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A86055	Natura prodigiorum or, a discourse touching the nature of prodigies. Together with the kinds, causes and effects, of comets, eclipses, and earthquakes. With an appendix touching the imposturism of the commonly-received doctrine of prophecies, spirits, images, sigils, lamens, the christal, &c. and the propugners of such opinions. / By John Gadbury philomathēmatikos.	Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.	1660 (1660)	Wing G91; Thomason E2131_3; ESTC R202414	80,331	276

occiditur i. e. This day shall Julian be slain in Persia And according to the report of Zonarus he was so I have heard some Astrologers contend that some skilful person might have the Nativity of Julian and knowing the time he was to fight his enemies observing the direction he was then under together with the Revolution and Transits concurring he might thence according to the influence only of the Stars therein predict his being slain by his so fighting at an unfortunate time The thing I know is probable and may be done by Astrologie but until I can see his Nativity to inform me thorowly in what I conclude probable I am content to let it pass as my Author hath done for a Celesti●l Prodigie But above all that may be looked upon as a Prodigie in the highest degree which my worthy friend Cap. Wharton in his Ephemeris for the yeer 1655. hath transcribed from one Tackius a Germane Doctor of Physick which he Tackius makes mention out of one Casper to have appeared in the yeer of our Lord 1554. not far from the City of Harmsted in Transylvania which was observed in the Heavens to be read being in fair and Legible Characters thus I. N. R. I. M. D. L. V. I. I. A. R. E. I. N. E. N. D. E. D. I. S. E. S. R. E. I. C. H. S. Nay the same Author further averreth that at Friburg the same yeer on a very fair day Dom. nostrum Jesum Christum Iridi insidentem conspectum fuisse Our Lord Jesus Christ was beheld sitting upon a Rainebow as if upon his Tribunal to denounce the universal judgment For Castles Cities and Towns to be besieged in the Air and the many and divers actions and gestures of men both Commanders Souldiers pertaining thereunto as it hapned not many yeers since in Poland and Muscovia perhaps as the Messenger of that sad misery the Polander hath lately been sensible of The like prodigious apparition hapned in the North of England in the yeer 1655. Nor hath it wanted corresponding effects Then for the Similitudes or likeness of persons known to the Spectators to appear in the Heavens as that of the Emperour Charls unto whom the Spectators did obeisance supposing it to have been him in reality by putting off their Caps unto him Or that of John Frederick Prince Elector of Saxonic who at the same time was Prisoner to the Emperour And I very well remember that in the yeer 1649. the very yeer in which Charls late King of England was beheaded it was generally I will not I cannot say truly reported that he without his head was seen to hover in the Air over White-hall the place where he was beheaded many nights together Nay I have heard some affirm That he was seen sometimes with his George upon his breast in the manner and form as he wore it when he came on the Scaffold And that sometimes again he was seen to appear in his watchet-Wastcote only Neither of these sights did I ever see nor can enjoyn any ones faith to believe However if the report were true and I know not what advantage any man can reap by reporting such things as these if they were not it may very well be aspected as a thing prodigious and remarkable Again for Circles and Crowns and Images c. to appear in the Heavens of different and various colours And for Crosses also as in the yeer of Christ 1568. in England on the 25 day of January at what time as Mr. Stow recordeth there appeared a great shining Cross in the Heavens with a Star on the top and a Moon at the lower end thereof Then for chasms chaps or gapings in the clouds such as so often appeared in the yeers of Christ 1644. and 1645. in England the South and West parts thereof And in Scotland about 1649. and 1650. after which and very suddenly after that Nation underwent an unheard-of Catastrophe or Change For darkness to appear in the day-time without an Eclipse of the Sun is a coelestial Prodigie and a thing against nature as that in the time of Commodus 187 yeers post Christum when it was observed to be so dark that the Stars were seen all day long And in the yeer 264. post Christum there was continual darkness at Rome divers days together Or that at the passion of our blessed Redeemer which Dionysius Areopagita being at Athens saw