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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44235	A new prophecy, or, A prophetical discourse of the blazing-star that appeared April the 23d, 1677 being a full account of the events & sad effects thereof which threaten these nations of England, Scotland, &c., as likewise to France, Holland, &c. / John Holwell ...	Holwell, John, 1649-1686?	1679 (1679)	Wing H2518; ESTC R4258	2,718	4

A NEW PROPHECY OR A Prophetical Discourse OF THE BLAZING-STAR That Appeared April the 23d 1677. Being a Full ACCOUNT OF THE Events Sad Effects thereof Which Threaten these NATIONS of England Scotland c. As likewise to FRANCE HOLLAND c. The Reader is desired to take notice That this Prophecy was writ Two Years ago as will be Attested by several Persons upon Oath and by me the Author and Observer Living in Spittle-Fields London Iohn Holwell Philomath LONDON Printed at the Request of the AUTHOR 1679. A New Prophecy OR A Prophetical Discourse OF THE BLAZING STAR That Appeared April the 23d 1677 c. SIR MAny are the opinions of the Ancients but among the rest the Opinion of Aristotle is the most followed Concerning the matter and generation of a Comet or new Stars viz. That it is composed of matter that is exhaled from the Earth and that it is set on Fire by the excessive heat of the place where it resteth and that makes it that it doth continue longer sometimes than other according to plenty of the matter whereof it consists but by those Men I do desire to be satisfied of these Four things First How and by what means exhaled vapors can put themselves into such forms or figures as they usually appear in Secondly How their motion can be sometimes regular and sometimes irregular sometimes direct and sometimes retrograde and sometimes fixed as that Comet was that was seen 1572. Thirdly How and by what means they do appear sometimes with long Tails and sharp very bushy and others appear with no Tails or if any that very small Fourthly Whether it is possible for the matter which is exhaled from the Earth to form a body that is bigger than the Earth it self at that Star was that was seen 1572. whom Tycho observed or that which was seen 146. Years before the coming of Christ whereof that famous Seneca speaks of to be bigger than the Sun it self which is 333 times bigger than the Earth it self it may be required from whence all this Matter was exhaled to make such a vast body as the Sun is Paracelsus that famous Phylosopher is of another Opinion and indeed more rational that is this that Comets or new Stars are composed by the Spirits of the Air by the Commandement of the Eternal God to forewarn this Evil World that they might amend their Lives other ways they may be sure to have the Judgment by them signified For the Spirits or Angels saith he well knowing that such things shall most certainly come to pass and they doth attract the Comet a long thorow the Air either higher or lower and in such Parts of the Heaven that we Mortals may the more Zealously behold it and be the more remarkably possessed with its Significations and so to give Thanks unto God for not sending of a Judgment before he hath given them warning These or to this effect are the Words of Paracelsus which unto me doth seem to be most rational These may serve to satisfie all those that doth think that Comets are natural and that they came for no other end than for Men only to look at Now I shall give you a description of the Comet lately seen It was an Oriental Comet It had its Head depressed his Tail did point unto the Zinoth but did a little incline to the North-Star His Tail was somewhat large but at the end it was contracted to a point and the very end of the Tail did seem to be hooked like unto a Sickle As to his place it was near the upper Star of the Triangle and the left Foot of Andromada which falls in Taurus about the 17th or 18th degrees having near Twenty Degrees of North Latitude from the Ecliptick They write that it had its Motion direct near two degrees in a day but I could not see it above one And therefore could not observe its motion my self When it first rose it was of a martial-Colour but as it did rise higher it did seem to be of a more Lunar-Colour but I conceive that was by reason that day came on a pace and took the Colour away It had its first Appearance in or about the middle of Aries and had its motion out of Aries into Taurus And I do believe that it ended in Gemini It was as big as a Star of the first Magnitude The particular relation this Comet hath to divers Kingdoms and Countrys Emperors or Kings is as followeth Under Aries the first Sign that this Comet did appear in are England France Germany Burgundy and Denmark with a many more places but these being most concerned and the head Cities thereof I only mention them Under Taurus the place of this Comet when I saw it are Russia Swedeland Lorraigne Campania Holvetia Franconia Ireland with a many Cities Under Gemini the place of the Comet where I do believe it did end are Sardinia Lombardy part of England Flanders Brabant the Dukedome of Wertenburgh Armenia with a many Cities in those Countreys all these places shall find great Changes Authors say if a Comet of a Martial Colour appear in the East or North-East part of Heaven with his Head depressed as this was in all respects is the Fore-runner of Wars House-burnings Fire and Sword Plague and Famine Caused by Wars A Comet in Aries is the Fore-runner of great War-like preparations the shedding of much Blood the death or destruction of some great Prince or Princes and must be those Princes whose death doth cause a Change in the Government wherein they doth live it doth shew the Vulgar men to be Male contented and inclinable to rebellion exalting themselves it also doth signine Invasion little mercy shewn by the Conqueror If a Comet appear in Taurus it is the Fore-runner of much evil for to befall Man-kind and a lessening of their Estates they will rebel one against the other it shews the death of a Great King or Prince with an Alteration of Laws and Customs It denoteth the destruction of great Cattle as Horses or Cows and Oxen. A Comet appearing in Gemini is the Fore-runner of men being given to all manner of bad Courses given to strife and contention taking great delight therein it denotes that abundance of young Men and Children to dye by sickness Sir From what hath been said I do believe that this Comet is the Fore-runner of many evils to befall this poor place of England and that in a short time I pray God bless England from being once more invaded by the Scots for if they do they will find such willingness in the English to help them that it may produce a most bloody War but they shall not establish their Government here The first shew of this Change or first appearance in a War-like manner will be about the latter end of Fifty Six or Fifty Seven degrees I pray God bless this City of London from being destroyed once more by Fire by the hands of an Enemy In short There hath not been greater Changes in no Nation nor City than we fear will be in this Island of Brittaine and City of London ere Seven years pass over our heads France great are the Changes that shall befall thee a mercyless Enemy shall destroy great part of thy fruitful Country and thy Kingdome must be given to a Prince bordering upon thy Territories Holland prepare thy self for a Change for thy States are not to be much longer States The Ancients Write that that place is most Concerned where the Tayle of the Comet doth point the Tayle of this Comet pointed to the Zinoth therefore it must signifie those places where this Comet was seen for it cannot be said for to point to any place but their own Farewel FINIS