 England such a token seen in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some men said that it was Cometa the star, which some men call the haired star; and it appeared first on the eve Litania Major, the 8th before the Kalends of May, and so shone all the...  Journal of the British Archaeological Association - Page 158by British Archaeological Association - 1867Full view - About this book
 | 1862 - 822 pages
...Easter, which was after the midwinter in which the king died. Then was seen over all England such a sign in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some men said it was the star Cometa, which some men call the haired star; and it first appeared on the eve of Litania Major,... | |
 | 1851 - 752 pages
...the invasion of the Danes, and the landing of the Conqueror, we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, " There was over all England such a token seen in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some said it was the comet-star, which some men call the hairy-star, and it. appeared first on the eve of... | |
 | Effie (Aunt.) - 1854 - 218 pages
...they ought to live. XCII. " AD 1060. In this year there was a great earthquake. . . . AD 1066. Then was over all England such a token seen in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some men said that it was cometa, the star, which some men call the haired star; and it appeared first on the eve... | |
 | Mrs. Ann Hawkshaw - 1854 - 222 pages
...they ought to live. XCII. " AD 1060. In this year there was a great earthquake. . . . AD 1066. Then was over all England such a token seen in the heavens as no man ever hefore saw. Some men said that it was cometa, the star, which some men call the haired star; and it... | |
 | Benjamin Thorpe - 1861 - 350 pages
...then on the day the xvith of the Kal. of May (April 16th). Then was seen over all England such a sign in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some men said that it was the star cometa, which some men call the haired star ; and it first appeared on the eve... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1862 - 282 pages
...paints their proceedings in blacker colours. In 1066, " on the 8th of the Kalends of May, there was such a token seen in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some men said that it was the Etar CONDITION OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT AT THE ROMAN CONQUEST. Cornea, which others call... | |
 | 1862 - 1092 pages
...Easter, which was after the midwinter in which the king died. Then was seen over all England such a Bign in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some men said it was the star Cometa, which some meu call the haired star; and it first appeared on the eve of Litania Major,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1864 - 284 pages
...paints their proceedings in blacker colours. In 1066, " on the 8th of the Kalends of May, there was such a token seen in the heavens as no man ever before saw. Some men said that it was the star CONDITION OP THE ISLE OF WIGHT AT THE ROMAN CONQUEST. Cometa, which others call... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1870 - 448 pages
...countrymen (May 1066). The events which followed are thus summarily related by the Saxon chronicler : — ' There was over all England such a token seen in the heavens as no man ever saw before. Some men said that it was Cometa, the star, which some men call " the hairy star." And... | |
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