ABSTRACT
He was cast into the Prison of the Roman Inquisition, Feb. 27th 1593. 1 Here he lay seven long years. For the greater part of this time there is absolute silence concerning him, and some Italian critics deem the absence of existing documents significant. 2 During the short rule of the Roman Republic in 1849, the Secret Archives of the Vatican were searched backwards from February 1600, but time only admitted of records up to Nov. 1598 being examined. To day we are assured that no further documents exist there. 3
