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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.M. 2230. A fiery and terrible Comet was seen, appearing in Sagittarius, coiling after a strange manner, representing the form of an imperfect circle i'Tis judged that Pliny speaks of this Prodigy. It was by the King of Egypt then living called by the name of Typhon, i. e. Vort•x fumigans sed sine igne. Which seems to confirm their opinion who think that in old time a Comet was known by that Name kof a Pillar of Smoke. After this Comet, there was a Dearth for lseven years together, and that in all Countries; viz. that spoken of in the Scripture in Joseph's time, which followed the seven years plenty in Egypt▪ Canaan, Ethiopia, Aegy,t and other Countries felt the direful effects of that Prodigy.
A.M. 2230. A fiery and terrible Comet was seen, appearing in Sagitarius, coyling after a strange manner, representing the form of an imperfect circle i'Tis judged that Pliny speaks of this Prodigy. It was by the King of Egypt then living called by the name of Typhon, i. e. Vort•x fumigans sed sine igne. Which seems to confirm their opinion who think that in old time a Comet was known by that Name kof a Pillar of Smoke. After this Comet, there was a Dearth for lseven years together, and that in all Countries; viz. that spoken of in the Scripture in Ioseph's time, which followed the seven years plenty in Aegypt▪ Canaan, Aethiopia, Aegy,t and other Countries felt the direful effects of that Prodigy.
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