The discovery of a world in the moone . 2. If fhrehadany ligbcof herowne then that would in it felfebe,either fuch a ruddy brightnclfeasappcaresin theeclipfes, orelfcfuch a leaden duskifh light as weefee in tne darker parts ot her body,whcnfbee isalictle part the con-junftion. (That it mu(t be one ofiKefe may follow from the oppr*-fitc arguments) but it is ncifhcrof chefe,chercfore fhe hath none ofheroine. I. Tis not fuch a ruddy lightas appcarrs in eclipfes, for thenwhy can wee not fee the like red-neflc^ when wee may difcerne theobfcurer parts of the Moone ? You will fay, perhaps, thatthen t
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The discovery of a world in the moone . 2. If fhrehadany ligbcof herowne then that would in it felfebe, either fuch a ruddy brightnclfeasappcaresin theeclipfes, orelfcfuch a leaden duskifh light as weefee in tne darker parts ot her body, whcnfbee isalictle part the con-junftion. (That it mu(t be one ofiKefe may follow from the oppr*-fitc arguments) but it is ncifhcrof chefe, chercfore fhe hath none ofheroine. I. Tis not fuch a ruddy lightas appcarrs in eclipfes, for thenwhy can wee not fee the like red-neflc^ when wee may difcerne theobfcurer parts of the Moone ? You will fay, perhaps, thatthen tl;c ueercncfle of that grea-ter light, rakes away that appea-rance. I icply, this cannot be, for thenwhy does Mars fliinc with hiswonrcd redneff;, when he is neerethe Mootic? or why cannot hergreater brightncfL make him ap-pears while as t he ochcr Planets ? nor. 74 Semt. Scif- The Dtfcoyery nor can there be any reafon givenwhy thac greater light fhauldre-preftnc her body under a falfccolour. t, Tis not fuch a duskifh lea.den lighr, a$ wefeeinthcdark^rpare of ^e^ body, when fhec isabout a Textile A(p ftdtltant fromthe Sunne, for thtn why docs fhccappcare red in the cclipfcsj finccthe nrne (h^^e cannot choofe fuchvariecy, fof fis the nature of dark-nefle by its oppofition^ rather tomake things appeare of a morewhite and clear- brighcneffcthenihtyare inthcmlelves, or if it be^he (hade, yet thofe pares of theMoone arc then in the (liade of herbody, and therefore m reafon(hould have the like redocfle.Since then neither of thefclightsa;ehers, it followcs that flie hathnope of her owne. Nor is this afingular opinion, but it hath hadmany learned patrons^ fuch wasMacrobtu^^ who bcng for thisquoted otix./;o^ig.7ir^, he calls him vir %W^^^?Wmm imuini ?iiiiyiuminiiwnmmn>j», IH. iniH miMi .f««r*»- V**^ of a neyp W