In the summer of 1638, Milton met Galileo.
Milton was 30 and had just kicked off his career as a poet. Galileo was 77, has been found guilty of heresy, and was under house arrest.
Less than 5 years later, England would be plunged into Civil War, and Milton would become a chief propagandist for the Puritan regime.
But when the Anglican royals were restored in 1660, Milton found himself a blind heretic, confined mostly to his home, writing Paradise Lost. In those days how often did he think back to his meeting with the famed Florentine?
My petition to narrate a Drunk History episode on this is still unanswered.