[148] Martin, pp. 79, 80.
[149] Prof. Riccardi has stated this conjecture in the Introduction (p. 17) to his valuable collection of documents relating to the trial of Galileo, published in 1873.
[150] For the particulars, see Appendix, “Estimate of the Vat. MS.”
[151] Pietro Guiccardini had relieved his predecessor, Giovanni Sicculini, of his post on 14th May, 1611, when Galileo was still at Rome. Guiccardini remained there till 27th November, 1621.
[152] Op. vi. pp. 227-230.
[153] See Galileo’s letter to Picchena, from Rome, of 12th March. (Op. vi. pp. 233-235.)
[154] Wolynski’s “Lettere inedite,” etc., p. 36.
[155] Op. vi. pp. 235-237.
[156] Op. viii. p. 385.
[157] Op. vi. p. 238, note 2. See these despatches verbatim in Wolynski’s “La Diplomazia Toscana e Gal. Galilei,” p. 22.