HALLEY’S COMET, JANUARY 9,
1683, AS DRAWN BY HEVELIUS.
THE COMET OF 1682, AS REPRESENTED
IN THE NUREMBURG CHRONICLE.
MEDAL STRUCK IN GERMANY TO ALLAY THE
TERROR CAUSED BY THE COMET OF 1680-81.
TRANSLATION OF INSCRIPTION:
“THE STAR THREATENS EVIL THINGS—ONLY TRUST!
GOD WILL MAKE IT TURN OUT WELL.”
Others beside Halley took alarm at the Comet. They called it “The Chariot of Fire.”