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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.
CHAP. IX. The History of Comets appearing in this last Century, with the more remarkable occurrences of Divine Providence which have attended them.
A D. 1607. September 25. A Comet appeared ucontinuing about forty days, making its progress from the foot of Ursa major, through Bo••es, until it came to the hand of Ophinebus, where it began to alter its course. The Star was not exactly round, but seemed to have a swol• face. It appeared bigger then any fixed Star. The rays proceeding from it, were more condense and compacted then useth to be. Because of its Septentrional Latitude, it might be seen both in the evening and in the morning, (and in Germany all the night long) whence the vulgar ignorantly concluded that there were two distinct Comets. As for remarkable occurrents, the Prince of Transylvania was poisoned by his Chancellor. The Hayduques with the Turks made woeful havoc in Hungaria; The Emperor was in great distress, by reason that his Brother the Arch-Duke headed an Army, aspiring after the Imperial Crown, and prevailed so far that he was ⟨p. 108⟩declared the King of Hungaria, after which he persecuted the Protestants in Austria. The Duke of Lorraine died. There were great Wars between the Sweeds and D•nes.
A D. 1607. September 25. A Comet appeared ucontinuing about forty dayes, making its progress from the foot of Vrsa major, through Bo••es, until it came to the hand of Ophinebus, where it began to alter its course. The Star was not exactly round, but seemed to have a swol• face. It appeared bigg•r then any fixed Star. The rayes proceeding from it, were more condense and compacted then useth to be. Because of its Septentrional Latitude, it might be seen both in the evening and in the morning, (and in Germany all the night long) whence the vulgar ignorantly concluded that there were two distinct Comets. As for remarkable occurrents, the Prince of Transilvania was poysoned by his Chancellour. The Hayduques with the Turks made woful havock in Hungaria; The Emperour was in great distress, by reason that his Brother the Arch-Duke headed an Army, aspiring after the Imperial Crown, and prevailed so far that he was