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Accordingly he visited him some days after, and no notice was taken of what had passed, the conversation turning wholly on public affairs and the projects of a peace. Puffendorf l. 10. n. 63. Grotii Ep. 851. p. 374. Ep. 949. p. 421. Ep. 1014. p. 457. Ep. 947. p. 419. Ep. 960. p. 429. XII. There happened at this time a more considerable broil between the English and Swedes at Paris.
In 1582 he married Alida Averschie, of one of the first families in the Country; by whom he had three sons and a daughter. He died in the month of May 1640. In the same year his wife lost her eyesight; she lived till the beginning of the year 1643 . Ep. xxii. p. 751. Ep. 499. p. 898. Grotii Ep. 638. p. 948.
Lewis Elzevir printed, in 1652, a small collection in twelves with this title: Hugonis Grotii quædam hactenùs inedita, aliaque ex Belgicè editis Latinè versa, argumenti Theologici, Juridici, Politici. The disputes of the Province of Holland with the States-General probably gave occasion to this treatise.
There were several branches of the Cornets: one settled in Provence, as we are informed by Grotius. Leid. ed. 1614. Vita Grotii ap. Batesium, p. 420. Ep. 264. ad Peyresc. p. 91. II. Cornelius Cornets had by his marriage with Ermengarda de Groot a son named Hugo de Groot, distinguished by his knowledge of the Greek and Latin, and his skill in the Hebrew.
Le Clerc, l. 12. t. 2. Latin Life of Grotius. Barleus, in Vicquefort's Letters, Ep. 79. p. 416. Vind. Grotii, p. 472. Ep. 760. p. 749. Ep. 761. p. 749. Ep. 1762. p. 749. Ep. 1793. p. 749. Ep. 1764, p. 750. Ep. 1765. p. 750. Vind. Grot. p. 478. XIII. Grotius's departure from Stockholm gave rise to several very uncertain reports.
His love to his country led him to advance several things in this work, which he afterwards owned to be mistakes ; in particular, that the Batavi had always been free, and not subject to the ancient Franks . While this book was in the press, Grotius, and his father, who commonly assisted him in his writings, translated it into Dutch . Ep. 635. p. 947. Grotii manes, Conringius, Pope, p. 947.
It was during these contests, that he collected The sentiments of the Greeks and Romans on fate and man's power. He translated all that he found in the Ancients on this subject; and first published it at Paris in 1624. Du Maurier. Grotii manes, p. 208. Ep. 196. Præst. Vir. Epist. p. 655. Grotii manes, p. 230. Ibid. p. 204. He compared Grotius to Moses, Observat. Hallens. 15. l. 7. p. 336.
Hence the difficult task to their common ruler, so to distribute his attention, and care between the two nations that neither the preference shown to the Castilian should offend the Belgian, nor the equal treatment of the Belgian affront the haughty spirit of the Castilian." Grotii Annal. Belg.
In this respect, James's peace was more honorable than that which Henry IV. himself made with Spain. * 23d June., 1603. Grotii Annal. lib xii. * See Proclamations during the first seven years of King James Winwood, vol. ii. p. 65. Mémoires do la Boderia, vol i p. 64,181, 195, 217, 302; vol. ii p. 214, 278. It is the "gunpowder treason" of which I speak; a fact as certain as it appears incredible.
The Queen recalled him, and sent in his room Lord Willoughby, who was to command only the English. The States thereupon appointed Count Maurice of Nassau Captain-General: the Grand Pensionary Barnevelt, who had distinguished himself by his firmness in opposing Leicester, contributed greatly to this nomination. Grotii L. 4. p. 81.
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