FRANZ REINZER

It [a comet] appears, only then in the heavens when the latter punish the earth, and through it [the comet] not only predict but bring to pass all sorts of calamity....And, to that end, its tail serves for a rod, its hair for weapons and arrows, its light for a threat, and its heat for a sign of anger and vengeance … Comets can indirectly, in view of their material, betoken wars, tumults, and the death of princes.

It [a comet] appears, only then in the heavens when the latter punish the earth, and through it [the comet] not only predict but bring to pass all sorts of calamity....And, to that end, its tail serves for a rod, its hair for weapons and arrows, its light for a threat, and its heat for a sign of anger and vengeance … Comets can indirectly, in view of their material, betoken wars, tumults, and the death of princes.