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Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired…
Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as they have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]
printed by S.G. for S.S. i.e, 1683
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A D. 519. A Bearded Comet appeared 26 days, in the East, pointing westward. uAfter which there was a wonderful Earth-quake, whereby many (not only persons but) whole Cities perished.
A D. 519. A Bearded Comet appeared 26 dayes, in the East, pointing westward. uAfter which there was a wonderful Earth-quake, whereby many (not only persons but) whole Cities perished.
- uCalvisius ex Cedreno, Alsted.
A. D. 533. A formidable Comet appeared in the Month of December, in the sign o• Sagittarius. wThis was followed with an Earth-quake. A popular tumult in Constantinople. A Plague at Antioch and in other places. The Hun• cause troubles in Europe.
A. D. 533. A formidable Comet appeared in the Moneth of December, in the sign o• Sagittarius. wThis was followed with an Earth-quake. A popular tumult in Constantin•ple. A Plague at Antioch and in other places. The Hun• cause troubles in Europe.
- wCalvisius Praetorius, Alsted.