Chapter 13

Kepler's continued Embarrassments--Death of Mathias--Liberality of Ferdinand--Kepler's "Harmonies of the World"--The Epitome of the Copernican Astronomy--It is prohibited by the Inquisition--Sir Henry Wotton, the British Ambassador, invites Kepler to England--He declines the Invitation--Neglect of Genius by the English Government--Trial of Kepler's Mother--Her final Acquittal--And Death at the age of Seventy-five--The States of Styria burn publicly Kepler's Calendar--He receives his Arrears of Salary from Ferdinand--The Rudolphine Tables published in 1628--He receives a Gold Chain from the Grand Duke of Tuscany--He is Patronised by the Duke of Friedland--He removes to Sagan, in Silesia--Is appointed Professor of Mathematics at Rostoch--Goes to Ratisbon to receive his Arrears--His Death, Funeral, and Epitaph--Monument Erected to his Memory in 1803--His Family--His Posthumous Volume, entitled "The Dream, or Lunar Astronomy,"