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On Tuesday after June 5, there appeared four circles 

 at mid-day about the sun of a white hue, each twined 

 under the other as if they were painted. All who saw it 

 wondered (A. S. C). 



1105 This was a very calamitous year through destruction 

 of the fruits of the earth {Nicholas). 



Earthquake at Ely (Gentleman 's Magazine). 



1106 On Friday, i/j-th calends March, at even, appeared 

 an uncommon star, and was seen every even thereafter, 

 long lessening. It appeared in the south-west, was little 

 thought of, and dark, but its beams were very bright, and 

 appeared like an immense beam shining north-east. 

 Some said they saw more unknown stars at this time (A. 

 S. C.; Roger de Hovederi). 



On the Thursday before Easter were seen two moons 

 in the heavens before day-break : one in the east and the 

 other west ; both full, and the moon was fourteen days 

 old (M. of W.; Wuhtan}. 



1107 A comet (L. Townsend). 



Many said that they saw various tokens in the moon 

 this year, and that against nature her rays increased and 

 diminished (Nicholas). 



1109 Very much thunder this year, and that very fearful 

 (Wuhtaii). 



1110 A comet the sixth day before the ides of July, which 

 was seen to shine for three weeks (Roger de Hovederi). 



Earthquake in Shropshire (Z. Townsend). 



A comet appeared in a strange sort, for rising in the 

 east, when it once came aloft in the firmament, it kept 

 not the course forward but seemed to go backward as if 

 it had been retrograde (Holinshed ; M. of W.). 



On fifth night of the month of May, the moon appeared 

 in the evening brightly shining, and afterwards by little 

 and little its light waned, so that as soon as it was night, 

 it was so completely quenched that neither light nor orb, 

 nor anything at all of it was seen. And so it continued 



