Chapter XXII: Book VI (6)

Grotius, Peter, advice given him by his father with regard to his method
of pleading, 23
What he relates concerning his father's Annals of the Low-Countries,
259
His bad state of health while a child, and his studies, 341
His uncertainty what course of life to follow, 344
Applies to the study of the law, 346
Uneasiness which his irresolution gives his father, ibid
His marriage, 347
The edition which he purposed to publish of his father's works, ibid
Enters into the service of the elector Palatine, 348
Is nominated pensionary of Amsterdam, ibid
Rise of his displeasure against France, ibid.
Goes ambassador to Stockholm, 349
His great knowledge of men, 349
Is made pensionary of Rotterdam, and nominated ambassador from
Holland to France, 350
Success of his embassy, ibid
Involved in the disgrace of the De Wits, 351
Arrested and acquitted, ibid
His death, 352
His elogium by Vicquefort, ibid.

Gustavus, king of Sweden, Grotius great veneration for that prince, 133
His esteem for Grotius, 135
Purposes to engage him in his service, ibid
Gives orders before his death for employing him in the Swedish
ministry, ibid
The value he set upon his treatise of War and Peace, ibid.

H.

Heemskerke, Elselinga, her family, and marriage with Hugo de Groot, 2
Her children, ibid.

Heinsius, Daniel, his elogium of Grotius when a boy, 7
His Aristarchus Sacer, 264
The rival and secret enemy of Grotius, ibid
Ill success of his commentary on the New Testament, 266
Grotius's management of him, ibid.
Verses by Heinsius to be put under Grotius's picture, 330.

Heinsius, Nicholas, 18, 351.

Henry IV., the reception given by him to Grotius, 11.

Hoffman, calls Grotius the Phoenix of his age, 334.

Holland, the counts of, who was the first, 27
Their power and authority, ibid.

Holland, the states of, their first regulation with regard to the
Arminians and Gomarists, 41
They declare for a toleration, 46.
Their edict on this subject, 47
Authorise the magistrates of the towns to raise troops, 49
Deputation sent by them to the town of Amsterdam, and its success, 50,
57
Vain scheme prepared by them for a re-union, 54
Afraid of the holding of a national synod, why, 55
Deputation sent by them to Utrecht, on what occasion, 56
Consent to the holding of the synod of Dort, 60
Their complaints against the imprisonment of Barnevelt, and the rest,
61
They are accused of favouring Socinianism, 82
Their apology by Grotius, ibid.

Holland, the grand pensionary of, his office, and power, 29.

Hoogerbetz, pensionary of Leiden, deputed to Utrecht, on what occasion,
56
Arrested by order of prince Maurice, 58
Is condemned to perpetual imprisonment, 73
Is removed to the fortress of Louvestein, 74
He comes out of prison, 107
His death, ibid.

Horn, Marshal, made prisoner at the battle of Norlinguen, 139, 225
Grotius negotiates his exchange for John de Vert, 225.

Houteville, the Abbé de, his opinion of Grotius's treatise of the truth of the christian religion, 263.

Huet, his thoughts of the project of reuniting christians, 302.

I.

James I. king of England, the gracious reception he gives Grotius, 31
He approves of the project of that learned man and Casaubon for a
coalition of the Protestants and Roman Catholics, 33
Does not disapprove, upon the whole, of the edict published by the
States in the dispute between the Arminians and Gomarists, 49
What he finds fault with in it, ibid
Assistance given by him to his nephew the elector Palatine, 215.

Jeannin, the president, writes a letter to Grotius, inviting him to France, 88 His friendship for him, 93.

Images, Grotius's thoughts on the use of Images in churches, 294.

Joseph, Father, a Capuchin, cardinal Richelieu's confident, 147
Confers with Grotius on the treaty concluded in France with the
ambassadors of the allies, ibid
Another conference between Grotius and the Cardinal, at which father
Joseph was present, 159
Confers with Grotius concerning the subsidies, 161
A warm opposer of Grotius, 173
Wants to be treated as a minister, ibid.

Jurieu, his account of the circumstances attending Grotius's death, 241.

L.

Laet, John de, attacks Grotius's book on the origin of the Americans, 275 Grotius's answer, and Laet's reply, 277.

Laurent, James, Grotius advises him to read the works of Vincent de Lerins instead of Calvin's Institutions, 285 Reproaches Grotius with changing sides, 299.

Ledenberg, secretary of the city of Utrecht, arrested by order of prince Maurice, 57 Makes away with himself in prison, 60.

Lehman, his elogium of Grotius, 334.

Leicester, earl of, made governor and lieutenant general of the United
Provinces, 9
Makes a bad use of his power, ibid
Sent ambassador extraordinary to France, 171
ordered not to visit cardinal Richelieu, ibid
His conference with Grotius, concerning the precedency of the English
and Swedes, 186
Solicits the elector Palatine's liberty, 217
Negotiation with Grotius on that subject, 218.

Limneu[Greek: retichê], the design of that work, and its author, 16
Translated by Grotius into latin, ibid.

Linchovius, hinders Peter Grotius from being made Greffier of Amsterdam, 347.

Lipsius, Justus, John de Groot studies under him, 3
Lipsius's esteem for him, ibid
Letter which he writes to him, ibid
His commendation of Grotius's edition of Aratus, 17
His opinion of the tragedy entitled Adamus exsul, 19.

Lewis XIII. in vain solicits a pardon for Barnevelt and his associates,
63
Grants Grotius a pension on his arrival in France, 94
Out of regard to him takes under his protection such as were condemned
in Holland, 94
Takes Grotius under his special protection, 101
The treatise of war and peace dedicated to him, 109
Grotius proposes to him the pacification of the differences among the
churches, 304.

Lewis XIV. the confederation which he expresses for Peter Grotius, 349.

Low Countries, Grotius's Annals of the, 256
Baillet's opinion of this book, 258.

Lubert, Sibrand, writes against Vossius and the States of Holland, 82
Is confuted by Grotius, ibid
His answer to this confutation, 84.

Lusson, preceptor to Grotius, 6.

Lusson, William de, his endeavours to serve Grotius, 126
The latter's acknowledgments to him, 127.

M.

Malherbe, translates into French verse Grotius's Prosopopoeia of the town of Ostend, 19.

Mallet, what he says in his book on atheism of Grotius's religion, 325.

Manassah Ben Israel, Grotius's particular esteem for that Jew, 264

Mazarine, cardinal, made prime minister, 230, 231
Grotius does not visit him, ibid.

Meibomius, his elogium of Grotius, 334.

Menage, his epigram on the diversity of sentiments concerning Grotius's religion, 302 In what terms he speaks of that learned man's merit, 327.

Menagiana, anecdote related in it concerning Grotius's last audience of
queen Christina, 238
What it says of his death, 241
And of father Petau's thoughts of Grotius's disposition to turn
Catholic, 301.

Mercoeur, the duke de, styled by Grotius the most learned of all the princes, 144 His adventures, ibid.

Meursius, his high commendation of Grotius when very young, 7, 326.

Mombas, John Barthon viscount of, driven out France, 349, 357.
Marries Cornelia, Grotius's eldest daughter, and is obliged to leave
Holland, 357.

Morhof, calls Grotius the phoenix of his age, 334.

N.

Nassau, prince Henry Frederic of, corresponds by letters with Grotius,
102
Succeeds count Maurice his brother in the post of Stadtholder, 107
He enters not into the projects against the Arminians, ibid
Approves of the proceedings of the states general against Grotius,
123.

Nassau, count Maurice of, rise of his hatred against Grotius and
Barnevelt, 50
Declares for the Gomarists, ibid
The project of re-union rejected by him, 55
Causes Barnevelt, Grotius, and Hoogerbetz to be arrested, 58
Persecutes the Arminians, 59
Is offended at the court of France for protecting Barnevelt and the
other prisoners, 64.

O.

Ocean, contents of Grotius's treatise on the freedom of the ocean, 24
The several answers to it, 26.

Oldemburg, his elogium of Grotius, 334.

Orange, William prince of, his death, 8
What confusion it occasions in the United Provinces, ibid.

Ostend, Prosopopoeia of that town, written by Grotius, 18
The great character of this piece, ibid.

Overchie, Alida, her marriage with John de Groot, 4
Her family, ibid
Her death, ibid.

Oxensteirn, high Chancellor of Sweden, sends for Grotius, 133
Is his patron at Gustavus's court, 135
Nominated regent of Sweden during the minority of queen Christina,
ibid
Opposes the treaty made with France by the envoys of the allies, 147
His journey to France and arrival at court, 151
Makes a new treaty with the french king, 153
His satisfaction with Grotius's preface to his history of the
antiquity of the Goths, 255.

Oxensteirn, Benedict, a relation of the high Chancellor, sent to France by king Gustavus, 134 Esteem which he conceives for Grotius, ibid.

P.

Patin, Guy, what he says of the manner of Grotius's death, 242
His elogium of that learned man, 333.

Patiniana, what it says of Grotius's pretended inclination to judaism, 325.

Pau, ambassador from Holland to France, at a loss how to behave to Grotius, 144 The ill offices which he doth him, 173

Petau, Father, Grotius's esteem for him, 266
Sends him his commentary on the Gospels, ibid
His connection with Grotius, 300
Says mass for his soul, 301
The account he gives of his first acquaintance with that learned man,
313.

Peyresc, Nicholas, visits Grotius on his arrival at Paris, 90
Sets him about writing the treatise of war and peace, 108
Services which he did him when compiling his annals of the Low
Countries, 259
His esteem for him from his youth, 327.

Pontanus, Isaac, his elogium of Grotius when a boy, 7, 326.

Pope, Grotius maintains and proves his supremacy, 288.

Provinces, United, state of their affairs at Grotius's birth, 7
Embassy sent by them to Henry III. of France, ibid
refuse to make peace with Spain, 10
Embassy sent by them on that subject to Henry IV., ibid
Refuse the truce offered them, 11
Nominate Grotius to be their historiographer, 21
See Dutch.

Puffendorf, allows that little remained to be said after what Grotius had written of war and peace, 110.

Q.

Quistorpius, John, minister of Rostock, assisted Grotius at his death, 239 Relation which he gives of it, ibid.

R.

Reigersberg, Grotius's brother-in-law, troubles which Grotius's enemies endeavoured to stir up to him, 119 Blondius's ill treatment of him, 317.

Reigersberg, Mary, her birth, 24
Her marriage to Grotius, and her elogium, ibid
Is denied permission to continue with him, even to see him, or speak
with him during his imprisonment, 59, 66
Obtains liberty to see him in his prison at Louvestein, 74
The means she made use of to obtain his liberty, 78
Is confined, but afterwards discharged, 80, 81
Comes to her husband at Paris, 93
Her journey to Zealand, and return, 105
Goes to her husband at Francfort, 136
Waits on the french queen to compliment her on her pregnancy, 196
Her answer to Salmasius's slanders against her husband, 337
Professes the religion of the church of England, 338
Her death, ibid.

Religion, Grotius first composes in Dutch verse his treatise of the
truth of the christian religion, 76
Afterwards publishes it in latin, 259
The general approbation, and several translations of this work, 259,
260
Accusation brought against the author on account of it, 260
A new edition of it with additions, 262
The opinion of the learned concerning this performance, ibid.

Remonstrants, see Arminians.

Renaudot, publishes an article in his Gazette which gives offence to Grotius, 186.

Richelieu, cardinal, seems to blame the conduct of Mess. de Luynes with
regard to Barnevelt's death, 66
Nominated prime minister, 116
Confers with Grotius, ibid
Gives him great hopes, ibid
His stratagem to make the Swedes comply with his desires, 149
Is unwilling the high Chancellor should come to France, 151
Makes a new treaty with him, 153
The English dispute the privileges of his cardinalship, 170
He purposes to take Brisac out of the duke of Weymar's hands, 213
His uneasiness at not gaining that prince, ibid
Is suspected of contributing to cut him off, 214
The death of the cardinal, 230
Gives orders that Grotius's works may be printed without passing the
examination of the censors, 266
Grotius flatters himself without reason that the cardinal will favour
his project of re-uniting christians, 312
The cardinal ranks Grotius among the three most learned men of his
age, 330

Rights of war and peace, the author's view in writing this book, 109
Barbeyrac's commendation of it, 110
Translations of it, 110, 111
Its defects, 112
Put into the Index Expurgatorius at Rome, 113.

Rivetus, how he treats Grotius with regard to his writings in favour of a coalition, 274 Grotius's answer, ibid.

Ruarus, his opinion of Grotius's writings on Antichrist, 271
His judgment of Grotius's scheme for a coalition, 316.

S.

St. Chaumont, the marquis, sent ambassador from the French king into
Germany, 164
Is disliked by Grotius, ibid
Is ordered to demand Grotius's recall, 172.

Saints, Grotius's opinion of the invocation of Saints, 295.

Salvius, vice-chancellor of Sweden, the esteem he conceives for Grotius,
135
Advantageous report which he makes of him to the high chancellor,
ibid.

Sandes, translates Grotius's tragedy, entitled Christus Patiens, into English verse, 19.

Sarrau, his friendship for Grotius, 315
Rise of their quarrel, ibid
Rank which Sarrau assigns Grotius in the republic of letters, 316, 332
How he speaks of him after his death, 332.

Salmasius, his opinion of Grotius's poems, 20
Speaks with contempt of his treatise of the rights of war and peace,
111
His character, ibid
He communicates to Grotius his corrections of the Anthologia, 247
A coldness between him and Grotius, 285
Rise of their difference, 315
In what manner he spoke of Grotius during their friendship, 334
The letter, in which he cruelly treats that learned man's memory, 335
The answer of Grotius's wife to it, 337.

Scaliger, Joseph, is looked upon as the dictator of the republic of
letters, 6
Directs Grotius's studies, ibid
Engages him to publish a new edition of Martianus Capella, 4
His encomium of Grotius's edition of the Phoenomena of Aratus, 17
His testimony in Grotius's favour, with regard to the Prosopopoeia of
the town of Ostend, 18
His thoughts of his poetical talents, 19.

Schmalz, 202
Ill offices which he does Grotius, 204
Grotius complains of him to the High Chancellor, ibid
Schmalz's quarrel with Crusius, 205
He continues to injure Grotius, 206
His return to Sweden, ibid
Sequel of his adventures, 207.

Scriptures, holy, studied by Grotius at all times, 97
His commentary on them, 264
Opinion of the learned concerning it, 268 et seq.

Seguier, chancellor, the affront he put upon Grotius, 175, 227
The difficulties he throws in his way with regard to the printing his
commentary on the New Testament, 267.

Selden, his Mare clausum, on what occasion it was composed, 26
The instance he gives of the rage of Grotius's enemies against him,
67.

Servien, secretary at war, is visited by Grotius, 160
Promises him his good offices in the affairs he recommended to him,
161.

Sibrand, See Lubert.

Silleri, chancellor, his irresolution, 100
Grotius thinks of dedicating his Stobæus to him, 104.

Simon, his opinion of Grotius's Commentary on the Bible, 268

Sophomphaneus, a tragedy by Grotius, 19, 130.

Soul, Grotius falsly accused of disbelieving its immortality, 326.

States General, entirely devoted to prince Maurice, 55
Convene the synod of Dort, ibid
Disband the new levies, 56
The placard issued by them in relation to the imprisonment of
Barnevelt and the others, 58
The ill offices they do Grotius by their ambassadors on his arrival at
Paris, 89
Condemn his Apology, and proscribe him, 95
The new ordinance which they publish against him, 123.

Statius, Grotius's notes on that poet, 246.

Stobeus, the subject and use of his work, 103
Grotius gives a new edition of it, ibid
A copy of it found with notes in Grotius's hand writing, 104.

Swedes, state of their affairs when Grotius entered into their service,
137
Their defeat at the battle of Nordlinguen, 139
The assistance they received from Lewis XIII., ibid
Discussions between them and France, 146
The difficulties they make about the treaty concluded with that crown
by the envoys of the allies, 147
Grotius diverts them from sending plenipotentiaries to the congress at
Cologn, 181
Their dispute with the English for precedency, 184
Consternation into which they are thrown by the death of the duke of
Weymar, 215
Renew their alliance with France, 228.

T.

Tacitus, Grotius's notes on that historian, 246.

Thou, the president de, Grotius's esteem and veneration for him, 11
Their correspondence together, 12
The friendship which that magistrate expresses for Grotius, ibid
Grotius's elogium of him, 13
His approbation of Grotius's edition of Martianus Capella, 15
commends his edition of Aratus's Phoenomena, 17.

Thou, Francis de, son of the president, generously gives Grotius the use
of his library, 105
His visit to him on his arrival in France in the character of Swedish
ambassador, 141.

Trent, council of, its decision concerning the number of sacraments defended by Grotius, 293 Respect with which he spoke of that council, 299.

V.

Valois, M. what he says of Grotius's connection with father Petau, and his disposition to turn Roman Catholic, 300.

Vassor, character of that historian, 281
His judgment of Grotius's letters, ibid.

Venice, its ambassador disputes with Grotius for precedency, 179
another discussion between them, 183

Vert, John de, made prisoner by the duke of Weymar, 194
Is exchanged for marshal Horne, 227.

Voëtius, attacks Grotius's treatise of the truth of the christian religion, 260 Grotius's opinion of his criticism, ibid.

Vondel, a famous Dutch poet, translates Grotius's tragedy of Joseph into Dutch, 19 His conjectures concerning Grotius's departure from Stockholm, 238.

Vossius, Gerard, his encomium of Grotius on occasion of his edition of
Martianus Capella, 15
His opinion of the tragedy of Joseph, 19
His thoughts of his poetical talents, 20
Grotius gives him an account of his studies while in prison, 75
His commendation of Grotius's Apology against Sibrand Lubert, 84
The pains he took to keep Grotius in Holland, 122
His letter, containing that learned man's reasons for returning
thither, 124
The value he set upon Grotius's notes on Lucan, 246
Grotius complains of his too great timidity, 270
His poem in honour of Grotius, 328.

Vossius, Isaac, inherits his father's esteem for Grotius, 248
Offers him his service for his literary commissions, 249
Superintends the printing of the Anthologia, 250.

Urbin VIII., 180
His elogium by Grotius, 284
Gives the cardinals the title of Most eminent, 334.

Utengobard, prepares the remonstrance delivered to the States by the Arminians, 45 The esteem with which he speaks of Grotius, 328.

Vulcanus Bonaventura, his encomium of Grotius on occasion of his edition of Aratus's Phoenomena, 17.

W.

Wallæus, Antony, letters written to him by Grotius, concerning his religious sentiments, 282, 283.

Weymar, duke of, confidence which he placed in Grotius, 215

Wicquefort, his encomium of Grotius, 333
In what manner he speaks of Peter Grotius his son, 352.

Witt, the grand pensionary de, advises Peter Grotius to prefer the place of pensionary of Rotterdam to that of ambassador at the court of France, 350.