It was objected to him, that he unawares furnish'd the Duke of Guise and the League at Paris with Arguments to make good their Attempts against their Kings. This cannot be deny'd; but at the same time it cannot be imputed to Hotoman as any Crime: Texts of Scripture themselves have been made use of for different Purposes, according to the Passion or the Interests of Parties. Arguments do not lose their native Force for being wrong apply'd: If the Three Estates of France had such a fundamental Power lodg'd in them; who can help it, if the Writers for the League made use of Hotoman's Arguments to support a wrong Cause? And this may suffice to remove this Imputation from his Memory.

He was a Man of a very handsome Person and Shape, tall and comely; his Eyes were blewish, his Nose long, and his Countenance venerable: He joined a most exemplary Piety and Probity to an eminent Degree of Knowledge and Learning. No Day pass'd over his Head, wherein he employ'd not several Hours in the Exercise of Prayer, and reading of the Scriptures. He wou'd never permit his Picture to be drawn, tho' much intreated by his Friends; however (when he was at his last Gasp, and cou'd not hinder it) they got a Painter to his Bed's-side, who took his Likeness as well as 'twas possible at such a time. Basilius Amerbachius assisted him during his last Sickness, and James Grinæus made his Funeral-Sermon. He left two Sons behind him, John and Daniel; besides a great Reputation, and Desire of him, not only among his Friends and Acquaintance, but all the Men of Learning and Probity all over Europe.

Explication of the Roman Names

mention'd by Hotoman.

Ædui People of Chalons and Nevers, of Autun and Mascon.
Agrippina Colonia, Cologn.
Arverni, P. of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.
Armorica, Bretagne and Normandy.
Aquitani, P. of Guienne and Gascogn.
Atrebates, P. of Artois.
Attuarii, P. of Aire in Gascogn.
Augustodunum, Autun.
Aureliani, P. of Orleans.
Aquisgranum, Aix la Chapelle.
Ambiani, P. of Amiens.
Alsaciones, P. of Alsace.
Bigargium, Bigorre forté.
Bibracte, Bavray, in the Diocese of Rheims.
Bituriges, P. of Bourges.
Carisiacum, Crecy.
Cinnesates, P. on the Sea-Coast, between the Elb and the Rhine.
Carnutes, P. of Chartres and Orleans.
Ceutrones, P. of Liege.
Ceutones, P. of Tarentaise in Savoy.
Condrusii, P. of the Condros in Flanders.
Dusiacum, non liquet.
Eburones, P. of the Diocese of Liege, and of Namur.
Gorduni, P. about Ghent and Courtray.
Grudii, P. of Lovain.
Hetrusci, P. of Tuscany.
Laudunum, Laon.
Lexovium, Lisieux.
Lentiates, People about Lens.
Levaci, P. of Hainault.
Leuci, P. of Metz, Toul and Verdun.
Lingones, P. of Langres.
Lugdunum, Lyons.
Lutetia, Paris.
Massilia, Marseilles.
Marsua, non liquet.
Nervii, P. of Hainault and Cambray.
Nitiobriges, P. of Agenois.
Novemopulonia, Gascony.
Noviomagum, Nimeguen.
Pannonia, Hungary.
Pleumosii, P. of Tornay and Lisle.
Rhatia, Swisserland.
Rhemi, P. of Rheims.
Senones, P. of Sens and Auxerre.
Sequani, P. of Franche Comté.
Sequana, the River Seine.
Suessiones, P. of Soissons.
Trecassini, P. of Tricasses in Champagne.
Treviri, P. of Triers, and Part of Luxemburg.
Toxandri, P. of Zealand.
Tolbiacum, non liquet.
Vencti, P. of Vannes.
Vesontini, P. of Besançon.
Ulbanesses, non liquet.
Witmarium, non liquet.

The Author's Preface.

To the most Illustrious and Potent Prince FREDERICK, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, &c. First Elector of the Roman Empire, His most Gracious Lord, Francis Hotoman, wishes all Health and Prosperity.

'Tis an old Saying, of which Teucer the Son of Telamon is the supposed Author, and which has been approved of these many Ages, A Man's Country is, where-ever he lives at Ease. [Footnote: Patria est ubicunq; est bene.] For to bear even Banishment it self with an unconcern'd Temper of Mind like other Misfortunes and Inconveniences, and to despise the Injuries of an ungrateful Country, which uses one more like a Stepmother than a true Mother, seems to be the Indication of a great Soul. But I am of a quite different Opinion: For if it be a great Crime, and almost an Impiety not to live under and suffer patiently the Humours and harsh Usage of our Natural Parents; 'tis sure a much greater, not to endure those of our Country, which wise Men have unanimously preferr'd to their Parents. 'Tis indeed the Property of a wary self-interested Man, to measure his Kindness for his Country by his own particular Advantages: But such a sort of Carelesness and Indifferency seems a Part of that Barbarity which was attributed to the Cynicks and Epicureans; whence that detestable Saying proceeded, When I am dead, let the whole World be a Fire. Which is not unlike the Old Tyrannical Axiom; Let my Friends perish, so my Enemies fall along with them. [Footnote: Me mortuo terra misceatur incendio. Pereant amici dum una inimici intercidant.] But in gentle Dispositions, there is a certain inbred Love of their Country, which they can no more divest themselves of, than of Humanity it self. Such a Love as Homer describes in Ulysses, who preferred Ithaca, tho' no better than a Bird's Nest fix'd to a craggy Rock in the Sea, to all the Delights of the Kingdom which Calypso offer'd him.