150. =Samminiato=. San Miniato, a church in Florence.

160. =Mythos=. In reference to the myths of Endymion, the mortal

with whom the goddess Diana (the moon) fell in love. See a classical

dictionary, and Keats's poem _Endymion_.

163. =Zoroaster=. The founder of the Persian religion. Reference is

here made to his observations of the heavenly bodies while meditating

on religious things.

164. =Galileo= (1564-1642). The great Italian physicist and

astronomer.

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