's
             very
             easie
             to
             prove
             the
             contrary
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             that
             it
             could
             not
             be
             sufficient
             to
             contain
             in
             it self
             all
             the
             damned
             that
             have
             been
             since
             the
             Creation
             ,
             and
             shall
             
             be
             unto
             the
             end
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             penetrated
             through
             by
             their
             lumpish
             bodies
             ;
             and
             also
             because
             the
             Earth
             it self
             at
             the
             day
             of
             Judgment
             must
             be
             consumed
             and
             done
             away
             ,
             as
             
               Esdras
            
             saith
             in
             4th
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             42
             verse
             of
             his
             second
             book
             ;
             but
             also
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             not
             the
             earth
             ,
             but
             the
             Sun
             is
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             worlds
             ;
             the
             Sun
             then
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             far
             distance
             from
             the
             highest
             Heavens
             ,
             saith
             
               Foscarinus
               ,
            
             is
             the
             true
             place
             of
             Hell
             ,
             even
             as
             its
             siery
             nature
             required
             ;
             for
             the
             internall
             habitations
             seems
             to
             perswade
             it
             :
             but
             I
             cannot
             admit
             this
             opinion
             ,
             though
             that
             I
             hold
             ,
             that
             Hell
             must
             be
             in
             one
             of
             the
             Stars
             ;
             but
             to
             seat
             it
             in
             so
             beautiful
             a
             
             Star
             as
             the
             Sun
             is
             ,
             I
             cannot
             consent
             to
             it
             ;
             seeing
             that
             the
             damned
             Souls
             cannot
             merit
             so
             good
             and
             advantagious
             an
             habitation
             .
          
           
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             It
             may
             seem
             more
             plausible
             and
             consonant
             to
             truth
             ,
             to
             seat
             the
             Paradise
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             Text
             in
             the
             Psalms
             ,
             
               In
               S●le
               posuit
               tabernaculum
               suum
               ,
            
             God
             hath
             placed
             his
             Tabernacle
             in
             the
             Sun
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             prove
             more
             certainly
             ,
             that
             Hell
             is
             not
             within
             the
             Earth
             ,
             let
             us
             but
             observe
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             created
             before
             the
             Earth
             ,
             seeing
             that
             the
             wicked
             Angels
             were
             banished
             into
             it
             before
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             to
             which
             agrees
             
             the
             first
             Chapter
             ,
             and
             14
             verse
             of
             the
             
               Wisdome
            
             of
             
               Solomon
               ,
            
             saying
             ,
             
               The
               Kingdom
               of
               death
               is
               not
               upon
               the
               Earth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXVI
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               plurality
               of
               Worlds
               ,
               by
               an
               Argument
               drawn
               from
               the
               Seat
               of
               Paradise
               both
               Celestial
               ,
               and
               Terrestrial
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             may
             likewise
             be
             proved
             ,
             That
             Paradise
             is
             no where
             else
             but
             in
             the
             Stars
             :
             Now
             it
             's
             most
             clear
             and
             certain
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             not
             this
             Earth
             ,
             but
             a
             new
             Earth
             ,
             wherein
             is
             the
             heavenly
             
               Jerusalem
               ,
            
             which
             must
             needs
             be
             a
             solid
             place
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             our
             Earth
             ,
             that
             it
             
             may
             hold
             us
             up
             ,
             wherein
             all
             joy
             and
             happinesse
             shall
             be
             ;
             and
             out
             of
             which
             shall
             all
             miseries
             and
             torments
             be
             banished
             ;
             this
             place
             is
             prepared
             of
             old
             for
             men
             ,
             and
             what
             do
             we
             know
             but
             that
             we
             shall
             be
             dispersed
             into
             severall
             Stars
             ;
             doth
             not
             our
             Lord
             Christ
             Jesus
             assure
             us
             ,
             
               That
               in
               his
               Fathers
               house
               are
               many
               Mansions
               :
            
             and
             
               Esdras
               ,
            
             in
             the
             4.
             chap.
             
             &
             7.
             ver.
             of
             his
             second
             Book
             ,
             tels
             us
             ,
             
               How
               many
               Springs
               are
               above
               the
               Firmament
               ,
               and
               which
               are
               the
               out-goings
               of
               Paradise
               .
            
             It
             may
             be
             that
             after
             we
             have
             inhabited
             this
             Earth
             of
             misery
             and
             sorrow
             ,
             wherein
             death
             and
             infirmity
             are
             the
             wages
             of
             our
             sins
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             introduced
             
             into
             those
             high
             Globes
             wherein
             we
             shall
             live
             for
             ever
             ,
             in
             fulnesse
             of
             happinesse
             and
             joy
             .
             Is
             it
             not
             said
             in
             
               Rev.
            
             2.
             ver.
             28.
             
             
               To
               him
               that
               overcomes
               ,
               will
               I
               give
               the
               morning
               Star
               ?
            
             And
             
               Job
               ,
            
             in
             the
             38.
             and
             7.
             v.
             doth
             see
             through
             Faith
             ,
             
               the
               Morning
               Stars
               singing
               together
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Sons
               of
               Men
               shouting
               for
               joy
               .
            
             This
             his
             Vision
             shall
             be
             accomplished
             ,
             when
             we
             shall
             trample
             upon
             these
             moving
             wonders
             ,
             and
             if
             by
             reason
             of
             those
             glorious
             objects
             we
             may
             remember
             the
             things
             of
             this
             Earth
             ,
             we
             shall
             from
             those
             vast
             habitations
             of
             glory
             ,
             look
             with
             great
             contempt
             and
             disdain
             upon
             this
             lump
             of
             Earth
             ,
             so
             highly
             esteemed
             
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             divided
             into
             so
             many
             Regions
             ,
             and
             Countreys
             ;
             and
             upon
             that
             drop
             of
             water
             ,
             by
             them
             divided
             into
             so
             many
             Seas
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             not
             also
             be
             that
             the
             Earthly
             Paradise
             ,
             or
             Garden
             of
             
               Eden
               ,
            
             out
             of
             which
             
               Adam
            
             was
             driven
             ,
             was
             the
             same
             place
             whereunto
             we
             shall
             return
             ;
             he
             was
             driven
             out
             of
             it
             for
             his
             sins
             ,
             without
             which
             he
             had
             not
             tasted
             death
             .
             And
             now
             that
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             by
             his
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             Father's
             Justice
             ,
             hath
             blotted
             them
             out
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             therein
             introduced
             .
             
