FOOTNOTES:
[170] The words of his diploma are: Galilæi in mathematicis disciplinis discipulus, in ærumnis socius, Italicum ingenium ita perpolivit optimis artibus ut inter mathematicos sæculi nostri facile princeps per orbem litterarium numeretur.—Tiraboschi.
[171] On this occasion the taste of the time showed itself in the following anagram:—
Evangelista Torricellieus,
En virescit Galilæus alter.
[172] Compare Son. ii. v. 8 & 9; and Son. iii. v. 2 & 3, with Ger. Lib. c. iv. st. 76, and c. vii. st. 19.—The author gladly owns his obligation for these remarks to the kindness of Sig. Panizzi, Professor of Italian in the University of London.
[173] Lettera di Timauro Antiate. Firenze, 1663.
[174] De phænomenis in orbe Lunæ. Venetiis, 1612.
[175] Venturi.
[176] Notizie sul Ingrandimento delle Scienze Fisiche. Firenze, 1780.
[177] Venturi.
[178] Lettera di Timauro Antiate.
LIFE OF KEPLER.