AN ALARM 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 Physician and ginger.  
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 Ducklane.   

THE EPISTLE TO THE READER,  
COurteous Reader, I shall wave the divers Opinions of Philosophers, concerning the generation of Comets, 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 trod 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 style 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 Ancient 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 Enemies destruction; let us not glory in the Ruin, 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, Judgement is near taking place.  
Let it be remembered that on the 18th. of May Anno 1680. That the Prodigious storm of Hail fell in and about the City of London, and the Effects of such kind of Hail, 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 died, 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 Hail, must of necessity have extreme Effects upon the bodies of Mankind.   

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 diverall Motion about 1 Deg. 30 minutes, & by the Addition of its diurnal Motion it reaches to the 23d. as aforesaid, at the time of writing being the 24th. of December the Star hath about 10 Degrees North Latitude, and about the bigness of a Star 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 Judgement according to Art, there are two things to be considered, first The place of the Comet in the Zodiac, secondly, where the Stream points. 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 Rebel against England, and I must farther take a Cognisance of its passing Sagitarius, a sign opposite to London's Asdendant, where that great conjunction fell of Saturn and Jupiter in the year 1663. From which Mr. Richard ●…lin predicted that great Plague which happened 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, poisoning 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 point at its disappearing tended Southeast, 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 sign Leo, the Ascendant of Rome in the Years 1682. and 83. I cannot but think there will be a Totall Dissolution of the Popish power within a small time after, for I am persuaded 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 confined, but these two Conjunctions being in one, and the same sign hapening in the space of one year, which configurations have not happened for the space of above 2000 years, therefore it must needs shake Rome and change that place in quality, 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 always 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 Sacked 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 Arms.  
Multi, Multe, Sciunt, sed Nemo, Ommia.  
FINIS.