               Munster
            
             faith
             ,
             that
             many
             ancient
             Philosophers
             did
             imagine
             it
             scituated
             in
             a
             high
             place
             ,
             encompassed
             with
             fire
             ,
             adjoyning
             
             the
             Circle
             of
             the
             Moon
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             are
             
               Elias
            
             and
             
               Enoch
               ,
            
             those
             Antients
             were
             not
             far
             from
             my
             opinion
             ,
             seeing
             the
             inconveniencies
             that
             would
             follow
             ,
             if
             we
             did
             seat
             it
             in
             this
             our
             World
             :
             for
             if
             to
             believe
             that
             this
             Paradise
             was
             upon
             this
             Earth
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             very
             hard
             thing
             ;
             for
             it
             's
             of
             no
             moment
             to
             rely
             upon
             the
             names
             of
             the
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             Countreys
             ,
             that
             are
             named
             in
             the
             translation
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             considering
             that
             the
             Hebrew
             names
             in
             it
             are
             not
             conforme
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Translators
             do
             yeild
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             Interpreted
             them
             but
             by
             conjecture
             ,
             and
             as
             nigh
             as
             they
             could
             guesse
             .
          
           
           
             Again
             ,
             this
             Paradise
             can
             no
             more
             be
             found
             on
             the
             Earth
             ;
             nor
             those
             Rivers
             ,
             that
             are
             said
             to
             be
             those
             whom
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             doth
             mention
             ,
             do
             not
             issue
             from
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Spring
             ,
             as
             it
             's
             recorded
             of
             those
             of
             Paradise
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             ridiculous
             thing
             ,
             to
             believe
             that
             God
             hath
             driven
             his
             people
             from
             that
             place
             ,
             which
             he
             suffers
             the
             
               Turks
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Infidels
             to
             enjoy
             ,
             it
             being
             that
             whole
             Country
             ,
             apprehended
             to
             have
             been
             this
             Earthly
             Paradise
             of
             delight
             .
             Before
             I
             conclude
             this
             Chapter
             ,
             I
             will
             here
             alledge
             two
             notable
             things
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             is
             ,
             that
             as
             there
             is
             no
             Book
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             
             bad
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             also
             some
             good
             in
             it
             :
             Neither
             is
             there
             any
             Religion
             but
             hath
             some
             good
             Maxims
             .
             The
             
               Chineans
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Turks
               ,
            
             being
             perswaded
             by
             appearances
             do
             not
             at
             all
             doubt
             but
             that
             after
             death
             ,
             they
             go
             to
             inhabit
             the
             World
             of
             the
             Moon
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             already
             divers
             bodies
             in
             Hell
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             Paradise
             .
             In
             Hell
             are
             those
             who
             have
             yeilded
             up
             their
             bodies
             to
             the
             unclean
             spirits
             ,
             and
             Daemons
             ;
             but
             in
             Paradise
             are
             
               Elias
            
             and
             
               Enoch
               ,
            
             which
             both
             places
             to
             hold
             up
             those
             bodies
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             solid
             ,
             which
             solidity
             cannot
             be
             but
             in
             some
             Stars
             ,
             or
             Star
             ,
             
             where
             God
             doth
             manifest
             himself
             more
             clearly
             and
             visibly
             ,
             and
             where
             are
             those
             Rocks
             of
             eternity
             ,
             whereof
             it
             's
             spoken
             by
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             whereunto
             we
             must
             desire
             to
             go
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             dwell
             ,
             exchanging
             this
             Valley
             of
             misery
             to
             the
             great
             advantage
             and
             comfort
             of
             our
             glorious
             bodies
             .
          
        
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXVII
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               Worlds
               plurality
               ,
               by
               an
               Answer
               made
               by
               the
               
                 Daemons
                 .
              
            
          
           
             IF
             any
             Creature
             can
             know
             the
             pure
             and
             naked
             truth
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             that
             may
             decide
             
             and
             resolve
             this
             question
             to
             the
             full
             ,
             certainly
             the
             evil
             spirits
             may
             ;
             but
             how
             may
             we
             enquire
             of
             them
             about
             it
             ?
          
           
             Thus
             it
             may
             be
             done
             ;
             for
             it
             's
             very
             certain
             ,
             that
             
               Pans
               ,
               Sylvaines
               ,
            
             and
             other
             gods
             ,
             who
             in
             former
             Ages
             did
             appear
             to
             men
             ,
             were
             wicked
             spirits
             and
             
               Daemons
               ,
            
             who
             required
             worship
             from
             men
             ;
             but
             a
             certain
             
               Silenus
               ,
            
             who
             was
             one
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             suffering
             
               Marsias
            
             to
             take
             possession
             of
             him
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             there
             were
             other
             Worlds
             ,
             where
             men
             lived
             as
             old
             again
             as
             we
             ,
             and
             were
             of
             higher
             and
             greater
             shape
             and
             stature
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             the
             History
             of
             
               Faustus
            
             the
             Magician
             ,
             it
             's
             said
             ,
             
             that
             his
             spirits
             did
             walk
             him
             amongst
             the
             Starres
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             eight
             dayes
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             carried
             80000
             miles
             high
             far
             from
             us
             ;
             and
             that
             ascending
             up
             very
             high
             ,
             he
             did
             perceive
             from
             far
             off
             this
             Earth
             ,
             the
             Cities
             and
             other
             things
             in
             it
             contained
             ;
             but
             this
             his
             relation
             is
             but
             in
             brief
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXVIII
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               ,
               by
               a
               Reason
               drawn
               from
               the
               unprofitablenesse
               of
               the
               light
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               others
               .
            
