384 H. A. Newton on November Star-Showers, 
In the year 1366, and xxii oy 4 of the month of October being past, three months 
before the death of the King Don Pedro (of phe cies there was in the hea eavens a 
f. 
ovement of stars, such as men never befofe heard of. From midnight on- 
ward, all t the stars moved from the east to the eats and after being together, the 
b o move, some in one directio ers in anot And afterward the’ 
fell from the sky in such numbers, and so thickly sy nape that as they desce: 
i i the air seemed to be in 
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fora long time. Those who saw it were filled with such great fear and dismay, that 
they wore astounded, imagining they were all dead men, and that the end of the 
me. 
a net m anno (i. e. 1366) die sequenti as festum xi ep virginum, ab hora 
tutina usque ad horam primam visae sun t quasi stellae de coelo cadere continua 
et in tanta ee uod nemo narrare sufficit.” eit siae Pragensis, 
cited by Boguslauski in Pogg. Ann., xlviii, 612. 
“1366. Scintillatio stellarum, ‘“ ane factum est in nocte undecim milium vir- 
ginum. ” Annales Veterocglences : Pertz, xvi, 45. 
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ing of the 23d of October. The second account is not incon 
sistent with that time, although the most natural inference from 
the passage is that it was on the morning of Oct. 22d. 
VIII. A.D, 1583. 
ge 533. Période Kia-tsing, 12e année, 9e lune, jour ping-tse, (24 Octobre), «.. +» 
Dubin —— te gr e coup de tambour (de 244 heures du matin), dans les 
quatre parties du ciel, il y eut une quantité innombrable d’étoiles filantes, grandes 
et petites, aaieart ensemble en ligne droite et transversale : cela dura j jusqu’au jour. 
E. Biot, Cat . 208, 
(oer 3 1533. Pe riod Ki Kia-tsing, t elfth year, ninth month, the 13th day of “ ¢ 
24th), ..... from the fourth: to the fifth watch (from 2 to 4 a..), in the four 
ee of the “heavens, there were innumerable shooting stars, great anid el moy- 
map cen in ont! and oblique lines. This continued until daylight. 
stellarum anno 1533. 24. Octob. noctu visa sunt multa millia stellarum 
ales aes edie i inter se di imicare, ut quasi incensum videretur coelum; sunt omnes 
: ; asi 
tal 
Ly ery ° hes mtg Fiirstensberg, quoted by A. Savarik in Pogg. Ann 
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The manuscript volume in which this passage is found was 
written at Wittenberg between A.D. 1520 and 1540. Halle is 
. 43° W. from Wittenberg. I s ss eit that these accounts 
refer to the morning of the 25th of October 
bh SEY WE & F tee 
1602. Méme période ( Wang-li), 30e année, 9e lune, ...... jour sin-sse (27 
are, on Vit mea sh pyre nes de’ petites étoiles peg se BFR eat ‘et se per ri 
econ 
be ‘Pendant la nuit, 4 la cinquiéme heure, ily I parut a uN. E. une nak zane bees 
et d’une coul 
re é aru ‘ er et q 
@’Orion) et s’avanca jusqu’aux étoiles de la Ménagerie céleste (7, 5% % 
Aprés cette apparit on, il y eut deux ae étoiles qui suivirent la grande, mall et 
y eut plusieurs ccutaleiee étoiles filantes, grandes et Pere 
confonducs, qui 'suivirent In méme direction.” E. Boe, Ontalogue, 210, 
- 1602. ag a _— h Feat, ninth iow 18th day of ofthe ele (Oct 
27th, 0. 20. 8.), several hundr rs were seen, whi ch part . 
hen’s 
Daring the ments at the e fifth hour, a star appeared in the N-E. as large as 4 hen 
egg, and of a blucish white color, it left a bright train. From N.E. of the st" 
