a lightning bolt struck the house of Mr. Absolon, who had friends over drinking, the debris striking them lame and senseless, one of which was struck dead
Month: January 1661
a rebellious party planned treasonous fires to take place on the king’s coronation, guards were kept at night in London to protect citizens from the dangerous group, 6 or 7 of them were apprehended near fleet-street, they remain in jail until their examination, the party apparently released letters of a strange prophecy of the fall of Europe and Christianity across England; also seven strange suns were spotted in Dantz, three of which were colored, also images like rainbows were seen