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Later Father Bartochowski, who composed a panegyric for the

triumph at Cracow, under the title Orientis Fulmen,149 discoursed

much about that comet; I have also read of it in a work called

Janina,150 in which the entire expedition of the late King Jan is

described, and where there is engraved the great standard of

Mahomet, and just such a comet as we see to-day."

"Amen," said the Judge in reply, "I accept your augury that a Jan

III. may appear along with the star! To-day there is a great hero

in the west; perhaps the comet will bring him to us: which may

God grant!"

Sorrowfully drooping his head, the Seneschal replied:-