352 Star-Showers of Former Times. 
it seemed to them as though all the stars left their appointed pla- 
ces in the heavens, and descended towards the earth. But when 
they came near the ground, they were one and all suddenly dissi- 
pated without doing any damage whatever. Many assert that this 
astonishing sight was witnessed throughout the whole world.” 
“& SuvnvézOn yeo thrizadta Oéaua pofegdy zal tegkotioy Edvow && cegiov 
yevéc0ar cuuntéuatos- bneg negl Mizvor apis xatdgSar, dic mdons egatyeto 
vuxtdc, Bunhytry nat déoc udya tors Oewuevors eunowiy Unaow. > Eddxet 
ycg abtors ds of dotéges Unartes Tod tetayudvou adbtoig ovgaviov yogou mag 
* * * voduevor nata yas pégovto, Ok dé megiyeror yerduevor Gbgdoy dre- 
Aiovto, Hxsota tiv olavody 6LL6yr sonodusvoe mézote, Daal dé ohhol Os 
dvd akong Tis olxouuerys Td Tovodtoy 2Eatorory Siederevieto Fapa,”—Sancti 
Nicephori Pair. Constantinop. Breviarium_ Hist : Hist. Byz. Ser. 
Corp. tom. 7, a ‘ ; 
(10.) A D. 764, “Tin the same year, in the month of March, 
stars were seen falling from heaven, so that all the beholders im- 
agined that the ‘and et the world fail come. ‘There was also a 
great drought, and the fountains were dried up.” — 
“© T6 9 adte tree pyri Maotlo cattges 2x tod oigavod mlatorTées Sgbn: 
Gav, ds ndvtas tovds boGvtes thy Tov mapdyTos aidvos Sohaubdvery elvat 
ovrtéletay- aiyuds te mohds yéyovev, aos Enourfivar zal mnyes. __ Stepha- 
nis Chronographia : Hist. Byz. Ser. Corp. tom. 6, p. 291—See also 
Hist. Miscelle, lib. 22, Muratori: e+ Ital. Scr. tom. I, p. 159: — 
Calvisii Opus Chronol. fol. 1685, p. 6 
This is the shower refered to A. er 763, in Chaldni’s Feuer- 
Meteore, p. 88. 
(11.) A.D. 765. “On Saturday, the fourth day of January, 
A. D. 765, stars were seen falling as it were from heaven.” 
Anno 1076, [Grecorum ; Christi 765,] mense Canun posteri- 
ori, (Januario,) die 4, feria 6, stelle quasi e ccelo decidere vise 
sunt.” — Dionysius Paistarche: in Assemanni Biblioth. Ones 
tom. 2,p. 112. Rome, 1721, folio.* 
(12.) A. D. 829, “An Barthdwhice at Aix a few Days before 
Easter, and a violent Hurricane. Another Comet in Aries. And 
for several Days together, very many little twinkling Fires like 
Stars, ran up and down in the Air; great 'Tempests of Wind fol- 
lowed. Chr. Magdeb— General Chronological. History f the 
"In the Saxon Chronicle, under date of A. D. 793, it is stated that fiery rng 
{a common term for very brilliant meteoric eich were seen flying thr ough 
air, It does not appear whether they were numerou 
