AN ACCOUNT OF SOME Remarkable Eclipses, AND The EFFECTS observed to ensue thereupon.  
Being a Translation from the Latin out of Alstedius' Thesaurus Chronologiae, for the Consideration of the English Reader at this GREAT ECLIPSE of the SUN, on the 13th. of September, 1699.  
ECLIPSES are the Chiefest Treasure of Astronomy and Chronology, being as it were the main Bases and infallible Characters of Time: The Principal whereof are as followeth.  

Anno Mundi.  
A. M. 3180. The first Eclipse of the Sun, which Authors have taken notice of, was about the Time that Romulus was conceived; and then the Kingdom of Israel began to decline.  
A. M. 3230. In the 28th. Year of Nabonassar there was an Eclipse of the Moon, and in the Year of the World, 3235, there was another of the Sun. About this Time the Ten Tribes of Israel were carried away into perpetual Captivity, viz. in the Year of the World, 3228. and Romulus died, 3235: At which Time, Sennacherib, King of Assyria, the Angel of the Lord having slain in one Night 185000 of his Soldiers, raised the Siege of Jerusalem, and fled to Nineveh; where, a little after, as he was worshipping in the House of Nisroch his God, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his Sons, smote him with the Sword, Isa. 37.36, 37, 38.  
A. M. 3329. In the 5th. Year of Nabopalassar was an Eclipse of the Moon; and the Year of the World, 3343, another of the Sun. About this Time the State of the Kingdom of Judah was grown very Corrupt; for which, various Troubles and Calamities befell them: For in the Year of the World, 3350, began the Captivity of Babylon, which lasted 70 Years; and in the Year 3360, Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed by Nabuchadnezzar, 2 Chron. 36.  
A. M. 3427. In the 7th. Year of Cambyses, King of Persia, was an Eclipse of the Moon: About which Time the Jews, whom Cyrus had released from the Babylonish Captivity, were hindered from building the City and Temple, Ezra 1. and 4. Chap.  
A. M. 3459. In the 31st. Year of Darius Hystaspes, King of Persia, was an Eclipse of the Moon: About which Time Miltiades, General of the Athenian Forces, gave Darius a prodigious Overthrow near Marathon. For Justin says the Persian Army consisted of 600000, and Miltiades had but 10000 Athenians, and 1000 Auxiliaries of the Plataeans. Justin, Lib. 2.  
A. M. 3469. An Eclipse of the Sun happened when Xerxes, King of Persia, made those great Preparations against the Spartans', who was discomfited by them near the Straits of Thermopylae and Salamis. Justin, Ibid.  
A. M. 3470. There was seen an Eclipse of the Sun before the Fight at Plataeae, where Mardonius, General of Xerxes' Forces, received another Defeat. Justin, Ibid.  
A. M. 3519. This Year there was so great an Eclipse of the Sun, that the Stars were seen at Noon Day: After which followed the Peloponnesian or Archidamian War, between the Lacedæmonians and Athenians.  
A. M. 3526. In the 8th. Year of the Peloponnesian War, was seen an Eclipse of the Sun. About this Time ceased the Persecution of the Jews, Darius Nothus usurping the Empire of Persia.  
A. M. 3546. About the End of the Peloponnesian War, there was an Eclipse of the Sun: And the City of Athens was taken by Lysander, the Lacedaemonian General.  
A. M. 3619. There was an Eclipse of the Moon: And Darius Codomannus, the last King of Persia, was overcome near Arbela by Alexander the Great, who translated the Monarchy from the Persians to the Greeks.  
A. M. 3775. There was a great Eclipse of the Sun: and the Moon, in the Daytime, the Sky being clear, was darkened, while the Games, instituted in Honour of Apollo, or the Sun, were celebrated.  
A. M. 3776. This Year was seen an Eclipse of the Moon: And the Year following that Beast Antiochus Epiphanes began to tyrannize. He was the 8th. King of Syria, a most Cruel and Bloody Tyrant: He took Jerusalem, plundered the City, rob the Temple, set up Idols therein, and by sundry cruel Torments compelled the Jews to transgress the Law of God, and to commit Idolatry. 2 Maccab.  
A. M. 3782. A great Eclipse of the Moon was seen at this Time: And Perseus, King of Macedonia, was conquered by Aemilius the Roman Consul. Here ended the Kingdom of the Macedenians, being translated from them to the Romans.  
A. M. The Maccabees began now to appear.  
A. M. 3905. About the Time that Julius Caesar was slain, there happened an Eclipse of the Moon.   

