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aliquam habent fimilitudinem. Refert primum Hugenius 

 in Dijfertatione de Comiis et Varbehis , quue occurrit 

 inter ipfius Opujcula pojibuma , pag. 321. 359. fqq. 

 ob'eruationem a Scbeinero anno 1630 Romae inftitu- 

 tam , Ybi dicitur : Solem , S, ambiuiiTe duos ciiculos ex- 

 centricos A B D C et AEDF, fe mutuo in linea verti- 



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i, ' cali GH interfecantes , prouti monftrat Fig 3. Fate- 

 tur Scheinerus , non fatis diitin&um apparuifle phaeno. 

 menon , vnde inducor , vt futpicer , idem ac ego , aft 

 fubobfcure , vidiflfe Scheinerwn. Ab Ellipfeos enim cir- 

 culum cingentis apparentia , parum abludit, quae produ- 

 citur ex duorum circulorum interfe&ione flgura. Deinde 

 in Tranfaclionum Anglicanarum Num 13 pag 219. 

 fqq. inuenio, ex Diario eruditorum ( lournat des Sca* 

 vans ) ad annum 1666 deiiimtam , quatuor parheho- 

 rum delineationem , et defcriptionem , fequentibus ver- 

 bis conceptam : Ibe ytb of Aprihofthis prejentTear,-* 

 there appear y d tbree Circles in tbe Sky. One of tbem 

 was very great , a little interrupted , and wbite every 

 where. - - - lt pajjed tbrough the midft oj the Surfs 

 Disk , and was paralleJ tho ths Horizon. - - - The 

 Jecond was much lejj , and dejcfiive in jome pfaces , ha~ 

 ving the Colours oj a Hainbow- - — lt had the true 

 Sun for its Center. The third was lefj , than the 

 firfi , but greater than tbe jecond. It was not entire , 

 but only an Arrh , or Vortion of a Circle , whfe Cen- 

 ter was jar diflant from that of the Sun , and whofe 

 Circumjerence did , by its middle , joyn to tbat of the 

 leaft Circle , interfecling tbe greatefi Circle by its two 

 gxtreams. In tbis Circle were dijcerned alfothe Colours 