          
           
             IF
             there
             were
             no
             Globes
             inhabited
             above
             the
             Sun
             ,
             for
             what
             use
             would
             that
             light
             be
             which
             the
             Sun
             casts
             above
             him
             ?
             It
             would
             be
             altogether
             unprofitable
             and
             uselesse
             ,
             if
             it
             was
             lost
             in
             the
             Air
             ;
             It
             is
             then
             cast
             upon
             those
             bodies
             that
             have
             need
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             any
             thing
             else
             but
             the
             Starres
             ,
             
             which
             of
             their
             nature
             are
             dark
             and
             obscure
             ,
             and
             earthly
             ,
             as
             the
             earth
             that
             we
             inhabit
             ;
             for
             otherwise
             they
             would
             have
             no
             need
             of
             the
             Sun's
             light
             .
          
           
             Shall
             not
             so
             many
             Reasons
             suffice
             for
             to
             overcome
             that
             obstinacy
             and
             Preoccupation
             ?
             Great
             
               Alexander
            
             may
             break
             the
             Ice
             ,
             and
             shew
             us
             the
             way
             ,
             who
             having
             heard
             
               Anaxarch
            
             the
             Philosopher
             ,
             discoursing
             upon
             this
             subject
             matter
             ,
             did
             believe
             him
             ,
             and
             fell
             a weeping
             ,
             because
             that
             there
             being
             other
             Worlds
             ,
             he
             had
             yet
             conquered
             but
             one
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XXXIX
             .
          
           
             
               Proving
               the
               same
               ,
               by
               the
               Suns
               mutual
               ravishments
               betwixt
               the
               Earth
               and
               the
               Moon
               ;
               and
               by
               their
               equal
               qualities
               ,
               and
               by
               other
               notable
               Reasons
               .
            
          
           
             WE
             may
             say
             ,
             That
             the
             time
             spoken
             by
             
               Seneca
            
             in
             his
             
               Medea
               ,
            
             is
             come
             now
             .
          
           
             Quae
             Typhis
             novos
             deteget
             orbes
             .
          
           
             Wherein
             we
             may
             learn
             things
             unheard
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             the
             discovery
             of
             new
             Worlds
             .
          
           
           
             Et
             tabula
             pictos
             ediscere
             mundos
             .
          
           
             We
             may
             say
             it
             with
             better
             ground
             then
             he
             ,
             seeing
             he
             onely
             spoke
             of
             the
             
               Indies
               ,
            
             and
             we
             speak
             of
             Worlds
             distinct
             and
             separated
             ,
             and
             prove
             it
             by
             so
             many
             Arguments
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             could
             not
             come
             to
             an
             end
             of
             them
             ;
             for
             it
             may
             yet
             be
             proved
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             Earth
             and
             the
             Moon
             deprive
             each
             other
             mutually
             of
             the
             Sun
             ;
             which
             deed
             doth
             testifie
             their
             conformity
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             may
             suffer
             Eclipses
             ;
             also
             by
             their
             mutual
             communications
             ,
             cold
             qualities
             ,
             solidity
             and
             roughnesse
             ,
             that
             help
             us
             to
             see
             it
             ;
             
             for
             many
             think
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             scarcc
             see
             it
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             its
             irregularities
             ,
             which
             cause
             its
             light
             better
             to
             reverberate
             the
             beames
             of
             the
             Sun
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             add
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             if
             God
             ,
             who
             could
             make
             many
             Worlds
             ,
             had
             not
             made
             them
             ,
             his
             power
             might
             be
             said
             ,
             in
             some
             respects
             ,
             to
             have
             been
             idle
             ,
             unprofitable
             ,
             and
             limited
             ;
             for
             though
             it
             ayms
             not
             so
             much
             to
             the
             works
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             end
             of
             them
             ,
             yet
             it
             being
             for
             his
             greater
             glory
             ,
             though
             he
             doth
             not
             whatsoever
             he
             can
             ,
             we
             cannot
             assert
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             not
             willing
             to
             make
             many
             Worlds
             ;
             as
             we
             cannot
             
             deny
             ,
             but
             he
             had
             the
             power
             to
             make
             them
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             common
             and
             general
             opinion
             grants
             ,
             the
             four
             Elements
             to
             be
             in
             Heaven
             ;
             for
             it
             believed
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             the
             Empyred
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Heaven
             of
             fire
             ,
             the
             crystal
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             is
             of
             a
             waterish
             nature
             ;
             the
             Heaven
             of
             the
             Stars
             ,
             which
             is
             solid
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             of
             an
             earthly
             nature
             ▪
             and
             the
             Air
             is
             apprehended
             to
             be
             amongst
             those
             Stars
             :
             the
             four
             Elements
             then
             are
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             why
             may
             not
             there
             be
             also
             mixt
             and
             composed
             bodies
             ?
             and
             why
             not
             the
             effects
             as
             well
             as
             the
             causes
             ,
             
             which
             compose
             them
             ,
             are
             in
             it
             ?
             and
             why
             could
             they
             not
             act
             as
             well
             within
             themselves
             ,
             as
             in
             things
             far
             remote
             ?
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             the
             Creation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             of
             many
             worlds
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             that
             wholly
             depends
             from
             the
             free
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             neither
             can
             it
             be
             denyed
             by
             any
             natural
             reason
             ;
             for
             God
             acts
             not
             outwardly
             by
             necessity
             ,
             as
             to
             limit
             himself
             onely
             to
             this
             our
             World
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             God
             willeth
             whatsoever
             implyeth
             not
             contradiction
             :
             But
             many
             worlds
             do
             not
             imply
             contradiction
             ,
             neither
             from
             God
             ,
             nor
             from
             the
             thing
             created
             ;
             
             and
             it
             seems
             requisite
             ,
             that
             the
             object
             be
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             power
             ;
             but
             this
             World
             not
             being
             infinite
             as
             God
             is
             ,
             there
             must
             needs
             be
             an
             infinity
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XL
             .
          
