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nary brightnefs, which is not iifual in Comets, they being 
wontfirft to appear fmall, and by little and little greater. The 
beginning of its Tayl was a little under the two lucid Stars,the 
I and 1 6th, of the Whales back, over which it then pafs^d^ 
its point being as 'twere at the ^th and ^th^ which are in the 
bottom of the Whale*sht\\y \ and thus the whole length there- 
of was of about 23. degrees. TheGIobeor Head of it was To 
fmall and thi^n, that very few could difcern it with the 
naked eye 3 and the Father needed a Telefcope to fee it 
well. 
The 6th of March it was coverM with clouds; and the 
ith, of the fame , the former brightnefs was fomewhat lefs, and 
become fo thin, that the Eye could eafily fee che Stars that 
were behind it, which, byconjeflure, were the i ^th zvid 
20th. » 
The 8iri&, there were difcover'd more fixt Stars behind the 
Chevelure ; from the 8/^,rof/^and wth day, until it came 
to the little Hare and to ErUanm ^ certain fmall Stars, 
being in that Celeftial River, did likewife fhine forth 
through It* 
The Tayl was always direftly oppofite to the Sun ; and 
when it appear'd the firft time,almoft Horizontal , it was feen 
in the form of a Pillar, the Head ftanding a little under and on 
the fide of the Star of the Whale^ which 13 in the Latit. of 1 5 
d€g,^6 min. and in the Longir. of the 1 2 42 mm, of Aries. 
And the point did fhave the 1 4^/^, North of the three that are 
in the Belly, in the Latit. of 20 A, 3 o m, and the Long, of 1 5 
d. ^1 m. of Aries, 
As to the of this Comet,it was at firft very fplendid, 
and caft it fe!f with that vividnefs upon the Sea, that the Rays 
thereof were reverberated unto the fliore, where the Obfer- 
vers ftood. But this brightnefs lafled only for three days, after 
which it did confiderably decay. But that which feem'd fome- 
what ftrange, was, that havmg loft fo much of its light, yet its 
bu^k was nordiminifht but continued rathei-^Jncreafing until 
the Comet dif-appeared. ^ ^ - " 
The 
