The FIRST BOOK.

THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD.

OR,

A Discourse tending to prove, That (it is probable) there may be another Habitable World in the Moon.

With a Discourse concerning the Possibility of a Passage thither.

The Fifth Impression; Corrected and Enlarged.

What will these things profit you, you ask? If nothing else, I shall certainly know that all things here are narrow. Original: "Quid tibi inquis ista proderunt? Si nihil aliud, hoc certè sciam omnia hic angusta esse." Seneca, Preface to Book 1, Natural Questions.

By the Right Reverend Father in God, JOHN WILKINS, late Lord Bishop of CHESTER.

LONDON:

Printed for John Nicholson at the King's-Arms in Little Britain; Benj. Tooke at the Middle Temple Gate in Fleetstreet; And. Bell at the Cross Keys and Bible in Cornhill; and Ralph Smith under the Piazza of the Royal-Exchange. MDCCVII 1707..