           
             
               Discoursing
               of
               those
               Stars
               discovered
               of
               late
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Spots
               of
               the
               Sun
               .
            
          
           
             HAving
             above
             mentioned
             the
             Spots
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             some
             new
             Starres
             ,
             and
             thence
             having
             drawn
             some
             Arguments
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             be
             out
             of
             our
             purpose
             to
             speak
             of
             them
             now
             .
             As
             concerning
             the
             new
             Stars
             ,
             
               Galileus
            
             relates
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             yeares
             1572
             ,
             and
             1604
             ,
             were
             seen
             some
             new
             Stars
             ,
             that
             were
             
             higher
             then
             any
             one
             of
             the
             Planets
             ;
             whereof
             the
             first
             was
             in
             
               Cassiopeia
               ,
            
             as
             
               Tycho
               Brahe
               ,
            
             and
             
               Campanella
            
             declare
             ;
             so
             likewise
             did
             
               Hipparchus
            
             observe
             a
             new
             Starre
             100
             years
             before
             Christ's
             Birth
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             touching
             the
             Spots
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             I
             shall
             content
             my self
             to
             say
             ,
             hat
             
               Galileus
            
             asserts
             ,
             That
             these
             Spots
             are
             bigger
             then
             all
             
               Asia
            
             and
             
               Africk
               ;
            
             some
             there
             are
             ,
             who
             believe
             them
             to
             be
             onely
             vapours
             ,
             and
             some
             impressions
             of
             the
             Ayr
             ,
             because
             that
             their
             figures
             are
             irregular
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             seen
             in
             great
             number
             disappearing
             ,
             and
             
             again
             appearing
             ;
             but
             they
             onely
             hide
             themselves
             in
             the
             Sun
             ;
             or
             to
             say
             more
             congruously
             ,
             they
             onely
             disappear
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             too
             nigh
             approach
             to
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sun
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             they
             have
             a
             regulated
             course
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             they
             fail
             not
             to
             return
             at
             a
             certain
             time
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             some
             Stars
             ,
             touching
             which
             I
             send
             the
             Reader
             to
             
               Tardus's
            
             book
             ,
             who
             calls
             them
             the
             Stars
             of
             
               Bourbon
               ,
            
             after
             the
             name
             of
             the
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             under
             whose
             reign
             these
             new
             Stars
             were
             first
             discovered
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XLI
             .
          
           
             
               Containing
               divers
               Reasons
               drawn
               from
               several
               places
               of
               Scripture
               .
            
          
           
             AS
             it
             is
             said
             in
             divers
             places
             of
             the
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             That
             the
             Earth
             is
             full
             of
             corruption
             ;
             or
             that
             it
             sings
             out
             the
             miracles
             of
             God
             by
             a
             figure
             of
             Rhetorick
             ,
             that
             puts
             the
             continent
             for
             the
             thing
             contained
             ;
             several
             Texts
             of
             the
             Scripture
             do
             also
             say
             ,
             as
             in
             
               Job
            
             25.
             v.
             5
             ,
             6.
             that
             the
             Stars
             are
             not
             clean
             before
             God
             ,
             that
             
             they
             sing
             his
             praises
             ,
             and
             are
             his
             Armies
             .
             These
             are
             things
             that
             very
             hardly
             enter
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             very
             likely
             part
             of
             them
             that
             
               Paul
            
             saw
             in
             his
             extasie
             ;
             but
             being
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             
               it
               never
               entred
               into
               the
               heart
               of
               man
               ,
            
             he
             might
             mean
             ,
             unto
             his
             time
             no body
             had
             believed
             it
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             hath
             not
             had
             the
             full
             and
             particular
             knowledg
             of
             them
             :
             wherefore
             
               Job
            
             saith
             ,
             chap.
             38.
             v.
             37
             ,
             38.
             
             
               Who
               can
               number
               the
               clouds
               in
               wisdom
               ?
               or
               who
               can
               stay
               the
               bottles
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
             And
             
               Solomon
            
             in
             the
             book
             of
             
               Wisdome
               ,
            
             ch.
             9.
             v.
             16.
             
             
               And
               hardly
               do
               we
               guesse
               aright
               at
               things
               that
               are
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               and
               with
               labour
               do
               we
               find
               the
               things
               that
            
             
             
               are
               before
               us
               ;
               but
               the
               things
               that
               are
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               who
               hath
               searched
               out
               ?
            
             And
             
               Esdras
            
             in
             his
             second
             book
             ,
             chap.
             4.
             v.
             21.
             
             
               They
               that
               dwell
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ,
               may
               understand
               nothing
               but
               that
               which
               is
               upon
               the
               Earth
               ;
               and
               he
               that
               dwells
               above
               the
               Heavens
               ,
               may
               onely
               understand
               the
               things
               that
               are
               above
               the
               heighth
               of
               the
               Heavens
               .
            
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             replyed
             ,
             That
             these
             Texts
             are
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             Angels
             ;
             But
             the
             Texts
             alledged
             in
             the
             following
             Chapter
             will
             make
             it
             clear
             ,
             that
             it
             's
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             Men
             onely
             ;
             for
             
               Campanella
            
             hath
             even
             observed
             ,
             that
             
               Paul
            
             to
             the
             
               Colossians
               ,
            
             
             
             
             Chap.
             1.
             verse
             20.
             saith
             ,
             That
             
               by
               Jesus
               Christ's
               blood
               all
               things
               are
               reconciled
               to
               God
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               things
               in
               Earth
               ,
               or
               things
               in
               Heaven
               ;
            
             and
             consequently
             it
             will
             follow
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             men
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             who
             have
             need
             of
             Redemption
             as
             well
             as
             we
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XLII
             .
          
           
             
               Containing
               the
               Reasons
               drawn
               from
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               .
            
