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English: Antiquitie hath not feen anie thing more prodigious then that Comet which appeared with bloodie hair in Uverftine, upon the ninth daie of October, 1528. for it was fo horrible and fearful a fpectacle, that divers died with fear, and manie fell into grievous difeafes; going from the Eaft to the South, it endured no longer than one hour and a quarter: in the top whereof was feen a bending arm holding a great fword in a threat'ning hand; at the end thereof appeared three ftars, but that over which the point of the fword directly hanged was more bright and clear then the reft: on each fide of this Comet were feen manie fpears, fwords, and other kindes of weapons died with blood, which were intermixed with men's heads, haveing long and terrible hair and beards, as you may fee in this figure.
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Author Ambroise Pare

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