Refusal of some Favour asked by Galileo.—His pious Resignation.—Continues his scientific Researches.—His pupil Viviani.—Failure of attempt to renew Negotiations about Longitudes.—Reply to Liceti and Correspondence with him.—Last discussion of the Copernican System in reply to Rinuccini.—Sketch of its contents.—Pendulum Clocks.—Priority of the discovery belongs to Galileo.—Visit from Castelli.—Torricelli joins Viviani.—Scientific discourse on his Deathbed.—Death, 8th Jan., 1642.—Proposal to deny him Christian Burial.—Monument objected to by Urban VIII.—Ferdinand II. fears to offend him.—Buried quietly.—No Inscription till thirty-two years later.—First Public Monument erected by Viviani in 1693.—Viviani directs his heirs to erect one in Santa Croce.—Erected in 1738.—Rome unable to put down Copernican System.—In 1757 Benedict XIV. permits the clause in Decree forbidding books which teach the new System to be expunged.—In 1820 permission given to treat of it as true.—Galileo’s work and others not expunged from the Index till 1835 299 APPENDIX. I. HISTORY OF THE VATICAN MANUSCRIPT 319 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE VATICAN MANUSCRIPT 330 III. ESTIMATE OF THE VATICAN MANUSCRIPT 334 IV. GHERARDI’S COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS 341 V. DECREE OF 5TH MARCH, 1616 345 VI. REMARKS ON THE SENTENCE AND RECANTATION 347 WORKS CONSULTED.[5] ALBÈRI (Eugenio): “Le opere di Galileo Galilei.” Prima edizione completa condotta sugli autentici manoscritti Palatini. Firenze, 1842-1856. *“Sul Processo di Galileo. Due Lettere in risposta al giornale S’opinione.” Firenze, 1864. ANONYM: “Der heilige Stuhl gegen Galileo Galilei und das astronomische System des Copernicus.” Historisch-politische Blätter für das katholische Deutschland; herausgegeben von G. Phillips und G. Görres. Siebenter Band. München, 1841. “Galileo Galilei. Sein Leben und seine Bedeutung für die Entwickelung der Naturwissenschaft.” Die Fortschritte der Naturwissenschaft in biographischen Bildern. Drittes Heft. Berlin, 1856. “Galileo Galilei.” Die Grenzboten. XXIV. Jahrgang. I. Semester. Nr. 24. 1865. *ARDUINI (Carlo): “La Primogenita di Galileo Galilei rivelata dalle sue lettere.” Florence, 1864. BARBIER (Antoine Alexandre): “Examen critique et complément des dictionnaires historiques les plus répandus.” Paris, 1820. Article Galilée. *BERTI (Prof. Domenico): “La venuta di Galileo Galilei a Padova. Studii. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti, dal Novembre 1870 all’ ottobre 1871.” Tomo decimosesto, seria terza, dispensa quinta, ottava, nono e decima. Venezia, 1870, 1871.