          
           
             IF
             then
             there
             be
             divers
             Worlds
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Stars
             be
             inhabited
             ,
             those
             worlds
             may
             have
             been
             created
             some
             before
             the
             others
             ,
             and
             so
             shall
             end
             at
             divers
             times
             ;
             and
             perhaps
             some
             are
             ended
             already
             ,
             and
             some
             are
             created
             of
             new
             :
             the
             believers
             of
             those
             former
             Worlds
             seem
             to
             speak
             in
             
               Psal.
            
             90.
             ver.
             1
             ,
             2.
             saying
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               thou
               hast
               been
            
             
             
             
             
               our
               dwelling
               place
               in
               all
               generations
               ,
               before
               the
               Mountains
               were
               brought
               forth
               ,
               or
               ever
               thou
               hadst
               formed
               the
               Earth
               and
               the
               World
               .
            
          
           
             And
             God
             seems
             to
             be
             angry
             against
             the
             men
             of
             those
             worlds
             ,
             in
             2.
             of
             
               Esdras
               ,
            
             c.
             9.
             v.
             18
             ,
             19.
             because
             those
             who
             were
             before
             ,
             were
             better
             in
             these
             terms
             .
             
               And
               now
               when
               I
               prepared
               the
               World
               which
               was
               not
               yet
               made
               ,
               even
               for
               them
               to
               dwell
               in
               that
               now
               live
               ,
               no
               man
               spake
               against
               me
               ,
               for
               then
               every
               one
               obeyed
               ,
               but
               now
               the
               manners
               of
               them
               which
               are
               created
               in
               this
               World
               ;
               that
               is
               made
               ,
               are
               corrupted
               by
               a
               perpetuall
               seed
               ,
            
             but
             there
             is
             yet
             one
             Text
             more
             pregnant
             for
             to
             prove
             that
             
             there
             were
             other
             Worlds
             before
             this
             ,
             that
             are
             ended
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             judged
             as
             we
             shall
             be
             one
             day
             ,
             he
             speaks
             in
             these
             terms
             in
             the
             2.
             
             Book
             of
             
               Esdras
               ,
            
             c.
             7.
             v.
             34.
             
             And
             the
             World
             shall
             be
             turned
             into
             the
             old
             silence
             7.
             dayes
             ,
             like
             as
             in
             the
             former
             Judgments
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             man
             shall
             remain
             :
             And
             if
             it
             be
             thus
             ,
             might
             we
             not
             say
             that
             those
             great
             Comets
             that
             remain
             so
             long
             above
             the
             Region
             of
             the
             meteor
             ,
             are
             the
             burnings
             and
             consummations
             of
             some
             Stars
             that
             are
             ending
             ,
             and
             which
             we
             had
             not
             perceived
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             far
             distance
             :
             For
             as
             in
             former
             ages
             ,
             new
             ones
             have
             often
             been
             seen
             ,
             yea
             ,
             even
             
             in
             this
             our
             own
             ;
             so
             likewise
             may
             some
             others
             end
             :
             and
             to
             all
             this
             ,
             we
             may
             adde
             that
             of
             the
             
               Revelations
               ,
            
             viz.
             that
             the
             Stars
             shall
             fall
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             shall
             end
             .
             Many
             ancient
             Authours
             were
             of
             this
             Judgment
             ,
             believing
             not
             only
             that
             there
             are
             divers
             Worlds
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             had
             already
             been
             some
             before
             .
             
               Origenes
            
             was
             of
             this
             belief
             ,
             and
             that
             ours
             shall
             last
             seaven
             thousand
             years
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             of
             the
             others
             shall
             last
             forty
             nine
             thousand
             years
             .
             
               Campanella
            
             differs
             not
             much
             from
             this
             judgment
             ,
             the
             Wisedome
             of
             God
             speaking
             in
             the
             
               Proverbs
               ,
            
             saith
             ,
             ch.
             8.
             v.
             23.
             
             31.
             
             
               Before
               the
               Earth
               was
               ,
               I
               was
               with
               God
               ,
               rejoycing
               in
               the
               habitable
               part
               of
               his
               Earth
               ,
               and
               my
               delights
               were
               with
               the
               Sons
               of
               Men
               .
            
             And
             in
             the
             26.
             v.
             
             
               While
               as
               yet
               he
               had
               not
               made
               the
               Earth
               ,
               nor
               the
               Fields
               ,
               nor
               the
               highest
               part
               of
               the
               dust
               of
               the
               World
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XLIII
             .
          
           
             
               which
               is
               a
               sequell
               of
               the
               Texts
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scripture
               .
            
          
           
             THough
             we
             have
             divided
             these
             places
             of
             Scripture
             into
             two
             chapters
             for
             to
             confirm
             this
             opinion
             ;
             yet
             I
             will
             not
             omit
             some
             few
             others
             ,
             which
             may
             in
             some
             respects
             sit
             this
             same
             subject
             .
          
           
             
               Paul
            
             to
             the
             
               Ephesians
               ,
            
             c.
             1.
             v.
             10.
             speaking
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               in
               the
               dispensation
               of
               the
               fullnesse
               of
               times
               ,
               he
               might
               gather
               together
               in
               one
               ,
               all
               things
               in
               Christ
               ,
               both
               which
               are
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               which
            
             
             
               are
               on
               Earth
               ,
               even
               in
               him
               .
            
             And
             to
             the
             
               Colos.
               1.
               v.
               20.
               
               God
               having
               made
               peace
               through
               the
               bloud
               of
               Christs
               Crosse
               ,
               reconciled
               all
               things
               to
               himself
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               things
               in
               Earth
               or
               things
               in
               Heaven
               .
            
          
           
             How
             may
             these
             two
             Texts
             be
             expounded
             if
             we
             do
             not
             understand
             them
             of
             these
             men
             who
             are
             in
             the
             Heavens
             or
             Stars
             ,
             whom
             God
             hath
             gathered
             to
             himself
             ,
             and
             redeemed
             ?
             For
             if
             it
             be
             said
             that
             they
             are
             those
             that
             died
             before
             Christ
             ;
             It
             cannot
             stand
             with
             reason
             ,
             because
             their
             Souls
             were
             already
             in
             Paradise
             ,
             or
             in
             Hell
             :
             but
             where
             the
             Soul
             is
             ,
             thither
             also
             shall
             the
             body
             go
             after
             the
             Resurrection
             .
          
