8o GALILEO AND HIS JUDGES: 



abandon the opinion that the Earth revolved, and that 

 the Sun was the centre of the universe. 



Another memorial (drawn up about the same time), 

 after enumerating the facts of the case, stated eight- 

 heads of accusation against the philosopher : 



1. Having, without leave, placed at the beginning 

 of his work the permission for printing, 

 delivered at Eome. 



2. Having, in the body of the work, put the true 

 doctrine in the mouth of a fool, and having 

 approved it but feebly by the argument of 

 another interlocutor. 



3. Having quitted the region of hypothesis by 

 affirming, in an absolute manner, the mobility 

 of the Earth and the stability of the Sun, etc. 



4. Having treated the subject as one that was not 

 already decided, and in the attitude of a 

 person waiting for a definition, and sup- 

 posing it to have not been yet promulgated. 



5. Having despised the authors who were opposed 

 to the above-mentioned opinion, though the 

 Church uses them in preference to others. 



6. Having affirmed (untruly) the equality sup- 

 posed to exist, for understanding geo- 

 metrical matters, between the divine and 

 human intellect. 



7. Having stated, as a truth, that the partisans of 

 Ptolemy ought to range themselves with those 

 of Copernicus, and denied the converse. 