and cryed out as you may read in his Epistle to Polycarpus Aut mundi Autorem pati vel machinam ejus dissolutum iri i. e. That either the God of Nature then suffered or else the fabrick of the whole world should be dissolved Then Comets and blazing Stars c. Peucer in his Meteorologie makes mention of one that appeared in the yeer of Christ 607. and blazed for the space of thirty and two days together And the same Author telleth us of another that hapned in the yeer 1043. which blazed for many weeks together Alstedius in Chronologia Com. 104. relates that in the yeer 1363. there appeared a Comet of immense Magnitude and continued three Months together Such also were they that appeared in the Chair of Cassiopoeia and in the yeer 1618. in Scorpio Libra Virgo and of late that in the yeer 1652. which hapned in ♊ and ♉ Then there are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 parelia or mock-Suns i. e. Solis imagines as Peucer calls them images or shadows of the Sun And 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 paraselenae or mock-Moons i. e. Lunae Imagines Besides divers sorts of Meteors which in their kinds are Prodigies also caused of fumes hot dry as burning Torches such as were seen in the Air to burn in the years 3871. and 3873. at what time they blazed so strangely in the Heavens that they made them to seem all on fire in the sight of the beholders Or that which appeared at Rome Anno Christi 999. January 19. which burned wonderfully in the Heavens insomuch saith mine Author that not onely they which were in the fields but also those whi●h were within doors were stricken with that so great a shining as with lightning breaking in upon them Dr. Bateman is my Authour for this relation Doome fol. 207. Then burning Beams such as were observed to fall from Heaven in a most dreadful and hideous manner at Rome in the sixteenth yeer of Christ Then there are according to Meteorologists Fromundus Meurer and others Pillars both round Pyramidal Spears or Darts Launces or Swords leaping Goats wandring and licking lights Ignes fatui or foolish fires shooting Stars flying Dragons Besides many other sorts of Prodigies and Meteors whose causes c. I am content to pretermit here that I may meet them the more conveniently in the fourth part This therefore shall suffice for answer to the first Question viz. What a Prodigie is and also for the particulars that append unto it and so I arrive at the second Quest 2. Whether a Prodigie have a Natural cause

Marquess banished the Court afterward slain 1022. Swarms of Locusts in France Milk rained at Rome A very great Eclipse of the Sun This year there was such unseasonable weather that many dyed through too much heat Divers Polonians rebel against the Christians The Emperour overcometh the Greeks in Italy Bodessaus of Bohemia looseth Cracovia Polanders subdue Russia and make it Tributary The Vandals wast Saxony and take Brandenburg 1043. A multitude of snakes were seen this year at Rome Five Suns at once appeared in England Stella Crinita or an hairy Comet very great appeared this year The Emperour overcometh the Russians who invade his Territories A great Famine in Germany and France The Prussians invade Polonia and there are 15000 slain and 2000 taken The Irish and Welch enter Severn and do a great deal of harm 1058. A great encease of Rats and Mice Stones of a mighty greatness mixt with Hayl fell from Heaven and killed many Two blazing stars this year vertical to Poland The Saxons rebel against the Emperour 26000 are drowned in a Pitfal by the stratagem of two Bishops in Holland as they came against the Earl of Flanders Russians rebel in Poland are reduced by Boleslaus 1076. Three Suns seen at Naples A fiery dart ran up and down in the Heavens In Italy women appeared in the Air of admirable shapes which mightily amazed the beholders The Emperour deposeth the Pope and the Pope the Emperour and also excomunicateth him The Turks take Rhodes and Cyprus The Hollanders overcome the Frisons Northumberland in England wasted 1086. A great inundation in Italy Four Moons at once in France seen also in England Many tame fowl became perfectly wild The Saxons defeat the Emperour The Turkish Emperour dieth The King of England dieth Edmund and Ethelred banished by Donald their uncle They dy in England 1094. A fiery dart in the Heavens that through its violence flew from North to South A great Earthquake in England Horrible noises in the ground with strange groanings at Rome The King of Poland envied by the Nobles causeth many of them to be banished Piedro of Spain taketh Osca and killeth 30000 Moors The English invade Normandic again Bretislaus obtayneth