An history of the wonderful things of nature, set forth in ten severall classes. Wherein are contained I. The wonders of the heavens. II. Of the elements. III. Of meteors. IV. Of minerals. V. Of plants. VI. Of birds. VII. Of fourfooted beasts. VIII. Of insects ... IX. Of fishes. X. Of man ... now rendred into English, by a person of quality. [i.e. John Rowland] / [Joannes Jonstonus].

  • Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675
Date:
1657
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Credit: An history of the wonderful things of nature, set forth in ten severall classes. Wherein are contained I. The wonders of the heavens. II. Of the elements. III. Of meteors. IV. Of minerals. V. Of plants. VI. Of birds. VII. Of fourfooted beasts. VIII. Of insects ... IX. Of fishes. X. Of man ... now rendred into English, by a person of quality. [i.e. John Rowland] / [Joannes Jonstonus]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the hxth was. Th feventh was in the fign of Sagittarius, in the year I was born in, 1^03. the laft was in ifo, 1^23. what this fhall pro* duce, God knowcs. The City of Rowe about the 800th year under its fiery fignfj was thought to be renewed. At the beginning of that,happened the difper- fingofthe Jews; what if about the end of it, the calling of them again may be ? 1 CHAP. V. of the Suit. Artie. i» Of the (freatnefe and Unity of the Sun, Epicurus thought the Sun to be an accidental! Globe, and fire, but an earthlygr^e Body. Anaximander thought it was red-hot Ironj the Peruvians think it a GOD j and fo did Aurelianus a Prince of old 5 May the gods do it, and the Sun the created god, in Fopifeo. Porphyry writes, that it was adored in the Eaft under the name of Mytra, in his Comment, de Tiymph. cultu. And Macrobius (hews, /. i. Saturn, cap. 17. That all the gods of the Gentiles were extended to the Sun. After him Cluverim Polyhiflor,in Germ, antiqua. So great reverence was there toward it, in the minds of the Gentiles. It is with us the Principall Planet, and thegreat Luminary. It is greater than the Earth 1^7 times 5 and it is diftantfrom the Earth in its Apogauw, 101285S miles, Kecherm.inhis Afronomy. It is but one, and where is there room for more in fo great a magnitude ? yet there are more alfo. That is but one of which we Ipeak, the reft are but figures and draughts of this one beautifull Sun. The Philofophers call them Tareliayt\\e.y have alwaies feme future fignification, as we frequently obferve,and find it. In 1514. there were 3. feen ; in each there was a bloody fword.' The Reformation followed. So,many were feen in Helvetia, in 15 2 8-* a wonderfull Famine was the fcquel of it. In 15 32. at Venice they were feen with twoRainbowes oppofed to the Sun; one prefently vaniftied, but the other was feen for two hours, Cardan. I, i^.de varietat. Rer.cap.jo. The Suns themfelves were tranfparcnt, the greater was Southward, the leffe Northward, iacreafing. In the year 1314. before the War of Lodomck of Bavaria, and Frederick oi Auflria, moreSuns were feen; they fignified the difl’enti- onsof theElcdors, and their falling to fides. Teucer. in Meteorol. Before thefe troubles we faw it; a Comet witha fatall tail follow¬ ed. Becaufc the Empire of Nero had the fame beginnings, the future event might cafily be foreknown. Artie;