"Some," says Meric Casaubon, "have been deceived in the hour [of
an eclipse], as in the eclipse that happened _April 3, 1605_;
about which some very able artists are noted to have mistaken; and
the reason is given by astronomers how such a mistake might
happen."
Such is my "Note;" but I cannot just now give the reference. I will
answer for its accuracy. Can any one give some account of that eclipse,
and state the reasons alleged why "such a mistake might happen?"