An allarm to Europe, by a late prodigious comet seen November and December, 1680 with a predictive discourse : together with some preceding and some succeeding causes of its sad effects to the east and north eastern parts of the world, namely, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Holland, Germany, Italy, and many other places / by John Hill, Physitian and astrologer. Hill, John, physitian and astrologer. 1680 Approx. 8 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A43779 Wing H1988 ESTC R18497 13046111 ocm 13046111 96917 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Comets -- 1680. 2008-10 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-12 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Scott Lepisto Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Scott Lepisto Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion AN ALLARM TO EUROPE : By a Late Prodigious COMET seen November and December , 1680. With a Predictive Discourse . Together with some preceding and some succeeding Causes of its sad Effects to the East and North Eastern parts of the World. Namely , ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , IRELAND , FRANCE , SPAIN , HOLLAND , GERMANY , ITALY , and many other places . By John Hill Physitian and Astrologer . The Form of the COMET with its Blaze or Stream as it was seen December the 24th : Anno 1680. In the Evening . astrological scene of a comet passing by Earth London Printed by H. Brugis for William Thackery at the Angel in Duck-Lane . THE EPISTLE TO THE READER , COurteous Reader , I shall wave the divers Opinions of Phylosophers , concerning the generation of Commets , and proceed to my intended matter thus , Viz. That the Romans who had the benefit of Christ's Doctrine long before we the Inhabitants of these Northern Isles : ( to whose shame be it said ) that they are now since become Christian Idolaters , and have shaken hands with that blessed and saving Doctrine , and trode down those Pious Precepts of the Apostles , and only use the Name of Christ , and his chosen Twelve , to in snare mankind into their damnable Idolatrous and inhuman Principles ; their Murders , their Idolatries , their Blasphemies , their Actions against God , The Laws of Nations and Nature enforces me to stile her the very Essence of Antichrist : and surely God hath a scourge in store for this Monstrous Beast ; but yet it hath many times fallen out that the Righteous and wicked have suffered together , and let us remember the Frustration that the Antient People called Jews , laboured under in Construing the Effects of those many Signs and Tokens that were visible to them , to be a Forerunner of their Enemyes destruction ; let us not glory in the Ruine , but rather in the Reformation of our Enemies , Protestant Christians have offended , slighted , and committed sins against the God of Heaven that hath abounded in mercy towards them , therefore for the slighting of mercy , Judgment is near taking place . Let it be remembred that on the 18th . of May Anno 1680. That the Prodigious storm of Haile fell in and about the City of London , and the Effects of such kind of Haile , we have upon Record in the last year of the Reign of Queen Mary , in and about the Town of Nottingham which was indeed a very great Mortality , & in the same & succeeding year abundance of People dyed , amongst which the Queen was one , and indeed this latter storm hath had pretty smart E●…s since the above mentioned Date , and this prodigious Comet being of such signification and concurring in Nature with that Haile , must of necessity have extream Effects upon the bodies of Man-kind . The Description . THe first appearance of it was in the sign Sagitarius or the latter end of Scorpio when we had Advice of it from Falmouth in the London Gazzet , about the beginning of November , and since it hath past Sagitarius and is now in the sign Capricorn about the 23 Degree , for it was observed on the 12th . of December by a very worthy Person to be about 5 Degrees of Capricorn & its diuerall Motion about 1 Deg. 30 minutes , & by the Addition of its diurnall Motion it reaches to the 23d . as aforesaid , at the time of writing being the 24th . of December the Starr hath about 10 Degrees North Latitude , and about the bigness of a Starr of the 4th . Magnitude with a Stream or Blaze pointing Easterly of about 60 Degrees in length , the Star of a Pale Leaner Colour , and also the Stream or Blaze by way of Judgment according to Art , there are two things to be considered , first The place of the Comet in the Zodiack , secondly , where the Stream poynts . To the first I do believe it hath past part of Scorpio and all Sagitarius , therefore let part of France , and part of Germany , and Spain look to it , for they either offensively or defensively shall batter themselves or some other People , and in as much as it is gotten into Capricorn , I pray , God keep the Dominion of Great Brit●an in Peace because in 〈◊〉 Capr●…o● is the 〈…〉 part of Scotland , for it is much to be 〈…〉 that the 〈◊〉 once more Rebell against England , and I must farther take a Cognisance of its passing Sagitarius , a signe opposite to London's Asdendant , where that great ●onjunction fell of Saturn and Jupiter in the year 1663. From which Mr. Richard ●…lin predicted that great Plague which hapned in 1665. In short I fear England , but more especially London will be incident to an infectious Air , from thence proceed Raging Pestilentall Diseases , Rumours and Real Wars and home bred Divisions , poysoning open and private Murders , let England beware of Flatterers and treat its Neighbours in a posture of defence . To conclude this part let the Inhabitants of London prepare for Death , for indeed a Plague is threatened , And God keep back the fury of bloody m●nded Men. Then Considering that the poynt at its disappearing tended South-East , let the Inhabitants of other place prepare to feel its Effects as well as we , but not so soon by way of Digretion , if I consider the two great Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter which fall in the signe Leo , the Ascendant of Rome in the Years 1682. and 83. I cannot but think there will be a Totall Desolution of the Popish power within a small time after , for I am perswaded that the work is begun already as to the Humane part , and according to former Observations much after the Nature as it was in one great Conjunction in Leo , when Rome was taken and the then present Pope confin'd , but these two Conjunctions being in one , and the same signe hapening in the space of one year , which configurations have not hapened for the space of above 2000 years , therefore it must needs shake Rome and change that place in qualitie , and indeed these Conjunctions have Relation to all the whole World , for it is an undoubted truth that the destruction of one State is the advancing of another , and by how much the conquered lose in Power and Treasure , by so much may the conqueror behold his own Victory . The World was never alwayes in one Position , ●or hardly ever will. The Reverend Mr. Perkins one of the Fathers of the Church in his Reading of the Duration of Kingdoms and States , in many places that they do not for the most part continue above 5 or 600 years at the most , without being Sack't by Strangers , then let the Reader consider whether a great part of Europe is not near great Alterations , England according to that Dostrine cannot but be very sensible of the sad Effects . I shall now conclude with this Astrological Prediction , that within this five years all Europe shall go near to be up in Armes . Multi , Multe , Sciunt , sed Nemo , Ommia . FINIS .