Meteorological Objervaiions made at Vadua. ^ix 



Years of 

 Rome. 



the fun appeared of a blood colour, and the heavens as 

 if on fire, (that is to fay, an Aurora horealis.) 

 710 Among the prodigies obferved during the year of 

 Caefar's death, is reckoned that of the fun being dark- 

 ened, and appearing red. 



Cum caput obfcura nitidum fcrrugine texit, 

 Impiaque aeternam timiierant faicula noftem. 



Julius Obfequens relates at more length the prodigies which 

 appeared ; particularly torches feen in the heavens, and 

 crowns furrounding the fun, which for feveral months 

 feemed to emit only a pale feeble light : People, there- 

 fore, could look at his dilk. 



Years of the 

 Chriftian aern. 



264 A great earthquake, and daiknefs for feveral days, — 

 Fr'ijlcbio. 



395 At Conftantinople there were fuch extraordinary 

 Itorms that the earth (hook, while the heavens feemed 

 on fire. At that period people expeded the end of the 

 world. 



^•90 And, according to others 798. For feventeen days 

 the heavens afforded no light. This phenomenon was 

 preceded by earthquakes in Candia and Sicily. — Col- 

 led. Acad, de Lancil. FrJJlchio. 



^7 The heavens being ferene, the fun was darkened ; and 

 his rays, pafllng through the windows, feemed bloody. 



i02o The moon appeared of the colour of blood, and 

 flames fell from the heavens like a tower, (that is to 

 fav, a confiderable thunderbolt, or globe of fire like a 

 carcafs or bomb full of grenades, fuch as is faid to have 

 been obferved this year (17H3) at the cathedral of Liege. 

 If I am not miilaken, Scheuchzer of Berne relates that 

 Jie obferved one). According to hiftory there were 

 <jtIiiT cataflrophes: the fea left its bed, and inundated 

 T: c 3 fcveial 