           
           
             
               David
            
             speaks
             thus
             in
             the
             
               Psal.
               112.
               v.
               6.
               
               God
               humbles
               himself
               to
               behold
               the
               things
               that
               are
               in
               Heaven
               and
               in
               Earth
               ,
               for
               he
               dwells
               on
               high
               ;
            
             This
             Text
             indicates
             that
             God
             is
             beyond
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             Heavens
             whereunto
             he
             humbles
             himself
             ,
             there
             are
             Inhabitants
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             the
             
               Ps.
            
             148.
             he
             bids
             
               the
               Angels
               ,
               Stars
               ,
               and
               Earth
               ,
               &c.
               to
               praise
               him
               :
            
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             he
             spoke
             thus
             to
             the
             Inhabitants
             thereof
             by
             a
             figure
             ;
             which
             takes
             the
             continent
             for
             the
             thing
             conteined
             .
          
           
             
               Ecclesiasticus
               ,
            
             saith
             in
             his
             16.
             chap.
             and
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             verses
             ,
             
               Behold
               the
               Heaven
               ,
            
             
             
               and
               the
               Heaven
               of
               Heavens
               ,
               the
               deep
               ,
               and
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               therein
               is
               shall
               be
               moved
               ,
               and
               the
               Foundations
               of
               the
               Earth
               shall
               be
               shaken
               with
               trembling
               ,
               when
               he
               shall
               visit
               them
               ,
               and
               who
               can
               conceive
               his
               wayes
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               of
               his
               works
               are
               hid
               .
            
             And
             in
             the
             chap.
             43.
             ver.
             32.
             saith
             ,
             that
             
               There
               are
               yet
               hid
               greater
               things
               then
               these
               be
               ,
               for
               we
               have
               seen
               but
               a
               few
               of
               his
               works
               .
            
             By
             these
             two
             places
             it
             plainly
             appears
             that
             those
             things
             which
             we
             have
             not
             seen
             ,
             and
             are
             greater
             then
             any
             that
             we
             know
             ,
             are
             somewhere
             else
             then
             in
             this
             Earth
             ,
             viz.
             in
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             that
             consequently
             
             there
             is
             more
             then
             one
             World
             .
          
           
             I
             might
             yet
             alledge
             divers
             other
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             the
             2.
             chap.
             to
             the
             
               Phillip
               .
            
             verse
             10.
             and
             
               Psalm
            
             89.
             verse
             7.
             
             But
             that
             I
             may
             not
             be
             too
             tedious
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             make
             farther
             mention
             of
             others
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XLIV
             .
          
           
             
               How
               the
               naked
               truth
               of
               the
               plurality
               of
               Worlds
               may
               be
               discovered
               ;
               and
               especially
               what
               is
               in
               the
               Moon
               .
            
          
           
             BUt
             being
             we
             have
             neither
             the
             wings
             of
             birds
             ,
             nor
             the
             eyes
             of
             Eagles
             or
             Lynxes
             ,
             nor
             can
             heap
             up
             Mountains
             one
             upon
             another
             as
             Gyants
             ,
             how
             can
             we
             see
             perspicuously
             the
             things
             that
             are
             in
             the
             Moon
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             other
             etherial
             bodies
             ?
          
           
           
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             those
             ancient
             Ages
             have
             shewed
             us
             the
             way
             ,
             by
             the
             Tower
             of
             
               Babel
               ,
            
             by
             
               Pyramides
            
             and
             
               Phares
               ,
            
             from
             the
             top
             of
             which
             ,
             scarce
             could
             men
             be
             discovered
             and
             perceived
             ;
             and
             from
             those
             tops
             were
             discovered
             Countreys
             of
             far
             distance
             ,
             immortalizing
             the
             memory
             of
             their
             Authors
             .
             It
             would
             be
             requisite
             ,
             that
             a
             King
             or
             great
             Prince
             ,
             desirous
             by
             emulation
             to
             immortalize
             his
             name
             ,
             would
             set
             poor
             prisoners
             ,
             with
             other
             Workmen
             ,
             to
             the
             Work
             ,
             that
             from
             it
             (
             being
             high
             elevated
             up
             into
             the
             Ayr
             )
             we
             might
             more
             distinctly
             behold
             by
             the
             help
             
             of
             the
             Prospective-glasses
             ,
             what
             is
             within
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             in
             the
             Moon
             ;
             no
             doubt
             such
             a
             Tower
             would
             serve
             much
             ,
             being
             built
             upon
             a
             very
             high
             Hill
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             it
             be
             objected
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             very
             high
             Mountains
             ,
             from
             which
             neverthelesse
             no
             new
             thing
             can
             be
             seen
             .
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             besides
             that
             ,
             no body
             went
             to
             try
             it
             with
             a
             Prospect-glasse
             ,
             those
             Mountains
             ,
             though
             high
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             crookednesse
             ,
             are
             not
             very
             high
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             them
             perpendicularly
             ;
             and
             yet
             it
             hath
             been
             observed
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             highest
             Hill
             of
             Mount
             
               Pyreneus
               ,
            
             
             the
             Sun
             appears
             more
             majesticall
             then
             ordinarily
             ,
             which
             cannot
             proceed
             but
             from
             the
             heighth
             of
             that
             Mountain
             .
             And
             though
             nothing
             could
             be
             discovered
             from
             such
             a
             Tower
             ,
             which
             I
             cannot
             believe
             ,
             yet
             it
             would
             be
             a
             work
             of
             immortal
             name
             to
             that
             Prince
             who
             would
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             that
             it
             may
             be
             out
             of
             doubt
             ,
             that
             from
             a
             high
             Mountain
             ,
             or
             some
             such
             place
             high
             elevated
             ,
             something
             may
             be
             seen
             and
             observed
             in
             the
             Stars
             ,
             
