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fhlre (between Brackly and Bnnbury^^ it fliould feem to have 
nioved there towards the South-weft. By the account I 
had from one who faw it in Hampfhire (between Winchejler and 
SouthAmptm) it fliould feem to be towards the South eatt ; from 
others I have nothing of certainty,and therefore can conclude 
nothing. (Itsmotion might then feem to us thefwifter, if its 
proper motion were then one way; and the Earths motion here, 
at the fame time ^contrary to it. And it is not impoflibIe,that its 
dafliingajgainft the Earth might difturb its motion 5 as when 
Clouds, in their paflage , meet with Mountains.) By this time 
I fuppofe it may be gotten fofar from us that its apparent 
motion is very little. And fo late it was before we heard of it 
here, and it is now fo fmalUnJfonear the Sun,and the weather 
"withal hath been fo cloudy, that I (and fome others wha 
would willingly have feenitj have not had the hap to fee it at 
all. My conjefture upon the whole, though perhaps but a con- 
jeflure, hath at leaft fo much of probability in it, as to deferve 
fome confideration : and may ferve (if true) to give us fome 
light into the nature of Comets ; which perhaps will feldora 
have been found to come lb near us , as this feems to have done, 
I add no more, but that I am 
Tours ^jrc* 
John Wallis. 
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