126 Comets. 



1363. On March. 15, a comet appeared in the E. for a 



month . — ( Biot . ) 



1368. In February, March, April, a comet appeared in the 

 evening, in the W. or N.W., to the 1ST. of the Pleiades. — 

 (Couplet ; Walsingham, Historia Anglica.) On February 7, 

 a comet was seen between the divisions of the Pleiades and 

 Hyades. On April 7, a comet was seen in the N.W. between 

 t, k. p, and a, 7, 77 Persei. The tail was 8° long, and pointed 

 towards Ursa? Majoris. It ultimately disappeared to the N. 

 of a and /3 Auriga?. — (Biot.) 



1371. On January 15, a very great comet was seen in the 

 1ST. Its tail was directed towards the S. — (Bonincontrius, 

 Annates.) 



1373. In April, May, three comets entered the circle of 

 perpetual apparition. — (Biot.) 



1376. On June 22, a great comet appeared in 1, 0, rj Ceti; 

 it traversed 8, e, fi, v Piscium, v Persei, entered the circle of 

 perpetual apparition, swept 0, v, <p Ursa? Majoris, and direct- 

 ing itself towards S, e, ir, p Draconis, entered the sidereal 

 division of v z or 39 Hydra?. It disappeared August 8. — (Biot ; 

 Gaubil.) 



1380. On November 10, a comet appeared. — (Cygna?us, 

 Ghronicon Citizense.) 



1382. [i.] On March 30, a comet appeared. — (Bothonis, 

 Chron. Brunswicensis.) 



1382. [ii.] On August 19, a comet appeared in that part 

 of the heavens where the sun sets in June. It lasted for 

 fifteen days, and was seen two hours before sunrise, though 

 these two latter statements may be open to doubt. — (Annates 

 Vieentini.) 



1382. [iii.] In December, a comet appeared in the W. for 

 more than a fortnight. — (Walsingham, Historia Anglica.) 



1388. On March 29, a star came from the division 7 Pe- 

 gasi. — (Biot.) 



1391. In May, a small comet appeared near the stars of 

 Ursa Major. Its tail was not very bright.— (Annates Forolivi- 

 enses.) Biot says that two comets appeared on the twenty- 

 third of this month. One entered the circle of perpetual appa- 

 rition, between a and t Draconis, and passed to the S. of 

 Draconis, and the other passed by the N. of Camelopardus, 

 and swept the pole-star. 



1399. In November, a star of extraordinary brilliancy was 

 seen ; its tail was turned towards the W. It lasted only a 

 week. — (Mezerai Histoire de France.) 



