Of .0 XFO%T>~S HI%E. 



i . That no circle paries through the true Suns disk, nor the 

 fpurious ones found in the interfeclion of two hides? as 

 in thofe that appeared at Rome, March 20. 1629. > and 

 in France, April*). Anno 1666. c 



2. That whereas generally fuch mock-Suns appear not fo 

 bright, nor are fo well defined as the true one is ; thefe 

 according to the agreement of all, appeared of fo even 

 and ftrong a light,that 'twas hard to diftinguifti the true 

 from the falfe, and perhaps might not be inferior to the 

 Parhelia mention'd by Cardan d , or that lately were feen 

 in Hungary. I 



6. When they appear thus bright and ilhiftrious, Aftrologers 

 heretofore always prefaged a Triumvirate : thus the Triumvirate 

 of Anionics , Auguflut, and Lepidus, with all the evils that at- 

 tended it, was referred to the Parhelia feen a little before ; and 

 herein Cardan is fo pofltive, that he fears not to affert, That after 

 fuch an appearance, we feldom (if ever) fail of one, and there- 

 fore refers the Parhelia feen. by himfelf to the Triumvirate of 

 Henry the fecond King of France, Charles the fifth, and Solyman 

 the Turkifh Emperor. And truly, were not thefe to be more 

 than fufpected of vanity, it werecafieto adapta Triumvirate to 

 ours : But my Religion, and that God that hath exhorted us, not 

 to be difmayed at thefigns of Heaven, and folemnly profeffes, that 

 'tis even He that fruftrates the tokens of the Lyars, and makes the 

 Diviners mad f , has taught me to forbear/ I fhall therefore add 

 no more concerning thefe things, but that though moft common- 

 ly the Parhelia with the true Sun, appear but three in number, 

 yet that fomtimes more have been feen ; as four g in France? Anno 

 1666. five h at Rome, Anno 1629. ^ ve < ln England, Anno 1233. 

 and fix k Anno 1525. by Sigifmund the firft, King of Poland \ 

 which are the moft that we read were ever feen at a time, though 

 Des Cartes endeavors to (hew 'tis poflible there may. be Ceveri. 



7. And indeed this had been all I thought I fhould have men- 

 tioned concerning the Heavens, but that even now while I am 

 writing this, at Oxon: on the 23 d of November, Anno 1675. about 

 7 at night, behold the Moon fet her Bow in the clouds, of a white 



* DesCartes Meteor cap. 10 & CnJfend.inEp. adRenerium. Thilof.Tranfnum.\\. * De remrn Va- 

 rtetate libxic.jQ. c FhilofTranfnumb.^-j. f lf a . 44. ^.24,25. Fbilof. Tranf.numb.i^. * Des 

 Cartel, Meteor, cap. \q. ' Matthew Faris, 17 Henr. III. * Des Cartes Meteor, cap iq. &From07td.Me* 

 tear. Lib. 6. Art. 2. 



A 2 colour, 



