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A preventory order was issued and sent to the Papal Nuncio at Florence. This was equivalent to an arrest. Galileo must go to Rome and answer for having broken the promises he had made to the Inquisition. If he would not go willingly, he should go in chains. Arriving at Rome, he had several audiences with the Pope, who said nothing would answer but a specific recantation.
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