        item: #1 of 7
          id: A01933
      author: Bainbridge, John, 1582-1643.
       title: An astronomicall description of the late comet from the 18. of Nouemb. 1618. to the 16. of December following. With certaine morall progosticks or applications drawne from the comets motion and irradiation amongst the celestiall hierglyphicks. By vigilant and diligent obseruations of Iohn Bainbridge Doctor of Physicke, and louer of the mathematicks.
        date: 1618.0
       words: 12232
      flesch: 64
     summary: Certainly if S. Paul were now againe on the earth , and should to some alleadge this Astronomicall Poet , they would not faile with the Athenians to say , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , He seemes to be a setter forth of strange Gods ; or exclaime with Festus , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 : Paul thou art beside thy selfe , too much learning doth make thee mad . so little is this great Comet in respect of that glorious lampe ; and yet the Sunne but a point to the immense spheare of fixed starres ; and all this lesse then nothing in comparison of that infinite Circle , Cuius centrum est vbiquè , circumferentia nusquam , The center of whose presence , and prescience is euery where , and his limits no where : That great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and Creator , who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand , meeted out heauen with a spanne , comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure , watghed the mountaines in scales , and the hills in a balance .
    keywords: aboue; appeare; celestiall; comet; degrees; distance; doe; doth; earth; english; god; hath; haue; heauen; iustice; lesse; line; long; miles; motion; new; obseruations; ouer; parallax; place; starre; sunne; text
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        item: #2 of 7
          id: A26637
      author: Alcos.
       title: The certain predictions of the great Alcos, astrologer and mathematician in ordinary to the Duke of Parma upon the two comets which have appeared in our hemisphere 1681.
        date: 1681.0
       words: 1474
      flesch: 59
     summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL).
    keywords: eebo; english; parma; tcp; text
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        item: #3 of 7
          id: A36174
      author: Danforth, Samuel, 1626-1674.
       title: An astronomical description of the late comet or blazing star as it appeared in New-England in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and in the beginning of the 12th moneth, 1664 : together with a brief theological application thereof / by S.D.
        date: 1665.0
       words: 6396
      flesch: 76
     summary: The Reason wherof is evid●nt ; at it 's first appearance it was very high in the Heavens , and therefore it 's diamete● seemed less : afterward it descended lower and neerer to the earth , and then it 's diameter encreased : at length it went up higher & was removed further from our sight , and then it 's basis together with the angle of the optick Cone was diminished , until at last it disappeared and vanished out of sight . T●is Comet hath ascendea in Meridian Altitude above 44 degr .
    keywords: comet; dec; degr; earth; hath; lat; motion; stream; sun
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        item: #4 of 7
          id: A37977
      author: Edwards, John, 1637-1716.
       title: Cometomantia, A discourse of comets shewing their original, substance, place, time, magnitude, motion, number, colour, figure, kinds, names, and more especially, their prognosticks, significations and presages ... : where also is inserted an essay of judiciary astrology, giving satisfaction to this grand question, whether any certain judgments and predictions concerning future events, can be made from the observation of the heavenly bodies : both occasioned by the appearance of the late comets in England and other places.
        date: 1684.0
       words: 46233
      flesch: 66
     summary: Cometomantia, A discourse of comets shewing their original, substance, place, time, magnitude, motion, number, colour, figure, kinds, names, and more especially, their prognosticks, significations and presages ... : where also is inserted an essay of judiciary astrology, giving satisfaction to this grand question, whether any certain judgments and predictions concerning future events, can be made from the observation of the heavenly bodies : both occasioned by the appearance of the late comets in England and other places. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 141:17) Cometomantia, A discourse of comets shewing their original, substance, place, time, magnitude, motion, number, colour, figure, kinds, names, and more especially, their prognosticks, significations and presages ... : where also is inserted an essay of judiciary astrology, giving satisfaction to this grand question, whether any certain judgments and predictions concerning future events, can be made from the observation of the heavenly bodies : both occasioned by the appearance of the late comets in England and other places.
    keywords: account; actions; astrologers; astrology; bodies; body; causes; comets; death; divine; earth; effects; events; evils; figure; future; god; good; hath; heavens; influence; judgments; life; light; man; matter; men; mens; moon; nature; new; notice; people; persons; philosopher; place; planets; reason; saith; self; set; signs; stars; sun; things; time; viz; way; world; year
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        item: #5 of 7
          id: A41979
      author: Greene, William.
