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 four-footed beasts, VIII. Of insects, and things wanting blood, IX. Of fishes, X. Of man / written by Johannes Jonstonus, and now rendred into English by a person of quality.

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Title: 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 four-footed beasts, VIII. Of insects, and things wanting blood, IX. Of fishes, X. Of man / written by Johannes Jonstonus, and now rendred into English by a person of quality.
Author: Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675.
Publication: London :: Printed by John Streater ..., and are to be sold by the Booksellers of London,; 1657.
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Artic. 1. Of the Greatnesse and Unity of the Sun.

EPicurus thought the Sun to be an accidentall Globe, and fire, but an earthly grosse Body. Anaximander thought it was red-hot Iron, the Peruvians think it a GOD; and so did Aurelianus a Prince of old; May the gods do it, and the Sun the created god, in Vopisco. Porphyry writes, that it was adored in the East under the name of Mytra, in his Comment. de Nymph. cultu. And Macrobius shews, l. 1. Saturn. cap. 17. That all the gods of the Gentiles were extended to the Sun. After him Cluverius Polyhistor, in Germ. antiqua. So great reverence was there toward it, in the minds of the Gentiles. It is with us the Principall Planet, and the great Luminary. It is greater than the Earth 167 times; and it is distant from the Earth in its Apogaeum, 1012868 miles, Kecherm. in his Astronomy. It is but one, and where is there room for more in so great a magnitude? yet there are more also. That is but one of which we speak, the rest are but figures and draughts of this one beautifull Sun. The Philosophers call them Parelia, they have alwaies some future signification, as we frequently observe, and find it.

In 1514. there were 3. seen; in each there was a bloody sword. The Reformation followed. So, many were seen in Helvetia, in 1528: a wonderfull Famine was the sequel of it.

In 1532. at Venice they were seen with two Rainbowes opposed to the Sun; one presently vanished, but the other was seen for two hours, Cardan. l. 14. de varietat. Rer. cap. 70. The Suns themselves were transparent, the greater was Southward, the lesse Northward, increasing.

In the year 1314. before the War of Lodowick of Bavaria, and Frederick of Austria, more Suns were seen: they signified the dissenti∣ons of the Electors, and their falling to sides. Peucer. in Meteorol.

Before these troubles we saw it; a Comet with a fatall tail follow∣ed. Because the Empire of Nero had the same beginnings, the future event might easily be foreknown.