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andthe Comet. This custom has lasted down to our ownday. Again, to the comet of 1500 was attributed the tem-pest that caused the death of Bartholomew Diaz, acelebrated Portuguese navigator, who discovered theCape of Good Hope. In 1528 a bearded star of terrific aspect alarmed the176 THE COMETS… … FiG. 50.—What our Ancestors saw in a Comet. After Ambroise Pare (1^28). scribes this awful phenomenon in terms anything butseductive, or reassuring, showing us the menacing swordsurrounded by the heads it had cut off (Fig. 50). Our fathers saw many other prodigies in the skies;177
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