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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. 837. A Comet oappeared in April in the sign of Virgo, and in the space of 25 days passed through Leo, Cancer, and Gemini, until it came into the head of Taurus, and there disappeared under the feet of Auriga. The next year another (or the same again) Comet appeared in Autumn, in Libra, it was seen in the morning before Sun rise, and of an horrendous aspect. The Spring following another (or the same Comet) appeared in Aries, it was seen in the Evening.
A.D. 837. A Comet oappeared in April in the sign of Virgo, and in the space of 25 dayes passed through Leo, Cancer, and Gemini, until it came into the head of Taurus, and there disappeared under the feet of Auriga. The next year another (or the same again) Comet appeared in Autumn, in Libra, it was seen in the morning before Sun rise, and of an horrendous aspect. The Spring following another (or the same Comet) appeared in Aries, it was seen in the Evening.
- oCalvisius, Hevelius.
A. D. 842. A Comet was observed in Aquarius.p
- pFunccius, Eckstormius. Car••an de subtil. L. 4.
A.D. 844. A Comet was observed by Albumasar to be above Venus. As for the remarkable Events attending these Comets, thus frequently appearing in so short a space, there are many memorable passages noted by Historians as happening about this time. e. g. The death of the Emperor Ludovicus Pius, and of Pipin King of