This nation is reputed to be both great and warlike, and to dwell towards the East and the Sunrising, beyond the river Araxes and over against 213 the Issedonians: and some also say that this nation is of Scythian race.
"The History Of Herodotus Volume 1(of 2)"
Herodotus
Up before three o'clock, and a little after upon the water, it being very light as at noon, and a bright Sunrising; but by and by a rainbow appeared, the first that ever in a morning I saw, and then it fell a-raining a little, but held up again, and I to Woolwich, where before all the men came to work I with Mr. Deane spent two hours upon the new ship, informing myself in the names and natures of many parts of her to my great content, and so back again, without doing any thing else, and after shifting myself away to Westminster, looking after Mr. Maes's business and others.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
On the tenth of February 1675, came the Indians with great numbers upon Lancaster: their first coming was about Sunrising; hearing the noise of some guns, we looked out; several houses were burning, and the smoke ascending to heaven.
"Captivity and Restoration"
Mrs. Mary Rowlandson