a wonderful drum-beating like noise, and then a long peal 

 or discharge lasting ij hours, and then a violent report, 

 and a stone 4 Ib. weight fell. Captain Johnson saw it fall, 

 and it was hot when he dug it up ( Gentleman's Magazine) . 



1643 Wheat, 59*. iod. per qr. (Tavey). 



March 10. I must not forget what amazed us in the 

 night before, viz., a shining cloud in the air, in shape re- 

 sembling a sword, the point reaching to the North; it was 

 bright as the moon, the rest of the sky being very serene. 

 It began about 1 1 at night, and vanished not till about 

 one, being seen by all the South of England (Evelyn). 



November 6. A hideous storm. Then snowy and 

 untoward weather (Evelyn). 



1644 Wheat, 6i.r. 3^. per qr. (Tovey). 



An ox sold for ^5 ; a cow ^3 igs. (Somerset Mag.). 



May 15 and 16. Staffordshire and Warwickshire in 

 divers places there fell great storms of hail, with hail- 

 stones of divers forms, some round as big as walnuts, and 

 some flat as big as half-crown pieces, with thunder and 

 lightning in three or four several places at one instant; 

 the like seldom seen (Lowe). 



1645 Wheat, 51 s. $d. per qr. (Tovey}. 



The air very warm and so infectious that dogs, cats, 

 mice and rats died, and several birds in their flight over 

 the town dropped dead. 1325 persons died in Leeds 

 from March 1 2th to June ist (WhittocKs York). 



March 12. Great floods. In February the weather 

 was extremely cold and tempestuous. A heavy storm 

 for two days (Daniel). 



1646 Wheat, 48*. per qr. (Bishop Fleetwood). The qr. is 

 nine bushels. 



January. Extreme snow fell, and very cold at Venice 

 (Evelyn). 



Excessively hot (Lowe). 



1647 Wheat, 73*. Sd. per qr (Smith). 



I would remark that after 1595 all Smith's quarters 



