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them both. This Obfcmtion was made on purpofe to know tht 
pardax, of the Cornet, if happily feme other Obferver fimll have 
obferved him in a remote Country : whence it may be judged, 
how far he was diftaat from the Earth. It was taken notice of^that 
from h.8.5'Vof the evenlng,until h.io. 26'. he made, in refpedof 
thefe two ftars, an oblique motion fenfible enough, going from 
North to South in the fame time that he advanced from Weft ta 
Eaft. 
Eefides.thefe two Stars,there were on the North of the Comet 
three other fmair ones,equally diftant from one another, and pla. 
ced in a ftreight line ; and Weft- ward we faw a fourth beneath 
the Head of the Comet,from which fhe was diftant about two dia- 
meters of the Comet. Thefe4 laft Stars were fo finally that we 
could not fee them,cven with a three foot Telefcope^but we eafily 
diftinguifh't them with one of x 7 feet» 
The Clouds hid the Comet about h.i o. at night, and they alfo 
kept us from feeing him the next night of March 2 7. 
March 28. h. 7. 42'* in the evening the Comet was diftant from 
the lefs bright ftar of the Southern foot of J^erfem^ no more than 
about 24'. weftwardr He had ahnoft the fame Latitude with this 
Star j fo that he was precifely enough at 26.deg. 8 '.of the fign of 
TmruSymdm thQ latit. of 1 2 deg.S'.We tryed to take the diftance 
of the Comet to the moft remote fixt ftars ; but we found great 
difficulty in it : for we faw the Comet not diftinflly enough by 
the Telefcopes applied to the Inttruments,when we held a light to 
the threds ; and befides^there was a very rough wind,, which did 
exceedingly difcommode the Obfervers. 
Yetnotwithftanding, h.8. T4', we took,aswellaswecould,the 
diftarice of the Comet to the Star in the Eye of Taurm called Jlde- 
^arm^md we found^that this diftance was of 1 9, deg.3 8' : And b. 
8*29'. the diftance of the Comet to the Star, called Ck^^^^^ w^as 
found to be of 2 2. deg. 3 2'« When we were preparing our felves 
to verifie thefe diftances, the clouds covering the heavens inter- 
rupted the obfervation. 
The fame evening,when we beheld the Comet with Telefcopes^ 
we faw about his head a chevelure of an almoft equal length,with* 
out being able clearly to diftinguiflj his tail oppofite to the Sun. 
'Tis true,that the Air was not clear enough, and even at the place 
of the Comet there were fome final i clouds. 
March z^, we could not obferve^becaufe the Sky was wholly 
over-caft. 
