Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and discourses of the bodies cœlestial, their natures and influences discovered from the variety of the alterations of the air ... and other secrets of nature / collected from the observation at leisure times, of above thirty years, by J. Goad.

Of Halo's, Irides, Parelii, &c.

§ 72. Halo's are sometimes colour'd like Iris, and the Parelia are always striped with Irides; which that they depend on our Prin∣ciple appears, as elsewhere we have contended in the like case, from the Multiplicity, the busie time in Heaven, from the frequency of Aspects, not of ordinary Concourse. I shall instance in one, not menti∣oned in the following, of strange Parelia, seen at Norimberg, March 22. on a Good-Friday (I mention that to secure the true day and year) where no less than 8 ☌ s or ☍ s are found in a Fortnights time. A^o 1554.

First, 1514. Jan. 12. in Ducatum Witebeiengensi, hor. 3. P. M.

1520. Viennae, Jan. 5. ♑ 14. ♂ ♋ 24. ♄ ☌.

1523. May 2. Parelia, at Zurich; ♄ ♂ within gr. 6. of Opposition, ♍ ♓; ♃ is in ☌ with ♄, only gr. 9. between them. 'Tis strange, if acci∣dental to the Effect, that these should be counter-link't within 9 degrees; but the like occurs, May 18. 1627. Kepl. & Iris, die 29. Yea, Paraselenae, April 9. 1554.

1532. At Venice, April 11. Parelia, Fromond. Lyc. ☌ in ♊ 26. 'Tis as strange again, that our Planets should meet in Partile Conjunctions, and know nothing of the Spectacle.

1554. March 6. Ingolstad't, circ. 8. & 9. morn. Lyc. ☌ in ♓ 20.

1550. March 30. Palmarum in ♒ 9. ♄. ♓ 7. ♂.

1554. April 9. Paraselenae at Sumerfield, ♓ 24. ♄, ♈ 17. ♂.

1555 Febr. 10. Parelia at Vinaria, Lyc. ☌ ♄ ♂ ♓, and ♍ in fine.

Nay, now 'tis probable that our Aspect can make such Counterfeits, Heavenly Counterfeits, Hypocritical Suns; here are three Witnesses.

1556. Dec. 6. Parelia, ♄ and ♂ in ♈ and ♎, gr. 11. dist. either the Platique Aspect hath Influence, or else neither Partile, nor Platique: and if neither, then we poor Men spend our time finely. In the mean while 'tis a pleasant Cheat, and we are loath to be disabused.

A^o 1569. Die May 21. Paraselenae, Bunting, ♎ 4. ♄ ♈ 29. ♂.

A^o 1573. Parelia cum Iridib. May 11. Gem. ♄ ♏ 23. ♂ ♊ 3.

A^o 1557. July 28. in Suntgoy, ♉ 8. ♄ ♏ 8. ♂. So before, die 21. ejusd. mens

A^o 1585. July 19. Rainbows, ♄ ♂ ☍ in ♈ and ♎ gr. 14. dist.

A^o 1552. Febr. 19. ☉ with Halo and Iris, Lyc. we mean a dry Iris, such as are seen with Parelia. ☌ in ♒ gr. 3. dist.

A^o 1551. May 21. Paraselenae, counterfeit Moons and Irides, ♄ and ♂ in ♌ and ♒ gr. 11. dist.

A^o 1569. March 12. hor. 12. Iris Nocturna, Gem. ♄ ☉ and ☿ are plain∣ly eugaged in the Beginning of ♈ and ♎, yea, and our Platic, though here at a mannerly distance, for all its modesty, is guilty of the appearance, the hour 12. at Night shews the ☉ hath to do, though from the Opposite Hemisphere; and ♄ hath to do with the Picture, for that the ☽ in ♒ is not yet ascended.

§ 73. Add to these a few from our own Observation.

A^o 1656. Sept. 22. Yarnton near Oxford: Semicircle with Rainbow Co∣lours 9 m. ☌ in fine ♍, as before, A^o 1555. So near was I to have seen a Parelium, but it was not my Lot.

A^o 1662. Nov. 10. Lond. Iris, ☌ in print. ♐.

A^o 1678. July 22. Two Rainbows, ☌ in ♊ gr. 5. distant, besides Halo's Lunar, Sept. 20. 25. A^o 1556. Sept. 29. 1658. and Nov. 2. 1656.

§ 74. Admit also these from Kepler.

A^o 1621. Aug. 16. Halo ☽, ♋ 17. ♄ ♑ 1. ♂.

A^o 1623. May 14. Parelia cum Halone Solis die 15.