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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. 586. A Comet appeared for a Month. zIt is observed, that •his Comet was attended with the death of many Princes. And the War between Mauritius and the Persians. Also, a fearful inundation, and the Plague in Italy happened not long after.
A.D. 586. A Comet appeared for a Moneth. zIt is observed, that •his Comet was attended with the death of many Princes. And the War between Mauritius and the Persians. Also, a fearful inundation, and the Plague in Italy hapned not long after.
- zLavater. Rockenbachius. Fascic temporum. Alstedius & alii habent annum. 589
A.D. 594. A formidable Blazing Star appeared in January, for a M•••th together, and was seen both in the morning and in the evening. aAfter this, Italy was afflicted with Armies of Locusts. A sore Drought, Famine, and the Sword were the woeful attendants of this Prodigy.
A.D. 594. A formidable Blazing Star appeared in January, for a M•••th together, and was seen both in the morning and in the evening. aAfter this, Italy was afflicted with Armies of Locusts. A sore Drought, Famine, and the Sword were the woful attendants of this Prodigie.
- aDiac. L. 4. C. 4. Lavater Alstedius.