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When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes.

Tycho Brahe

it seems that the complete explanation of the whole matter is not given unless we are also informed within narrower limits in what part of the widest Aether, and next to which orbs of the Planets [the comet] traces its path, and by what course it accomplishes this.
TYCHO BRAHE

Accomplish Complete Esther Explanation Inform Narrower Planet Unless Widest
Lastly, the star became like Saturn, and there will finally come a time of want, death, imprisonment and all sorts of sad things.
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Become Come Finally Imprisonment Lastly Sad Saturn Sort Star Thing Time
There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.
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Eccentric Mars Orbit Something
Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.
TYCHO BRAHE

God Star Study Teacher
An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services
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Astronomer Cosmopolitian Expect Ignorant Must Service Value
From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho’s supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether these be generated beneath the Moon or above the Moon, but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself.
TYCHO BRAHE

Conclude Fiery Kind Meteor Observation Some Supernova Tycho
The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any more than the Aetherial Lights [stars] are to be shifted.
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Aetherial Authority Body Disturbed Earth Especially Idea Large Light Motion Movement Oppose Physical Principle Shifted Sluggish Stability Star Three
The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.
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Calm Wiser Mouse Wise
Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.
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Author Clear Devise Quite Say Solid Sphere
May I not seem to have lived in vain.
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Lived May Seem Vain
One that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age since the beginning of the world.
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Age Before Begin never One Previously Seen Since World
That the machine of Heaven is not a hard and impervious body full of various real spheres, as up to now has been believed by most people.
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Body Full Hard Heaven Impervious Machine Real Sphere Various
Behold, directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen . . . Amazed, and as if astonished and stupified, I stood still
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Behold Certain Directly Overhead Seen Star Strange Suddenly War
When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes.
TYCHO BRAHE

Before Ever Kind Myself Satisfied Star Tone
When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy . . . .
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According Clear Contemplating Habit New Notice Sky Star Stupified Unusual
There had never before been any star in that place in the sky.
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Been Before never Place Sky Star

When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes.

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