the Kingdom of Bohemia by the aid of the Hungarians 1101. This was a year very remarkable for Monsters Syracuse shaken with an Earthquake Three Suns a sword and crown seen in Germany in the Heavens A Comet of wonderful greatness Conradus dieth in Italy The Russians invade Polonia and are expel'd by Boleslaus In England the Earl of Shrewsbury warreth against the King Earl of Flanders takes Cambray a League between the English and the Scots 1116. Fiery Armies in the Heavens seen in Germany Many Earthquakes and very great whirlwinds Earl of Campeign rebelleth is aided by Henry Bruges in Flanders burnt Polonia wasted The Emperour excommunicated by the Pope 1135. A very great inundation in Flanders Holland and Freezeland In England a great Earthquake Great whirlwinds in France The light of the sun moon ad visum fails Many people perish in Flanders Judea miserably wasted by the Infidels King of England surfeits of Lampreys and dies Baldwin de Redvers fortifies Exeter against Steven Is taken and banished 1147. Great Thunders at Rome An Earthquake in England Several bowls of fire seen in the Heavens A multitude of small wormes Blood rained Strange lightning in Rome Lewis of France with an Army invades Syria He is taken prisoner by the Greeks rescued by the King of Sicily Alphonsus of Spain taketh Lisborn and Saint Iren from the Moors The King of Sweden slain 1158. A very great pillar of fire appeared in the Heavens in Germany A great Eclipse of the Sun Two Dragons seen to fight in the air in Swedland The Emperour goeth against the Armenians The Pope submitteth to the Emperour Repenteth thereof and excommunicateth him Venetians deny aid to the Greek Emperour against the King of Sicily 1169. In this year there appeared three Suns and three Moons besides the true ones There hapned also a very great Earthquake Syraconus killeth the Sultan of Egypt English invade Cumberland Catana in Sicily destroyed with 19000 people by an Earthquake The Romans rase Alba. 1178. A wonderful inundation in England Two Armies were seen in the Heavens in Italy to fight a fierce battel An Eclipse of the sun this year English and Scots Quarrel The Spaniards take several Places from the Navarrs Miscelaus by the help of Casimir recovereth his Patrimony in Polonia Wars between the French and the Flemming 1185. This year a very great Eclipse of the sun A great Earthquake also An Eclipse of the Moon likewise and armies in the air environ'd with fire seen in Greece The Moors defeated by the Spaniards and their King slain The greatest part of Bruges burnt Baldwin King of Jerusalem the fifth of that name poysoned by his mother A rebellion in England The Greeks loose 70 Sail of Ships by Pyrats 1198. Great Stones rained from Heaven An Earthquake in the East which overthrew many cities Blood rained in England Two fiery swords in the Heavens seen in Spain Castile and Arragon invade Navarr The Sultan of Iconium swallowed of an Earthquake Harold Earl of of Cathue in Scotland cuts out the Bishops tongue c. And the King puts out his eyes and hangeth him and causeth his Male Children to be gelt 1212. A Comet appeared for 18 days together Shapes all bloody were seen in the Heavens A star with a Cross and a half Moon seen in Italy The Spaniards slay 200000 Moors The Pope giveth England to Philip of France who striveth for it The Flemmish with the English take 300 sayl of ships from him and burn 100 more The King of Arragon slain 1234. A great Eclipse of the Sun strange sights in the Moon viz. she which of her self is Globular appeared with six squares The sun darkned so much that the stars were seen King of Bulgaria puts out the Emperours eyes Vienna subjected to the Empire The Latines besieged in Constantinople but relieved by the Venetians The King of England and his Nobles quarrel but are reconciled The King of Poland dyeth 1243. A great Comet fearful to behold A hill of an immense magnitude removes out of its place A noyse like Trumpets in the air heard in Italy A great Plague in Greece A miserable Famine in Constantinople King of the Cumans slain The Infidels take Hierusalem and slay many Prisoners 1255. A great Comet appeared Strange lightning from Heaven The sea overflows in many places of England Dismal and strange noises heard in the air The Geneveses take Venice and are expelled again Duke of Lituania invadeth Massovio and Prussia Five petty Kings of the Moors expell'd Spain Venetians take Padua Eccelin comes thither and kills 12000 Citizens 1277. A very great rain at Rhene A sky at midnight as bright as the day in Poland Four suns in Russia An Earthquake in England The Turks win all the lesser Asia from the Greeks The