               Bethancour
            
             in
             his
             Travels
             asserts
             ,
             That
             from
             the
             top
             of
             
               Tenerisa
               ,
            
             a
             very
             high
             Mountain
             in
             the
             
               Canaries
               ,
            
             the
             Sun
             may
             be
             seen
             
             to
             turn
             round
             upon
             himself
             ,
             without
             the
             help
             of
             any
             Prospective-glasses
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             's
             most
             certain
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             Prospective-glasses
             can
             be
             brought
             to
             a
             full
             perfection
             ,
             that
             many
             things
             will
             be
             discovered
             new
             in
             the
             Stars
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             first
             time
             that
             they
             were
             invented
             ,
             divers
             things
             have
             already
             been
             discovered
             ;
             for
             
               Galileus
            
             and
             
               Descartes
            
             declare
             ,
             that
             there
             may
             be
             made
             Prospective-glasses
             ,
             that
             shall
             multiply
             the
             object
             a
             thousand
             times
             in
             his
             bignesse
             :
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             what
             is
             there
             in
             the
             Firmament
             that
             may
             not
             perspicuously
             be
             seen
             ?
          
           
           
             Lastly
             ,
             some
             have
             imagined
             ,
             that
             as
             Man
             hath
             imitated
             the
             Fishes
             in
             swimming
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             also
             find
             out
             the
             Art
             of
             flying
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             such
             an
             artifice
             ,
             he
             may
             without
             any
             other
             help
             see
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             question
             ;
             the
             Histories
             relate
             to
             us
             some
             Examples
             of
             men
             that
             have
             flown
             .
             Many
             Philosophers
             think
             it
             feasable
             ,
             and
             amongst
             others
             
               Roger
               Bacon
               ;
            
             I
             might
             here
             relate
             all
             those
             Examples
             ,
             and
             divers
             Reasons
             for
             it
             ;
             yea
             ,
             some
             instruments
             and
             engines
             for
             that
             effect
             :
             but
             I
             shall
             shew
             these
             things
             in
             my
             Book
             of
             Naturall
             Magick
             ;
             and
             in
             my
             
             discourse
             ,
             
               de
               arte
               volandi
               ;
            
             because
             though
             one
             could
             attain
             the
             Art
             of
             flying
             ,
             yet
             it
             would
             avail
             him
             but
             little
             for
             this
             purpose
             ,
             because
             that
             besides
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             weight
             he
             could
             not
             rise
             very
             high
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             remain
             fixt
             to
             behold
             Heaven
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             use
             of
             Prospective-glasses
             ,
             but
             would
             wholly
             bend
             his
             mind
             to
             the
             guiding
             of
             his
             Engine
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XLV
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               
                 Scipio's
              
               Dream
               ;
               with
               some
               new
               Reason
               upon
               this
               subject-matter
               .
            
          
           
             VVE
             read
             in
             several
             Authors
             ,
             that
             
               Scipio
            
             dreamed
             a
             very
             notable
             dream
             ,
             wherein
             he
             thought
             that
             he
             was
             carried
             up
             high
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             saw
             other
             Worlds
             in
             the
             Stars
             ,
             whence
             he
             perceived
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ;
             and
             seeing
             it
             from
             very
             far
             ,
             found
             ,
             that
             it
             took
             so
             little
             room
             in
             
             this
             our
             Terrestrial
             Globe
             ,
             that
             upon
             that
             he
             conceived
             an
             exceeding
             great
             contempt
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             despising
             their
             life
             ,
             did
             venture
             it
             ,
             for
             to
             get
             a
             famous
             name
             (
             though
             but
             vain
             )
             in
             that
             little
             corner
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
             Both
             
               Cicero
            
             and
             
               Macrobius
            
             have
             composed
             Books
             concerning
             this
             Dream
             ,
             and
             have
             doubted
             under
             what
             sort
             of
             dreams
             this
             was
             to
             be
             entred
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             think
             that
             it
             must
             be
             called
             a
             Vision
             ,
             being
             he
             saw
             things
             that
             are
             reall
             ,
             
               viz.
            
             the
             airy
             Lands
             ,
             and
             the
             Stary
             and
             Planeticall
             people
             .
             Or
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             that
             having
             such
             a
             belief
             ,
             he
             was
             desirous
             to
             
             propose
             it
             ,
             as
             many
             others
             in
             such
             like
             case
             have
             done
             ,
             thereby
             to
             see
             how
             it
             would
             be
             received
             :
             And
             truly
             ,
             if
             this
             was
             his
             scope
             ,
             he
             hath
             had
             no
             bad
             successe
             ;
             for
             it
             hath
             been
             embraced
             by
             many
             illustrious
             Persons
             ,
             who
             have
             found
             it
             consonant
             to
             Reason
             .
          
           
             Besides
             all
             this
             ,
             Is
             it
             not
             beyond
             all
             reason
             and
             appearance
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             huge
             and
             vaste
             bodies
             as
             the
             Stars
             are
             ,
             should
             remain
             barren
             and
             fruitlesse
             .
             I
             think
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             should
             discourse
             orderly
             ,
             and
             gradually
             with
             the
             most
             opinionative
             man
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             obtain
             of
             him
             ,
             
             that
             those
             bodies
             ,
             whereof
             some
             are
             three
             hundred
             times
             bigger
             then
             the
             Earth
             ,
             do
             at
             least
             bear
             some
             plants
             ;
             and
             if
             this
             were
             granted
             ,
             how
             could
             these
             plants
             be
             there
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             not
             for
             the
             use
             of
             some
             living
             Creatures
             :
             and
             if
             it
             could
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             some
             creatures
             ,
             may
             it
             not
             also
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             Men
             for
             to
             make
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             being
             they
             are
             made
             for
             them
             ?
             And
             lastly
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             lawfull
             and
             equall
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             men
             whither
             soever
             their
             dominion
             reaches
             ;
             but
             Man
             rules
             the
             Stars
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Earth
             and
             Sea
             ,
             the
             whole
             World
             is
             made
             for
             him
             ;
             and
             consequently
             
             there
             must
             needs
             be
             some
             Inhabitants
             in
             the
             Stars
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XLVI
             .
          
