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Of the Judgement of fame of the Englife Aflro- 
nomers 3 touching the difference between two 
learned men , about an Ohfervation made of 
the Firfl of the two late Comets. 
Whereas notice has been taken in Num, 6 . of thefe Tranf* 
a&ions, that there was fome difference between thofe twode- 
fervediy celebrated Philofophers, Monficur Hevelius and Mon- 
Jieur Au%out 0 concerning an Obfervation, made by the former 
of them, on the of February \66y. &C that thereupon fome E- 
rninent E'ngfijb Aitronomers^confidering the importance of the 
difpute, had undertaken the examination thereof; it will, 'tis 
Conceived, not be unacceptable to fuch, as faw thofe Papers, 
to be informed, what has been done and difcerned by them 
in that matter. They having therefore compared the Printed 
Writings of the two Diffenters, and withaii confulted theob- 
fervations made with Tele [copes at home, by fome of the moft 
intelligent Altronomers amongft them, who have attentively 
obferved the Polition of that Comet to the Telefcopical^ns, 
that lay in its way ; Do thereupon Joyntly conclude, that, 
whatever that Appearance was, which 
was feen near the firfi fiar of Aries , by 
Monficur Hevelius ( the truth of whofe 
relation concerning the fame, they do in 
no wife queftiou; the laid did not 
come neer that Star in the left 'Ear of Aries , where the laid M. 
B y Telefcopical Stars 
are under food fuch , tu 
are not feen , but by the 
help of a Telefcope, 
Hevelius fuppoles it to have paffed^but took its courfe neer the 
Bright Star in its Left Horn, according to Bayers Tables. And 
fince that the Obfervations of judicious both French, Italian^ 
Dutch Aftronomersfas many of them, as are come to the know- 
ledgeof the Eng lift/) do in the main fully agree with theirs,they 
do not at all doubt, but that, there being fuch an unanimous 
1 • con- 
