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Title: The Discovery of a World in the Moone
Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There
May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet

Author: John Wilkins

Release Date: August 23, 2006 [EBook #19103]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration:
Sun with six orbits, each with symbol:
Mercurius, Venus, Ceres et Proserpina, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus
Sun utters: Ame omnes
"Ceres and Proserpina" orbit continuing below sun shows earth with
orbiting moon.
Text on earth orbit: Sua fovent; Vniuersum ornant.
Text on moon's orbit: Mutuo se illuminant]

THE
DISCOVERY
OF A
WORLD
IN THE
MOONE.

or,

A DISC