[535] This passage directly contradicts the remark on this subject in the report of Fra Clemente, the Inquisitor, of 1st April, 1634; his successor, Fra Fanano, seems to have been more favourable to Galileo.
[536] Op. x. pp. 280, 281.
[537] Gherardi’s Documents, Doc. xxiv.
[538] Op. x. p. 286.
[539] Fanano’s letter to Cardinal F. Barberini of 10th March, 1638. (Op. x. p. 287.)
[540] Gherardi’s Documents, Doc. xxv.
[541] Letter of the Vicar of the Holy Office at Florence to Galileo, of 28th March, 1638. (Op. x. p. 292.)
[542] Op. vii. pp. 211-216.
[543] See letters from Hortensius and Realius to Galileo of 26th Jan. and 3rd Mar. 1637 (Op. vii. pp. 95-99, 100-102); letter from Const. Huyghens to Diodati, 13th April, 1637 (Op. vii. pp. 111-113).
[544] Op. vii. pp. 163-174.