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Vlir. The ExtraSt of a Letter from Mr. Petto, 
a Grave Divine , Concermng fome Parelii 
feen at Sudbury in Suffolk, Dfcemb. 2%tb^ 
i^^8a Cmmnnicated by Dr, Beverley. 
ON AuguB 28, 1698. being the LordVDay , 
about Eight a Clock in the Morning, fome 
Perfons faw the Appearance of Three Suns ; 'tis faid, 
then the Apparition was moft full, or a little after. 
There is really but one true Sun , the Refledion of 
its Beams caufe fuch Images, as if they were Suns i 
About half an Hour after Eight of the Clock, I my 
felf faw this ; There was in the Eaft, a dark , dusky, 
watry Cloud in the Form above defcribed ; where thefe 
Lines are, and below it towards the middle, was the 
true Sun , Ihining with fierce and piercing Beams^ 
that Perfons could not look upon it ; on each fide 
were the Reflexions with the true Sun in the mid- 
die ^ as you have it in Figure i. EKewhere much 
of the Firmament was of an Azure, L^ht^ Blevi^ 
Colour. The Circles which I faw, was not of Rain- 
bow Colours, but white .• There was a}fo, higher 
in the Firmament, more over cur Heads, and to- 
wards the South , at the fame time, at a confide- 
rable diftance from the other , the form of a half 
Moon I but I think it was more then twice the big- 
ntfs of a half Moon , with the Horns turned up- 
ward, and within of a fiery red Colour, and more 
like 
