at there are multitudes of such kind of
eruptions in the body of the Sun it self, which is accounted the most noble
AEtherial body, certainly we need not be much scandaliz'd at such kind of
alterations, or corruptions, in the body of this lower and less
considerable part of the universe, the Moon, which is only secundary, or
attendant, on the bigger, and more considerable body of the Earth. Thirdly,
'tis not unlikely, but that supposing such a sandy or mouldring substance
to be there found, and supposing also a possibility of the generation of
the internal _elastical_ body (whether you will call it air or vapours)
'tis not unlikely, I say, but that there is in the Moon a principle of
gravitation, such as in the Earth. And to make this probable, I think, we
need no better Argument, then the roundness, or globular Figure of the body
of the Moon it self, which we may perceive very plainly by the _Telescope_,
to be (bating the small inequality of the Hills and Vales in it, which are
all of them likewise shap'd, or levelled, as it were, to answer to the
center of the Moons body) perfectly of a Sphaerical figure, that is, all
the parts of it are so rang'd (bating the comparitively small ruggedness of
the Hills and Dales) that the outmost bounds of them are equally distant
from the Center of the Moon, and consequently, it is exceedingly probable
also, that they are equidistant from the Center of gravitation; and indeed,
the figure of the superficial parts of the Moon are so exactly shap'd,
according as they should be, supposing it had a gravitating principle as
the Earth has, that even the figure of those parts themselves is of
sufficient efficacy to make the gravitation, and the other two suppositions
probable: so that the other suppositions may be rather prov'd by this
considerable Circumstance, or Observation, then this suppos'd Explication
can by them; for he that shall attentively observe with an excellent
_Telescope_, how all the Circumstances, notable in the shape of the
superficial parts, are, as it were, exactly adapted to suit with such a
principle, will, if he well considers the usual method of Nature in its
other proceedings, find abundant argument to believe it to have really
there also such a principle; for I could never observe, among all the
mountainous or prominent parts of the Moon (whereof there is a huge
variety) that any one part of it was plac'd in such a manner, that if there
should be a gravitating, or att