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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140633.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>POURTRAICT Of the New Wonderful Blazing Star, Which appear'd to the Inner <HI>Au&s;trian</HI> Countries, and the adjacent Parts of <HI>Croatia,</HI> &s;tanding over <HI>Rackelsburg</HI> and <HI>Czackenthurn,</HI> &s;een betwixt two and three of the Clock &s;everal mornings, from the 12^t^h of <HI>January,</HI> 1664. to the terrour of the Beholders.</HEAD>
<P>THis unnatural and on the Firmament in a horrid and fire-burning &s;hape appeared Star, a lighted Torch of God's Wrath, conjecturally is feared to be a fore-runner of far greater Wars, and &s;ub&s;equent Calamities, then that which appeared <HI>Anno</HI> 1618, and &s;een all <HI>Europe</HI> over for thirty days together, fore&s;hewing bloody Wars, la&s;ting thirty years; as likewi&s;e that &s;een <HI>Anno</HI> 1652. upon which the <HI>Polonian, Swedi&s;h,</HI> and <HI>Dani&s;h</HI> Wars en&s;ued. The form of this wonderful Star &s;o exceedingly admired in re&s;pect of the appa|rent Half-moons in it, is doubtle&s;s a fore-runner of mi&s;erable Alterations, the rather becau&s;e the Arch-Enemy to <HI>Chri&s;tendom</HI> hath with a &s;tupendious Army invaded the Chri&s;tian Empire, threatning to come yet more &s;trongly to make horrid Deva&s;tations; therefore let us fall upon our knees, doing true Re|pentance, be frequent and fervent in our Prayers, that God's fierce &s;triking Hand may be &s;tay'd, and the&s;e threatned Calamities be averted. And whereas <HI>Neubarthus</HI> in his Almanack of the 1663. la&s;t, under the Title of a Great Conjunction of <HI>Saturn</HI> and <HI>Ju|piter</HI> in the fiery Sign of <HI>Sagitarie,</HI> this en&s;uing Bla|zing Star from thence upon A&s;trological conjectures hath its de&s;cent, unto a warning to all is it publi&s;hed, that we all may be turning to a &s;peedy and true Re|pentance.</P>
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<HEAD>DELINEATION Of a Marvellous New Blazing Star, Which appear to <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> chiefly about <HI>Rackel&s;|burg</HI> and <HI>Czackenthurn,</HI> &s;een &s;everal mornings be|twixt two and three of the Clock, from the 12^t^h of <HI>January,</HI> 1664. to the amaze|ment of the Beholders.</HEAD>
<P>WE &s;ee clearly as in a Looking-gla&s;s that the coming of Chri&s;t draws nigh, and that the la&s;t times are at hand, through the Signs and Wonders that are &s;een on the Firmament of Heaven, Sun, Moon, and Stars, unto a warning and row&s;ing of the drow&s;ie man, that he &s;hould be converted, and turn off from his &s;inful ways. Hereupon we thought good to communicate this horrible Star, the pourtraict whereof was &s;ent hi|ther from <HI>Germany.</HI></P>
<P>This unnatural, and never the like &s;een Heavens-&s;ign or wondrous Star, appeared on the Firmament in a horrid &s;hape and burning fire, as a kindled Torch of God's Wrath: It is feared that heavy Wars and Calamities will en&s;ue thereupon; like as that <HI>Anno</HI> 1618. &s;een all <HI>Europe</HI> over for thirty days together, &s;ignified thirty years bloody Wars; and the Blazing Star al&s;o which was &s;een <HI>Anno</HI> 1652. intimated the en&s;uing <HI>Polonian, Swedi&s;h,</HI> and <HI>Dani&s;h</HI> Wars: The rather, becau&s;e the form of it is &s;trange and marvel|lous, bearing in the mid&s;t two Half-moons, the <HI>Otto|man</HI> Arms, who with his warlike Preparations a&s;to|ni&s;heth whole <HI>Europe.</HI> Yet the Lord of Heaven &s;eems to promi&s;e &s;ome good towards <HI>Chri&s;tendom,</HI> and through this token to turn off the&s;e Calamities. <HI>Neu|barthus</HI> in his la&s;t years Almanack 1663. under the Ti|tle of the Great Conjunction of &Saturn; and &Jupit; in the fiery Sign &Sagitt;, holds this Blazing Star for an effect of it. Se|veral A&s;tronomers held it for good taht it &s;hould be publi&s;hed.</P>
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<P>With Licen&s;e,</P>
<P><HI>March</HI> 7. 1661/4.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Roger</HI> L'<HI>E&s;trange.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by J. M. and are to be &s;old by <HI>E. Brew&s;ter</HI> at the <HI>Crane</HI> in S^t <HI>Paul</HI>'s Church-yard. 1664.</P>
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