I WONT DANCE WITH ANYONE BUT YOU, LUDOVCIO.

VIRGINIA, SCENE 6

MY CHILD IT SEEMS THAT GOD HAS BLESSED OUR MODERN ASTRONOMERS WITH IMAGINATIONS. IT IS QUITE ALARMING. DID YOU KNOW THAT THE EARTH – WHICH WE OLD FOGIES SUPPOSED TO BE SO LARGE – HAS SHRUNK TO NOTHING NO BIGGER THAN A WALNUT, AND THE NEW UNIVERSE HAS GROWN SO VAST THAT PRELATES AND EVEN CARDINALS LOOK LIKE ANTS.

THE INQUISITOR, SCENE 6 P. 81

THIS BAD MAN KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING, NOT WRITING HIS BOOKS IN LATIN, BUT IN THE JARGON OF THE MARKETPLACE.

THE INQUISITOR, SCENE 11, P. 109

GOOD PEOPLE, WHAT WILL COME TO PASS IF GALILEO’S TEACHINGS SPREAD? NO ALTAR BOY WILL SERVE THE MASS NO SERVANT GIRL WILL MAKE THE BED.

BALLAD SINGER, SCENE 9, P. 99

CAN I RECONCILE MY FINDINGS ON THE PATHS OF FALLING BODIES WITH THE CURRENT BELIEF IN THE TRACKS OF WITCHES ON BROOMSTICKS?

GALILEO, SCENE 7, P. 85

AND WHO WILL KISS THE POPE’S FEET AS LONG AS HE USES THEM TO TRAMPLE ON THE PEOPLE. GOD MADE THE PHYSICAL WORLD, GOD MADE THE HUMAN BRAIN. GOD WILL ALLOW PHYSICS.

LITTLE MONK, SCENE 8 P. 96

THE MANUSCRIPT IS IN THE GLOBE. MY VANITY HAS UP TO NOW PREVENTED ME FROM DESTROYING IT.

GALILEO, SCENE 13, P. 120

PEASANTS [ARE] …. NOTHING BUT ANIMALS. I HAVE SEEN THE DAY WHEN MY MOTHER HAD A DOG WHIPPED BEFORE THEIR EYES TO REMIND THEM TO KEEP THEIR PLACE.

LUDOVICO, SCENE 8, P

YES WE UNDERSTAND THE CHURCH IS PLEASED WITH YOU. NOT ONE PAPER EXPOUNDING A NEW THESIS HAS MADE ITS APPEARANCE IN ITALY SINCE YOUR SUBMISSION. YES WE UNDERSTAND THE CHURCH IS PLEASED WITH YOU. NOT ONE PAPER EXPOUNDING A NEW THESIS HAS MADE ITS APPEARANCE IN ITALY SINCE YOUR SUBMISSION.

ANDREA, SCENE 13, P. 119

I AM NOT A MAN WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE MOTION OF THE STARS, BUT YOU HAVE CHAMPIONED THE FREEDOM TO TEACH NEW THINGS.

MR. MARTI, SCENE 10, P. 105

WE MUST BE SILENT FROM THE HIGHEST OF MOTIVES: THE INWARD PEACE OF LESS FORTUNATE SOULS.

LITTLE MONK, SCENE 7, P. 84

I DO NOT WANT A CONDEMNATION OF PHYSICAL FACTS. I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR BATTLE CRIES: CHURCH, CHURCH, CHURCH! REASON, REASON, REASON!

THE POPE, SCENE 11, P. 110

YOUR EYES ARE A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO HIS HIGHNESS. COULD IT BE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING TOO LONG AND TOO OFTEN THROUGH YOUR MARVELOUS TUBE?

LORD CHAMBERLAIN, (TO THE MEDICI COURT IN FLORENCE) SCENE, 10, P. 107

I WILL NOT SET MYSELF UP AGAINST THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE, NO!

THE POPE, FORMERLY CARDINAL BARBERINI, SCENE 11, P. 108

AH, THAT IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE SAY, THAT IT IS THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE. THEIR CRY IS “THE FIGURES COMPEL US,” BUT WHERE DO THESE FIGURES COME FROM? PLAINLY THEY COME FROM DOUBT.

THE INQUISITOR, SCENE 11, P. 108