Genoa harbour, Italy Three coaches drawn by fiery creatures — 15 August 1608
“Over the sea off the harbor of Genoa, there appeared three coaches, each drawn by six fiery figures resembling dragons. With the said coaches were the aforesaid signs that still had their serpents and went on screaming their horrible cries and came close to Genoa, so that the spectators, or at least most of them, fled in fear of such a prodigy. However, when they had made three times a trip along the harbor and uttered such powerful screams that they resounded across the mountains around, they got lost over the sea and no news of them has been heard since. Fig. 19: Discours Espouvantable… “This caused great damage to the citizens of Genoa, as among them the son of Sr. Gasparino de Loro and also the brother of Sr. Anthonio Bagatello. Several women were also afflicted and had such fear that it caused their death.”
Source: Anon., Discoursau Vray des terribles et espouvantables signes… (Troyes: Odard Aulmont, 1608). Case: W173