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hail- (hot, and part of it plainly fcorch^t and fhrunk upj as by 
fire 3 and divers of fuch fmall holes in his fhirt too, yet with- 
out any hurtin his body ^ fave,that he found fome pain in his 
foot. One fide of his fhoe alfo was half torn, and the Soal 
fidewards pierced through , as 'twere^with hail (hot. 
Yet there dyed not any one of all them that were hurt § 
they recovering either of themfclvesj or by the advice and 
help of others* 
An Extradl: of a Letter of M.^ez/e//»/, written to the Publi- 
flier from Dant^ck^^ Auguft If 1670. Concerning a Net» 
^^^r^lately difcover d in the Conftellation of the Swan^ 
together with the prefent Appearance of the Planet 
Saturn^ 
E^ttamfi non duhit em ^ultimas mem Tibi effe traditas^ nt- 
^ hilominus tamen hifce Te rurjus invifere volui^qtw vos 
de Ohfirvatione quadam tjotatu digna certiores facerem^ mentem* 
que fimul meam ea de re vobis exfmerem : De Nova videlicet 
ilia Fixa circa Cygnum, nuper defrehensa 3 non quidem de illa^ 
quainVtikox^ ejus jam Anno \6ooi!lHxit^ Anno 166O rnr" 
Jks evanuit^ ac denuo Anno 1666. menfe S^ftcmbri^ injlar jiel- 
IhU Septiroae magnitudinis emicmi 5 de qua eo temfore^fi re&h 
memini^ fnjius vobis perferipfer am : Sed de Fixaprorjiis diverfi^ 
Tertise magnitudinis fere ^ circa infra caput Cygni, inter in- 
formes conjpicua^ cujus Lpngitudo i\ 26'^ Latitudo 
47". 25''. '^ 2''\Bor. mod 0 exijiit,^ut Obfervationes, die 2^ Julii a 
mehabit£jucHlenter dfiendunt. Nov2.vn autem Ji el/am hanc ip- 
fam omnino ejlij in Cwlo ad antsnm 1660 penitus inconjpicu- 
amfuijje^non eji quod qnifquam dubitet. Nam^ ut nojii^ a pluri- 
mis jam annis^^ Planetarum t3 Fixarura obfervationibus maxi« 
me (quod prdefifcine dixerim) operam dedi^ Jlcut non folum om-* 
nes illas a Tychone olim obfervatas^ globoqm adfcriptas , fed 
& reliquas haUenus negkBas-^ nudo tamen oculo bene confpjcnas , 
turn Quartse turn Quints tumSt^ix magnitudinis^ in quihnjvis 
Ajierijmis accurate notarem^inque catalognm referrem : quo im • 
fofterum eofacilms^ fiqua nova prodiret Fixa^ deprehenderetur, 
Accidit igitur^nt Anno jam 1^59^ i^^^o^c^ i^Sup'^cralque Jlel- 
las 
