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%. Map. 5. st- n. The Cemet was first difcovered : but for as much oft Llsbon; £>'a9 it set few hours asier the Sun, there eould hithertobe taken no Considera-* ‘ * * ,b ’ p * Ä34 ’ble Observations of ir. The Body thereof is not seen, because it remains hidin the Horizon. Its Train is of a Stupendious Length, extended in Appea-ranee over almost the 4 th part of the Visible Heaven, from West to East ;its apparent Breadth is of a good Palm, and its Splendour very great, butit Lalts but a few hours.

z. At St. Salvador Mar. s. (st. w.)at 7 a Clock at Night, F. Estancelbe- ln ; bygan to seethis Cemet a little above the Horizon from West toE. 3 . E. The ¥. ValentineBeginriing of its Tail, was a little under the two Lucid Stars, the l 5 and Lifsncelai.io-.-l 6 ltl of the HEalc's Back,, over which it t'nen pallcd, its Point being ?I ’

as ’twere at the 8 and t) th which are in the Bottom of the Pllsalc’s Bclly ;and thus the whole Length thereof was about The Globc or Head of

it was so iinall and tliin, that very few could discern it with the Naked Eye.

Mar. 7. The former Brightnels was fömewhat lefs, and becomc se Thiti,that the Eye could c asily lee the Stars that were behind it, which by Con-jecture were the 141, and ict*V

The Tail was always directly opposite to the Sun ; and when it appear’d ’tht first timc almost Horizontal, it was seen in the form of a Piliar, theHead standing a little under, and on the stde, of the Star of the PVbale, which»s, in the Lnt. of 15°. 46'. and the Long. of ia=». 4a./. of Aries. And thePoint did fhavethe 14^, Norrh of the threethat are intne Bclly , in the Lat.esZ6°. 3c/. and Long. of iyoyy'.of Aries.

This Cemet was at first very Splendid, and cast it seif with that Vividness •uppn the Sca, that the Rayes thereof vrere reverberated unto the Shoar, wherethe Observers stood. But this Brightnefs lasted only for 3 Days, after which .it did conliderably Decay. But that which seemed fömewhat ltrange was,that liaving lost !b much of its Light, yet its Bulk was not diminifh’d, but ■continued rather increafing until the Cemet dilappenr’d. It pafs’d morestvift-ly than Venus , whence he infers that it was under Venus ; yet the Anticipa-tion was not fö great, that it could be believ’d to be under the Moon, as hewould have it.

4.. P. Pictro Susartc , Rector of Macae, in the East-Indies, well versed in In Africa % L,Matters Astronomien!, writes to have seen the fame all along ihe Coast of Bona fo rc ^ e f™ Su " 4 “Speranxa-

C 1 V. There hath been seen here a New Cemet from the 1. of Mar.si.^ ' Con,t - A.'-n. 1671. It is but little, having a Train not above a Degreeor a Degree and an 1

half long. k is now ( Mar. 9. ) about the Stars in the RJght Arm of ^»-'Heveüus.n.8:.' -dromeda Oll her Shoulder Blade. As far as I can collect from one or two ?' 42> 7-Observations, it tends towards the Lucida of Andromeda % Girdlc, and thatwith a Direct Diurnal Motion of about two degrees in its Course.

The 6 of Aiarcb in the Evening 7^. 40' it Was in 70. T- and in 3 ofNorthern Latitude ; as I guefs’d by ehe htrfty Ingestion of a Globe

Mar. 7. in the Morning 30' its Longitude was about 8° V- with alömewhat lesser Latitude than beforc: in the Evening of the fame day it’sLongitude was ic° V - and Lat. 34 °, fere- Marv-