           
             
               Answering
               the
               Objection
               of
               those
               ,
               who
               believe
               ,
               that
               the
               Spots
               of
               the
               Moon
               are
               the
               figure
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
          
           
             BEfore
             I
             conclude
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             yet
             convenient
             to
             answer
             them
             ,
             who
             think
             that
             they
             have
             hit
             right
             on
             the
             head
             of
             the
             nayl
             ,
             when
             they
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             Spots
             in
             the
             Moon
             are
             nothing
             else
             but
             the
             figure
             of
             the
             Earth's
             shadow
             ,
             which
             communicate
             themselves
             in
             
             the
             Moon
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Looking-glasse
             ;
             but
             they
             do
             not
             consider
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             analogy
             nor
             resemblance
             between
             those
             Spots
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             our
             general
             Mapp
             ;
             nor
             that
             in
             dark
             nights
             this
             figure
             can
             be
             communicated
             to
             the
             Moon
             ;
             or
             could
             it
             be
             said
             ,
             That
             those
             Mountains
             in
             the
             Moon
             ,
             are
             nothing
             but
             some
             flat
             and
             low
             obscurities
             ;
             But
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             the
             shadow
             of
             those
             Mountains
             appears
             and
             turns
             as
             the
             Needle
             of
             a
             Sea-Compasse
             ,
             proportionably
             as
             the
             Sun
             inlightens
             them
             diversly
             ,
             which
             could
             not
             be
             ,
             were
             they
             not
             bodies
             high
             elevated
             ;
             for
             they
             would
             be
             without
             shadow
             ,
             
             and
             Monsieur
             
               Gassandus
            
             did
             sometimes
             say
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             mathematically
             measured
             the
             heighth
             of
             some
             Mountains
             and
             valleys
             in
             the
             Moon
             by
             means
             of
             their
             shadows
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             found
             the
             heighth
             of
             the
             Mountains
             in
             the
             Moon
             to
             be
             much
             more
             remarkable
             ,
             then
             of
             those
             of
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Chap.
             XLVII
             .
          
           
             
               Containing
               an
               Argument
               drawn
               from
               those
               mountains
               that
               are
               in
               the
               Moon
               .
            
          
           
             WE
             must
             observe
             that
             the
             Moon
             being
             half
             full
             ,
             more
             or
             lesse
             out
             of
             it
             are
             seen
             many
             little
             spots
             ,
             as
             drops
             of
             Water
             ,
             or
             Orient
             Pearls
             very
             bright
             .
             Now
             they
             are
             the
             tops
             of
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             that
             are
             lighted
             by
             the
             splendour
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             because
             they
             ascend
             as
             high
             as
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Moon
             
             which
             is
             inlightned
             ;
             but
             because
             the
             Mountains
             are
             broad
             at
             the
             foot
             ,
             and
             are
             dark
             at
             the
             bottome
             ,
             those
             drops
             appear
             to
             be
             somewhat
             scattered
             one
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             so
             seem
             loosed
             from
             the
             Moon
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             not
             .
             So
             likewise
             if
             one
             should
             contemplate
             from
             above
             the
             Mount
             
               Pireneus
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Alps
               ,
            
             he
             would
             only
             see
             their
             top
             in
             the
             form
             of
             so
             many
             Pearls
             ,
             because
             the
             top
             of
             them
             would
             reverberate
             the
             splendour
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             their
             Snows
             would
             encrease
             the
             light
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Observe
             also
             that
             
               Paul
            
             in
             his
             1.
             to
             the
             
               Cor.
            
             c.
             15.
             v.
             40.
             
             asserts
             that
             the
             
               Glory
               of
               the
               celestial
               bodies
               ,
               is
               divers
               from
               that
               of
               the
               terrestrial
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               is
               one
               glory
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               another
               glory
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               and
               another
               glory
               of
               the
               Stars
               .
            
             But
             if
             they
             differ
             in
             glory
             ,
             they
             do
             so
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             variety
             of
             creatures
             that
             are
             in
             them
             ;
             in
             the
             47.
             verse
             ,
             the
             Apostle
             seems
             to
             indicate
             that
             there
             are
             heavenly
             men
             ,
             and
             also
             earthly
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             Courteous
             Reader
             is
             intreated
             to
             consider
             that
             this
             is
             onely
             a
             fragment
             of
             the
             Volume
             intended
             by
             the
             Authour
             ,
             for
             to
             set
             forth
             the
             life
             and
             Philosophy
             of
             
               Democritus
               ,
            
             who
             asserted
             this
             opinion
             :
             So
             
             that
             I
             say
             onely
             what
             he
             himself
             would
             have
             said
             to
             confirm
             his
             position
             .
             But
             if
             it
             seems
             in
             any
             particulars
             to
             oppose
             and
             contradict
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             Arguments
             do
             not
             give
             full
             satisfaction
             ,
             I
             shall
             freely
             retract
             and
             uncloath
             my self
             of
             this
             opinion
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             any
             wayes
             noxious
             to
             Religion
             :
             if
             it
             be
             recited
             and
             blamed
             by
             ignorant
             persons
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             able
             ,
             nor
             sit
             to
             answer
             to
             the
             Objections
             ,
             and
             cannot
             or
             will
             not
             weigh
             them
             by
             reason
             ,
             I
             have
             what
             I
             expect
             .
             But
             if
             learned
             and
             wise
             persons
             can
             shew
             me
             the
             contrary
             with
             sound
             proofs
             ,
             and
             strong
             reasons
             ,
             they
             shall
             
             find
             me
             ready
             to
             yield
             up
             this
             my
             opinion
             to
             their
             censures
             .
             Though
             above
             fifty
             Authors
             of
             this
             same
             opinion
             ,
             going
             before
             me
             ,
             have
             not
             yet
             been
             contradicted
             .
             I
             hope
             that
             I
             give
             no
             more
             occasion
             of
             distaste
             then
             they
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .