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[BOOK I.]Page
[I.]Grotius's Origin: The Marriage of Cornelius Cornets with Ermengarda de Groot[1]
[II.]He has a Son named Hugo de Groot,[2]
[III.]Life of Cornelius de Groot,[ibid]
[IV.]Life of John de Groot,[3]
[V.]Birth of Grotius,[4]
[VI.]Great hopes conceived of him when a boy,[5]
[VII.]State of affairs in the United Provinces,[7]
[VIII.]Embassy from the States to Henry IV. of France; Grotius accompanies the Ambassadors; is very graciously received by the king,[9]
[IX.]His mortification at not having seen M. de Thou; he writes to him; and keeps up an intimate correspondence with him till his death,[11]
[X.]Grotius gives an edition of Martianus Capella,[13]
[XI.]Publishes the Limneu[Greek: retichê],[16]
[XII.]Publishes the Phoenomena of Aratus,[ibid]
[XIII.]Cultivates the study of poetry,[18]
[XIV.]The States nominate him their historiographer,[21]
[XV.]Henry IV. of France intends to make him his librarian[22]
[XVI.]Commences Advocate; dislikes this employment[23]
[XVII.]Is nominated Advocate General,[24]
[XVIII.]Marries,[ibid]
[XIX.]His treatise of the Freedom of the ocean is published,[ibid]
[XX.]Prints his book De antiquitate Reipublicæ Batavicæ,[27]
[XXI.]Is made pensionary of Rotterdam,[28]
[XXII.]Voyage to England: dispute concerning the Fishery,[29]
[XXIII.]Grotius's intimacy with Casaubon,[31]
[XXIV.]A grand question decided by the States of Holland according to Grotius's opinion,[33]
[XXV.]Sends Du Maurier a method of study,[35]
[BOOK II.]
[I.]Dispute between Arminius and Gomarus,[39]
[II.]Remonstrance of the Arminians,[41]
[III.]The troubles increase,[45]
[IV.]The edict of the States,[47]
[V.]The States grant the Magistrates of the Towns permission to levy soldiers; which highly displeases the prince of Orange,[49]
[VI.]Grotius is deputed by the States to Amsterdam; falls ill through chagrin,[50]
[VII.]The project of reunion proves fruitless,[54]
[VIII.]Prince Maurice disbands the new levies,[56]
[IX.]Barnevelt, Grotius, and Hoogerbetz taken into custody,[57]
[X.]The synod of Dort,[60]
[XI.]Barnevelt's trial,[61]
[XII.]The fruitless solicitations of the French court in favour of the Prisoners: Barnevelt's execution,[63]
[XIII.]Trial and condemnation of Grotius,[66]
[XIV.]Grotius is carried to the fortress of Louvestein, his occupations,[74]
[XV.]Grotius escapes out of prison,[78]
XVI.His writings on occasion of the disputes in Holland,[82]
[BOOK III.]
[I.]Grotius arrives at Paris, where he is well received,[88]
[II.]State of the French ministry: Du Vair's letter to Grotius: the court grants him a pension,[91]
[III.]Grotius's occupations at Paris,[96]
[IV.]Grotius publishes his Apology: it is condemned in Holland: the French king takes him again into his protection,[97]
[V.]He still maintains great connections in Holland; corresponds with Prince Henry Frederic of Nassau,[102]
[VI.]He publishes his Stobeus, and the Extracts from the Greek Tragedies and Comedies,[103]
[VII.]Goes to Balagni; is seized with the dysentery; publishes the Phoenissæ of Euripides,[105]
[VIII.]The death of Prince Maurice; Frederic is made Stadtholder; Grotius writes to him,[106]
[IX.]Publishes his treatise, De jure Belli & Pacis,[108]
[X.]Has thoughts of leaving France,[113]
[XI.]Returns to Holland,[118]
[XII.]Is obliged to leave Holland,[120]
[XIII.]Goes to Hamburg,[125]
[BOOK IV.]
[I.]The High Chancellor Oxensteirn invites Grotius to him: the high esteem in which the latter held the King of Sweden,[131]
[II.]Grotius is appointed Ambassador from Sweden to the court of France,[136]
[III.]Situation of the Swedes affairs,[137]
[IV.]Grotius sets out for France, makes his entry into Paris, and has an audience of the King,[141]
[V.]Discussions between France and Sweden,[145]
[VI.]Arrival of the High Chancellor in France: a new treaty,[151]
[VII.]Disputes between Grotius and the ministers of Charenton,[154]
[VIII.]Grotius's several journeys to court, and his negotiations with the French ministry: abstains from visiting cardinal Richelieu,[158]
[IX.]Uneasiness given Grotius,[179]
[X.]Dispute for precedency with the Venetian Ambassador,[180]
[XI.]Is of opinion that the Swedes ought not to send plenipotentiaries to Cologn,[183]
[XII.]Disputes with the Venetian Ambassador,[184]
XIII.Quarrel between the English and Swedes for precedency,[ib.]
[BOOK V.]
[I.]Different audiences which Grotius has of the French King,[189]
[II.]Conversation between the prince of Condé and Grotius,[200]
[III.]Grotius's negotiations in relation to the truce which was proposed: misconduct of Schmalz,[ibid]
[IV.]Grotius is in great danger of his life,[207]
[V.]Divers audiences of the king and queen,[209]
[VI.]The death of the duke of Weimar[214]
[VII.]The elector Palatine is arrested in France; Grotius obtains his liberty,[215]
[VIII.]Grotius obtains the exchange of marshal Horn for John de Vert,[225]
[IX.]Renewal of the alliance between France and Sweden,[228]
[X.]Deaths of cardinal Richelieu and the French king; the regency of Anne of Austria,[230]
[XI.]Cerisante is sent to France; Grotius demands to be recalled,[231]
[XII.]He sets out for Stockholm, and applies to the queen to obtain his dismission,[235]
[XIII.]Grotius's death,[238]
[BOOK VI.]
[I.]Grotius's embassy does not interrupt his literary labours,[244]
[II.]He again applies to the cultivation of poetry,[245]
[III.]His notes on Tacitus,[246]
[IV.]—— notes on Statius,[ibid]
[V.]—— notes on Lucan,[ibid]
[VI.]—— Anthologia[247]
[VII.]Antiquities of the Goths,[252]
[VIII.]Annals and history of the Low Countries[256]
[IX.]Treatise of the truth of the christian religion,[259]
[X.]Florum sparsio ad jus Justinianeum,[263]
XI.Commentaries on the Bible,[264]
[XII.]Treatises on Antichrist, and other theological pieces,[269]
[XIII.]Of the origin of the people of America,[275]
[XIV.]Other printed pieces or Manuscripts of Grotius,[277]
[XV.]Grotius's letters,[279]
[XVI.]Grotius's sentiments in religion very distant at first from those of the Roman Catholics,[282]
[XVII.]His attachment to antiquity.[283]
[XVIII.]Leans towards the Roman Catholics,[284]
[XIX.]Is a partisan of the Hierarchy,[288]
[XX.]His sentiments concerning the Eucharist,[291]
[XXI.]His sentiments concerning the seven Sacraments,[293]
[XXII.]Grotius's sentiments concerning several other points controverted between the Roman Catholics and the Protestants,[294]
[XXIII.]His project for reuniting all Christians,[302]
[XXIV.]Is accused of Socinianism,[318]
[XXV.]Opinions concerning Grotius[326]
[XXVI.]An account of his family,[338]
[A Catalogue of Grotius's Works]
[Index]

END of the TABLE of CONTENTS.


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