Note 569 — Chapter II · FAILING HEALTH AND LOSS OF SIGHT.
G. (George) Sturge translation
Pieralisi thinks (“Urbano VIII. and Galileo Galilei,” p. 264) that it was left to Galileo’s option during the last few years to reside either at Arcetri or Florence, and that his preference for his villa led him to choose the former; a statement for which Pieralisi has no proof to offer, and which is strongly opposed to what we have mentioned above.