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In 7f)3, the summer was so hot that the springs dried up. 



In S60, the heat was so intense that, near Worms, the reapers 

 dropt dead in the fields. 



In 993, and again in 994, it was so hot that the corn and fruit 

 were burnt up. 



The year 1000 was so hot dry, that in Germany the pools of 

 water disappeared, and the fish, being left to stink in the mud, 

 bred a pestilence. 



In 1022, the heat was so excessive, that both men and cattle 

 were struck dead. 



In 1 K^O, the earth yawned with drought. Springs and rivers 

 disappeared, and even the Rhine was dried up in Alsace. 



In 1159, not a drop of rain fell in Italy after the month of 

 Way. 



The vear 1171 was extremel\ hot in Germany. 



In 1232, the heat was so great, especially in Germany, that it 

 is said that eggs were roasted in the sands. 



In 1260, many of the Hungarian soldiers died of excessive heat 

 at the famous battle fought near Bela. 



The consecutive years 1276 and 1277 were so hot and dry as 

 to occasion a great scarcity of fodder. 



The years 1293 and 1294 were extremely hot, and so were 

 liliewise 1303 and 1304, both the Rhine and Danube having 

 dried up. 



In 1333, the corn-fields and vineyards were burnt up. 



The years 1393 and 1394 were excessively hot and dry. 



In 1447, the summer was extremely hot. 



In the successive years 1473 and 1474, the whole earth seemed 

 on fire. In Hungary one could wade across the Danube. 



The four consecutive years, 1538, 1539, 1540, and 1541, were 

 excessively hot, and the rivers dried up. 



In 1556, the drought was so great that the springs failed. In 

 England, wheat rose from 85. so 53i'. a quarter. 



The years 1615 and 1616 were very dry over Europe. 



In 1646, it was excessively hot. 



In 1652, the warmth was very great, the summer being the 

 driest ever known in Scotland ; yet a total eclipse of the sun had 

 happened that year, on Monday the 24th of March, which hence 

 received the appellation of Mirk Monday. 



The summer of 1660 was remarkably hot. It is related that 

 one of the minions of tyraimv, who, in that calamitous period 

 harassed the poor Presbyterians in Scotland with captious ques- 

 tions, having asked a sheplierd in Fife, whether the killing of the 

 notorioui Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew's, (which had hap- 

 pened 