       title: Memento's to the vvorld, or, An historical collection of divers wonderful comets and prodigious signs in heaven, that have been seen, some long before the birth of Christ, and many since that time in divers countries, with their wonderful and dreadful effects together, with ample discourses, and profitable observations, upon that admirable star which appeared at the birth of Christ, to the eastern magi : as also upon that comet which appeared in the constellation of Cassiopea, after the horrid massacre of the French-Protestants, Anno 1572, and several other comets, with their effects to this present time / by W.G., minister of the gospel ; likewise, Stella nova, or, The new star, or, An account of the natural signification of the comet, or blazing-star, that hath so long been visible in England, and other countreys, and is yet hanging over our heads, by William Knight ...
        date: None
       words: 12495
      flesch: 68
     summary: Memento's to the vvorld, or, An historical collection of divers wonderful comets and prodigious signs in heaven, that have been seen, some long before the birth of Christ, and many since that time in divers countries, with their wonderful and dreadful effects together, with ample discourses, and profitable observations, upon that admirable star which appeared at the birth of Christ, to the eastern magi : as also upon that comet which appeared in the constellation of Cassiopea, after the horrid massacre of the French-Protestants, Anno 1572, and several other comets, with their effects to this present time / by W.G., minister of the gospel ; likewise, Stella nova, or, The new star, or, An account of the natural signification of the comet, or blazing-star, that hath so long been visible in England, and other countreys, and is yet hanging over our heads, by William Knight ... Greene, William. 1681 Approx. Memento's to the vvorld, or, An historical collection of divers wonderful comets and prodigious signs in heaven, that have been seen, some long before the birth of Christ, and many since that time in divers countries, with their wonderful and dreadful effects together, with ample discourses, and profitable observations, upon that admirable star which appeared at the birth of Christ, to the eastern magi : as also upon that comet which appeared in the constellation of Cassiopea, after the horrid massacre of the French-Protestants, Anno 1572, and several other comets, with their effects to this present time / by W.G., minister of the gospel ; likewise, Stella nova, or, The new star, or, An account of the natural signification of the comet, or blazing-star, that hath so long been visible in England, and other countreys, and is yet hanging over our heads, by William Knight ... Greene, William.
    keywords: blazing; christ; city; comet; death; divers; east; emperour; england; god; hath; heaven; king; lord; men; people; reign; signs; star; sun; time; world; year
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        item: #6 of 7
          id: A43779
      author: Hill, John, physitian and astrologer.
       title: An allarm to Europe, by a late prodigious comet seen November and December, 1680 with a predictive discourse : together with some preceding and some succeeding causes of its sad effects to the east and north eastern parts of the world, namely, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Italy, and many other places / by John Hill, Physitian and astrologer.
        date: 1680.0
       words: 2095
      flesch: 60
     summary: An allarm to Europe, by a late prodigious comet seen November and December, 1680 with a predictive discourse : together with some preceding and some succeeding causes of its sad effects to the east and north eastern parts of the world, namely, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Italy, and many other places / by John Hill, Physitian and astrologer. An allarm to Europe, by a late prodigious comet seen November and December, 1680 with a predictive discourse : together with some preceding and some succeeding causes of its sad effects to the east and north eastern parts of the world, namely, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Italy, and many other places / by John Hill, Physitian and astrologer.
    keywords: eebo; effects; english; tcp; text
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        item: #7 of 7
          id: A44321
      author: Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.
       title: Lectures and collections made by Robert Hooke.
        date: 1678.0
       words: 41766
      flesch: 50
     summary: between the Triangle and the Cloud of ♈ , its tail not directly opposite to the ☉ , its Magnitude , Brightness , Head , Nucleus , Blaze , ( 1. ) Why sometimes shorter , sometimes longer ; without sensible motion of parts . Parts separated may be agitated by the gravitation of the ☉ .
    keywords: aether; air; blaze; blood; bodies; body; center; comet; distance; earth; eye; figure; glass; globules; hath; head; light; line; matter; middle; motion; nature; observations; parallax; parts; place; reason; self; shining; star; sun; time; use; water; way
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