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served : One that stood in the belfry, had the upper back part of his cloth- 

 coat, as also his shirt and skin somewhat torn; but the lining of that coat, 

 which was red frieze, had no hurt. Another sitting in a pew under the organs, 

 and leaning on the door, while the pew-lock, then close to his body, was so 

 violently struck out, that it hung only by one nail, had no damage at all by it 

 himself, nor any other that sat or stood near, when the stroke happened, 

 thous^h they fell all to the ground by the fright, at the instant when it was 

 given. And as for him, that had his arm bruised, it was somewhat strange, 

 that afterwards there was found a hole passing his coat, waistcoat, and shirt on 

 the forepart of his body, without in the least hurting the body ; the hole ap- 

 pearing just as shot through. And notice was taken, that the man's waistcoat, 

 being of a red sarsenet, kept its colour every where, but at the place where the 

 arm was hurt ; and the waistcoat being edged with a small silver lace, the lace 

 was smutted almost every where, and about the neck too, where the party 

 wore a cravat. The same person had also one half of a shoe torn off, the sole 

 being pierced as with hail-shot ; and a piece of his stocking foot on the same 

 foot struck away, near a hand breadth ; without any other hurt to either foot 

 or leg, but that for some days that foot was benumbed. Lastly, one of those 

 that sat by the altar, had his breeches and leather-drawers on both sides pierced 

 through, as by hail-shot, and part of it plainly scorched and shrunk up, as by 

 fire ; and divers of such small holes in his shirt too, yet without any hurt in 

 his body, save, that he found some pain in his foot. One side of his shoe 

 also was half torn, and the sole sidewards pierced through, as it were, with 

 hail-shot. 



Of a New Star discovered in the Constellatio7i the Swan, by M. He- 

 VELius. Also the present Appearance f August 1 6J0J of the Planet 

 Saturn. Translated from the Latin Letter, from He melius to the 

 Editor. N' 65, p. 2087- 



I write this to announce to you a newly discovered fixed star, almost of the 

 third magnitude, just below the head of the Swan. Its longitude is now 1° 

 52' lQ" in Aquarius, and lat. 47° 15' 21", as appears by my observations on 

 July 25, an. 1670. There can be no doubt that this is completely a new star, 

 and not visible in the year 1660. For in the years 1659, 1660, 1661, it hap- 

 pened that I made observations on almost all the stars in this constellation with 

 great care, and with proper instruments ; observing all those about the neck 

 and head, and measuring their distances from several fixed stars. But I found 

 no star of the third magnitude in that place where this new star has been seen : 



