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809 July 1 6. The sun was eclipsed the twenty-ninth day 

 of the moon, the fifth hour of the day (A. S. C.). 



810 Cattle plague very violent in England (Lowe). 



823 Dreadful famine (F. A.}. Thousands of people died in 



England. 

 827 The moon was eclipsed on midwinter's mass night 



(A. S. C.). Great frost for nine weeks (Lowe). 

 836 Great inundation of the river Tweed ; the country 



for thirty miles round laid waste (Lowe). 

 839 Two comets of dreadful aspect to the beholders : the 



one went before the rising of the sun in harvest season, 



and the other followed the going down thereof in the 



spring of the year (Holinshed). 



848 An eclipse of the sun took place at 6 o'clock on 

 October i (M. of IV.). 



849 A pillar of light rose up to heaven and was visible for 

 thirty days (M. of W.). 



850 The Adriatic entirely frozen over (Chambers). 



859 The Mediterranean so frozen that carriages were used 

 on the Adriatic Sea (L. Townsend). 



860 Beasts as they were pasturing in the fields, roaring after 

 a 'strange sort suddenly died (Holinshed). 



868 A comet was distinctly seen (Roger de Hoveden ; 

 M. of W.}. 



870 A sudden tempest arose and continued for many days 

 (M. of W.). 



874 All the lochs, rivers, and all manner of other waters 

 were frozen in Scotland, from the beginning of November 

 till the latter end of April ; and when the frost brake and 

 the snows melted there was such a flood flowing over all 

 the plains as the like had not been seen. Moreover, there 

 was a mighty comet seen, with fiery rays issuing forth 

 from the same, during the month of April, to the great 

 horror of all who beheld it (Holinshed). 



877 A great storm in which perished 120 ships at Swanwick 

 (A. S. C). 



