"So that 'tis to the Greeks themselves as the Inventors (and especially to the Great Hipparchus) that we owe this Astr…"

"But Seneca the Philosopher, having consider'd the Phænomena of Two remarkable Comets of his Time, made no Scruple to …"

"Yet almost all the Astronomers differ'd from this Opinion of Seneca; neither did Seneca himself think fit to set down…"

"[I]n the Year 1472, which being the swiftest of all, and nearest to the Earth, was observ'd by Regiomantanus. This Co…"

"But all those that consider'd Comets, until the Time of Ticho Brahe (that great Restorer of Astronomy) believ'd them …"

"But in the Year 1577, (Ticho seriously pursuing the Study of the Stars, and having gotten large Instruments for the P…"

"Next to Ticho, came the Sagacious Kepler. He having the Advantage of Tichos Labours and Observations, found out the t…"

"Next, Hevelius (a Noble Emulator of Ticho Brahe) following in Keplers Steps, embraced the same Hypothesis of the Rect…"

"At length, came that prodigious Comet of the Year 1680, which descending (as it were) from an infinite Distance Perpe…"

"Wherefore, if, according to what we have already said, it should return again about the year 1758, candid posterity w…"