Anno Christi.  
A. C. 35. At the Time of the Passion of Christ upon the Cross, the Sun and Moon were totally Eclipsed, Mat. 27. Mar. 15. But this was plainly supernatural: For the Eclipses of the Sun ordinarily happen in the New. Moon, but this happened in the Full: Which is evident from hence, because the Jews kept the Passover, by God's own Appointment, in the Full Moon.  
A. C. 45. In the 1st. Year of Augustus Caesar there was an Eclipse of the Sun. Herod Agrippa was smitten by the Angel of the Lord, Acts 12.23. There was also a great Famine in Syria.  
A. C. 59 An Eclipse of the Sun preceded the First Persecution under Nero, which began in the Year 65.  
A. C. 317. There was an Eclipse of the Sun this Year, when Arius began to publish his Opinions.  
A. C. 348. There was a very great Eclipse of the Sun, when the Arians prevailed.  
A. C. 360. The Sun was Eclipsed from Morning until Noon.  
A. C. 393. An Eclipse of the Sun was seen, and then the Roman Empire was divided under Honorius and Arcadius.  
A. C. 404. Another Eclipse of the Sun: And in the Year 410, Alaricus, King of the Goths, took and sacked the City of Rome.  
A. C. 527. This Year was another Eclipse of the Sun: And the Goths made great Spoil and Devastation over the Roman Empire.  
A. C. 592. The Sun was Eclipsed: And in the Year 606, Phocas, who murdered the Emperor Mauritius, and his Wife and Children, established the Pope's Supremacy. And in the Year 622 the Impostor Mahomet appeared.  
A. C. 733. There was an Eclipse of the Sun: And then began the Controversy about Image-Worship. The Eastern Christians opposed, and the Western approved it; though Damascen in the East wrote in behalf of Images.  
A. C. 796. The Sun was Eclipsed for 17 Days together; and the Darkness was so great, that the Ships could not sail. Bellarmine, in his Chronology, places this wonderful Prodigy at the Year 797.  
A. C. 803. The Moon was thrice Eclipsed, and the Sun once.  
A. C. 806. There was an Eclipse of the Sun. About this Time, there was a great Change under the Emperor Charles the Great; the Empire being then divided into the Eastern and Western, and the Christian Religion largely propagated.  
A. C. 807. There were 3 Eclipses; one of the Sun, and two of the Moon. About this Time, there was a great Change under the Emperor Charles the Great; the Empire being then divided into the Eastern and Western, and the Christian Religion largely propagated.  
A. C. 809. The Moon was Eclipsed. About this Time, there was a great Change under the Emperor Charles the Great; the Empire being then divided into the Eastern and Western, and the Christian Religion largely propagated.  
A. C. 810. There were 3 Eclipses; one of the Sun, and two of the Moon. About this Time, there was a great Change under the Emperor Charles the Great; the Empire being then divided into the Eastern and Western, and the Christian Religion largely propagated.  
A. C. 812. This Year an Eclipse of the Sun preceded the Death of Charles the Great. This was a prodigious Eclipse; for, as Eginhard writeth in the Life of Charles the Great, a Black Spot appeared in the Sun for seven Days.  
A. C. This Prodigy, as Alstedius conjectures, undoubtedly portended the Eclipse of the Gospel under the Popes of Rome; who, being enriched by Charles the Great, and his Father Pipin, began to aspire to Secular Power and Jurisdiction.  
A. C. Some place this Eclipse at the Year 814; but then they are to be understood according to the more exact Account of Time, which differs two Years from the Vulgar Computation.  
A. C. 831. There were 3 Eclipses; one of the Sun, and two of the Moon. About this Time Ludovicus Pius, King of France, was taken by his Sons, and cast into Prison; and the ecclesiastics took too much upon them in State Affairs.  
A. C. 840. There was a very great Eclipse of the Sun, so that the Stars could no more be seen, than in the darkest Night. The same happened again in the Year 899.  
A. C. 1290. An Eclipse of the Sun preceded the setting up of the Ottoman Empire.  
A. C. 1387. Upon the Nones, or 5th. of November, there was such an Eclipse of the Sun, as the like was hardly seen.  
A. C. 1415. On the 7th. of the 4th. Month, in the Morning, being the 6th. Day of the Week, there was such a dreadful Eclipse of the Sun, that the Birds of the Air fell to the Ground.  
A. C. This Year, upon the 6th. of the 5th. Month, John Huss, that Faithful Martyr of Christ, was burnt by the perfidious Council of Constance.  
A. C. 1544. There were four Eclipses; one of the Sun, and three of the Moon. About this Time began the Smalcaldian War, and various Stirs and Agitations about Religion.   
FINIS.   

LONDON, Printed for Geo. Conyers, at the Golden Ring in Little Britain. 1699.