In September following, the moone being about 27. daies hold, at six of the clocke, a partile eclipse of the sunne happened, for the bodie thereof appeared as it were horned shooting the hornes towards the west as the moone dooth: being twentie daies old. [Sidenote: A strange eclipse of the sunne.] The residue of the compasse of it was couered with a blacke roundell, which comming downe by little and little, threw about the horned brightnesse that remained, till both the hornes came to hang downe on either side to the earthwards; and as the blacke roundell went by little & little forwards, the homes at length were turned towards the west, and so the blacknesse passing awaie, the sunne receiued his brightnesse againe. In the meane time the aire being full of clouds of diuerse colours, as red, yellow, green, and pale, holpe the peoples sight with more ease to discerne the maner of it. The king this yeare held his Christmasse at Winchester, [Sidenote: An. Reg. 25.] [Sidenote: _R. Houed._] at which time newes came abroad of a great wonder that had chanced at a place called Oxenhale, within the lordship of Derlington, [Sidenote: 1179.] in which place a part of the earth lifted itselfe vp on high in appearance like to a mightie tower, and so it remained from nine of the clocke in the morning, till the euen tide, and then it fell downe with an horrible noise, so that as such as were thereabout, were put in a great feare. [Sidenote: A strange wonder of the earth.] That péece of earth with the fall was swallowed vp, leauing a great déepe pit in the place, as was to be seene many yeares after. ¶ Touching these celestiall apparitions, the common doctrine of philosophie is, that they be méere naturall, and therefore of no great admiration. For of eclipses, as well such as are proper to the sunne, as also those that are peculiar to the moone, the position is not so generallie deliuered, as it is constantlie beléeued. For the philosophers giue this reason of eclipses. [Sidenote: _M. Pal. in. Aquar._] ---- radios Phœbi luna interiecta repellit, Nec sinit in terras claram descendere lucem. Quippe aliud non est quàm terræ atque æquoris vmbra, Quæ si fortè ferit nocturnæ corpora lunæ, Eclipsin facit.