[48] See the letter which Kepler wrote about it to Galileo on 25th Oct. 1610. (Op. viii. pp. 113-117.) [49] Wedderburn’s reply was called: “Quatuor Problematum, quæ Martinius Horky contra Nuncium Sidereum de quatuor Planetis novis proposuit”; Roffeni’s, “Epistola apologetica contra cœcam peregrinationem cujusdam furiosi Martini cognomine Horky editam adversus, Nuncium Sidereum.” [50] Op. vi. pp. 114, 115. [51] Op. vi. p. 127. [52] May 7th, 1610. (Op. vi. pp. 93-99.) [53] Op. vi. p. 165. [54] Op. xv. (Viviani), p. 343. [55] Op. vi. p. 129. [56] Op. vi. pp. 116-118. Ponsard in his drama, “Galileo,” of which a third edition appeared at Paris in 1873, in which he mostly turns history upside down, in Act i. sc. iii. and iv. takes off capitally the proud and silly opposition of the Aristotelians. [57] Comp. Op. xv. p. 397, note 11, also Venturi, vol. i. pp. 19, 20. Jagemann (p. 52) even believes “that Gustavus Adolphus, who created an entirely new science of warfare which set all Europe in consternation and terror, had derived his wonderful knowledge from Galileo”! [58] Op. vi., 71-75. It is unfortunately unknown to whom this letter was addressed; but, as appears from the contents, it must have been to some one high in office at the court of Tuscany. [59] It is not known that these last mentioned treatises ever appeared. As not the least trace of them is to be found, and yet numerous particulars have come down to us of other works afterwards lost, it may be concluded that these essays were never written. [60] Op. viii. pp. 63, 64. [61] Op. viii. pp. 73, 74. [62] Op. vi. p. 112. [63] Libri justly says, p. 38: “this mistake was the beginning of all his misfortunes.” [64] In a letter from Galileo to his brother Michel Angelo, of May 11th, 1606, he describes the somewhat comical scene of the nocturnal deportation of the Jesuits from the city of Lagunes. (Op. vi. p. 32.) [65] Op. viii. p. 146-150. [66] 11th Dec., 1610. (Op. vi. p. 128.) [67] Op. vi. pp. 130-133 and 134-136. [68] Op. vi. pp. 137, 138. [69] Op. vi. p. 139, 140. [70] Op. vi. p. 140, note 1. See also Vinta’s answer to Galileo, 20th Jan. 1611 (Wolynski, “Lettere inedite,” p. 27); also the Grand Duke’s letter to his ambassador at Rome, Giovanni Niccolini, of 27th Feb., 1611 (Wolynski, “La Diplomazia Toscana e Gal. Galilei,” p. 10). [71] Pieralisi has first published this letter in his work “Urban VIII. and Galileo Galilei,” p. 41. [72] See, for Bellarmine’s request and the opinion, Op. viii. pp. 160-162. [73] Op. viii. p. 145. [74] Gherardi’s Collection of Documents: Doc. i. [75] Op. vi. p. 274. [76] The full title was: “Dianoja Astronomica, Optica, Physica, qua Siderei Nuncii rumor de quatuor Planetis a Galilaeo Galilaeo Mathematico celeberrimo, recens perspicilli cujusdam ope conspectis, vanus redditur. Auctore Francisco Sitio Florentino.” [77] Op. vi. p. 94, note 1; and xv. “Bibliografia Galileiana,” p. vi.