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794 A tempest (A. S. C. ; Roger de Hoveden). 

 Aurora borealis brilliant (Lowe). 



795 Fearful lightnings and dragons blazing in a dreadful 

 manner were seen to fly through the air, signs which fore- 

 shadowed a mighty famine (M. of W., 794 ; Roger de 

 Hoveden). 



March 28. The moon was eclipsed between cock 

 crowing and dawn (A. S. C. ; Roger de Hoveden). 

 797 Seventeen days of unusual darkness (L. Townsend). 



A great dearth and famine (Holinshed). 



There were seen around the sun three other suns 

 (M. of W). 



799 In the British seas a very great number of ships were 

 wrecked or dashed against each other together and sunk, 

 with a vast multitude of men (Roger de Hoveden^. 



800 On the ninth day before the calends of January, the day 

 before the Nativity of our Lord, a mighty wind, blowing 

 either from the south or south-west, by its indescribable 

 force destroyed many cities, houses, and towns in various 

 places ; innumerable trees were also torn up from the roots. 

 In the same year an inundation took place, the sea flowing 

 beyond its ordinary limits. An extensive murrain also 

 prevailed among the cattle in various places (Roger de 

 Hoveden ; M. of W.). 



On Christmas Even chanced a marvellous tempest of 

 wind, which overthrew whole cities and towns and trees 

 in great numbers, besides other harm by death of cattle, 

 etc. (Holinshed). 



801 January 16. The moon was eclipsed at the second 

 hour of the night (A. S. C.). 



802 December 20. The moon was eclipsed at dawn(A.S. C.). 

 806 The Rhone frozen over. The cold was from 18 to 20 



centigrade degrees below zero (Anon). The moon 

 eclipsed September i and June 4. A sign of the cross 

 appeared in the moon at dawn, and on August 30 a 

 wonderful circle appeared about the sun (A. S. C.). 



