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for_o s._n damascen_n lib._n 2._o orthodox_n fid_fw-we tell_v we_o aggignuntur_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o frequent_a cometae_fw-la signa_fw-la quaedam_fw-la interitus_fw-la regum_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la iis_fw-la astris_fw-la quae_fw-la à _fw-la rerum_fw-la initio_fw-la facta_fw-la sunt_fw-la sed_fw-la jussu_fw-la divino_fw-la certis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la conflantur_fw-la ac_fw-la rursus_fw-la dissolvuntur_fw-la there_o be_v comet_n say_v he_o frequent_o generate_v that_o be_v sign_n of_o the_o death_n of_o king_n which_o indeed_o be_v not_o of_o those_o star_n that_o be_v at_o first_o create_v but_o which_o be_v gather_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n at_o certain_a time_n and_o afterward_o dissolve_v and_o tertullian_n ad_fw-la scap_n cap._n 3._o after_o a_o long_a discourse_n thereof_o thus_o conclude_v omnia_fw-la haec_fw-la signa_fw-la sunt_fw-la imminentis_fw-la irae_fw-la dei_fw-la they_o be_v all_o sign_n say_v he_o of_o the_o imminent_a wrath_n 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a_o soldier_n his_o faithful_a servant_n etc._n etc._n and_o a_o little_a after_o noctis_fw-la initio_fw-la tenebrante_fw-la jam_fw-la mundo_fw-la visa_fw-la est_fw-la ignea_fw-la nubes_fw-la ab_fw-la oriente_fw-la primo_fw-la parva_fw-la deinde_fw-la paulatim_fw-la ut_fw-la accedebat_fw-la super_fw-la civitatem_fw-la &_o a_o crescebat_fw-la donec_fw-la toti_fw-la urbi_fw-la ingens_fw-la terribiliter_fw-la immineret_fw-la videbatur_fw-la horrenda_fw-la flamma_fw-la pendere_fw-la nec_fw-la odor_n sulphurus_fw-la deerat_fw-la omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la confugiebant_fw-la non_fw-la capiebat_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la locus_fw-la baptismum_fw-la extorquebat_fw-la cuique_fw-la à _fw-la quo_fw-la poterat_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la per_fw-la domos_fw-la per_fw-la vicos_fw-la &_o plateas_fw-la salus_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la exigebatur_fw-la ut_fw-la fugaretur_fw-la ira_fw-la non_fw-la praesâ—ns_fw-la utique_fw-la sed_fw-la futura_fw-la in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o night_n whilst_o darkness_n cover_v the_o earth_n there_o appear_v a_o fiery_a cloud_n in_o the_o east_n at_o first_o but_o a_o little_a one_o afterward_o by_o degree_n as_o it_o approach_v the_o city_n it_o so_o increase_v till_o be_v mighty_a big_a it_o hover_v terrible_o over_o all_o the_o city_n there_o be_v see_v a_o horrible_a flame_n which_o descend_v from_o it_o neither_o be_v there_o a_o sulphurous_a smell_n want_v all_o the_o people_n flee_v to_o the_o church_n the_o place_n contain_v not_o the_o multitude_n every_o one_o wrest_a baptism_n from_o who_o he_o can_v the_o health_n of_o the_o sacrament_n be_v extort_a not_o only_o in_o the_o church_n but_o also_o throughout_o the_o house_n lane_n and_o street_n to_o avoid_v as_o well_o the_o present_a as_o future_a wrath_n of_o god_n thus_o far_o s._n augustine_n of_o meteorologer_n let_v we_o hear_v fromundus_n lib._n 1._o meteor_n cap._n 3._o who_o after_o a_o long_a discourse_n thereon_o conclude_v with_o fienus_n cometem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la physicam_fw-la causam_fw-la calamitatum_fw-la sed_fw-la signum_fw-la potius_fw-la ad_fw-la placitum_fw-la dei_fw-la utentis_fw-la cometa_fw-la licet_fw-la effectu_fw-la naturali_fw-la ad_fw-la terrendos_fw-la &_o emendandos_fw-mi alicubi_fw-la mortales_fw-la quo_fw-la modo_fw-la usus_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la foedus_fw-la cum_fw-la genere_fw-la nostro_fw-la significandum_fw-la &_o licet_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la fausti_fw-la quidam_fw-la cometae_fw-la fuerint_fw-la aut_fw-la visi_fw-la sint_fw-la non_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la tamen_fw-la finem_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la tristiora_fw-la