by stealth--His Uncle's Death--He returns to Copenhagen,
and resumes his Observations--Revisits Germany--Fights a Duel, and
loses his Nose--Visits Augsburg, and meets Hainzel--Who assists him
in making a large Quadrant--Revisits Denmark--And is warmly
received by the King--He settles at his Uncle's Castle of
Herritzvold--His Observatory and Laboratory--Discovers the new Star
in Cassiopeia--Account of this remarkable Body--Tycho's Marriage
with a Peasant Girl--Which irritates his Friends--His Lectures on
Astronomy--He visits the Prince of Hesse--Attends the Coronation of
the Emperor Rudolph at Ratisbon--He returns to Denmark,

CHAPTER II. 145

Frederick II. patronizes Tycho--And resolves to establish him in
Denmark--Grants him the Island of Huen for Life--And Builds the
splendid Observatory of Uraniburg--Description of the Island, and
of the Observatory--Account of its Astronomical Instruments--Tycho
begins his Observations--His Pupils--Tycho is made Canon of
Rothschild, and receives a large Pension--His Hospitality to his
Visitors--Ingratitude of Wittichius--Tycho sends an Assistant to
take the Latitude of Frauenburg and Konigsberg--Is visited by
Ulric, Duke of Mecklenburg--Change in Tycho's fortunes,

CHAPTER III. 160

Tycho's Labours do honour to his Country--Death of Frederick
II.--James VI. of Scotland visits Tycho at Uraniburg--Christian IV.
visits Tycho--The Duke of Brunswick's visit to Tycho--The Danish
Nobility, jealous of his fame, conspire against him--He is
compelled to quit Uraniburg--And to abandon his Studies--Cruelty of
the Minister Walchendorp--Tycho quits Denmark with his Family and
Instruments--Is hospitably received by Count Rantzau--Who
introduces him to the Emperor Rudolph--The Emperor invites him to
Prague--He gives him a Pension of 3000 Crowns--And the Castle of
Benach as a Residence and an Observatory--Kepler visits Tycho--Who
obtains for him the Appointment of Mathematician to Rudolph,

CHAPTER IV. 179

Tycho resumes his Astronomical Observations--Is attacked with a
Painful Disease--His Sufferings and Death in 1601--His Funeral--His
Temper--His Turn for Satire and Raillery--His Piety--Account of his
Astronomical Discoveries--His Love of Astrology and
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