[106] Vat. MS. fol. 352 ro.; and Gherardi’s Documents, Doc. iii.

[107] Compare the text of Caccini’s evidence. (Vat. MS. fol. 353 ro.-358 vo.)

[108] See the protocol of both these examinations. (Vat. MS. fol. 371 ro.-373 vo.)

[109] Vat. MS. fol. 375 vo., and Gherardi’s Documents, Doc. v.

[110] Op. ii. pp. 13-17.

[111] Op. ii. pp. 17-26.

[112] Op. viii. pp. 350-353.

[113] Op. viii. pp. 354-356.

[114] As we should say, “as a working hypothesis.” [Tr.]

[115] This was the work which was condemned and absolutely prohibited by the Congregation of the Index a year later: “Lettera del R. P. Maestro Paolo Antonio Foscarini, Carmelitano, sopra l’opinione de i Pittagorici e del Copernico della mobilità della Terra e stabilità del Sole, e il nuovo Sisteme del Mondo.” (For Cesi’s letter, Op. viii. pp. 356-358.)