The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius eBook

Jean Lévesque de Burigny
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 445 pages of information about The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius.

The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius eBook

Jean Lévesque de Burigny
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 445 pages of information about The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius.

Groot, John de, studies under Justus Lipsius, 3
  That learned man’s esteem for him, ibid
  His works, ibid
  His employments, 4
  Verses by Heinsius in his praise, 4
  His marriage and children, ibid
  His death, ibid
  Assists his son Grotius in the edition of Martianus Capella, 15
  His verses on his son’s marriage, 21
  Translates into dutch, in conjunction with him, his book of the
    antiquities of the Batavi, 28
  Directs his grandson Diederic Grotius’s studies, 352.

Grotius, Cornelia, Grotius’s eldest daughter, her marriage with viscount
Mombas, 357.

Grotius, Cornelius, son of Hugo, his studies, 338
  Enters into the high chancellor Oxensteirn’s service, 339
  Goes to serve under the duke of Weymar, 339
  His fickleness, ibid
  His death, 341.

Grotius, Diederic, son of Hugo Grotius, distinguishes himself by his
studies, 352
  Enters into the duke of Weymar’s service, 353
  Diverted by his father from entering into the Dutch service, ibid
  Goes to serve under marshal Bannier, and is made prisoner, 354
  Obtains his liberty, ibid
  Serves under marshal Turenne, 355
  The duke D’Anguien’s esteem for him, ibid. 
  His death, ibid.

Grotius, Frances, Grotius’s youngest daughter, her birth and death, 356.

Grotius, Francis, brother of Hugo Grotius, verses by the latter on his death, 361.

Grotius, Hugo, whence he derived the name of Grotius, 1
  his family and ancestors, ibid
  AEra of his birth, 4
  Great hopes given by him in his childhood, 5
  Writes elegiac verses at eight years of age, 6
  The good education he receives, ibid
  Rise of his connection with Utengobard the clergyman, ibid
  His studies at Leyden, his masters, and the progress he makes, ibid
  His first journey to France, 11
  Honours he receives from Henry IV., ibid
  Takes the degree of Doctor of Laws, ibid
  His correspondence with the president de Thou, 11, 12
  His elogium of that magistrate after his death, 13
  Pleads his first cause, ibid
  His edition of Martianus Capella, ibid
  The praise this work procures him from the Learned, 15
  His management with the booksellers, ibid
  Translates into latin the Limneu[Greek:  retiche] of Stevin, 16
  Publishes an edition of Aratus’s Phoenomena, 16
  Compliments he received on it from several men of learning, 17
  Cultivates poetry, 18
  His prosopopoeia of the town of Ostend, ibid
  His tragedies, and their success, 19
  Opinion of the learned concerning his poetical talents, ibid
  Edition of his poems, 20
  His own thoughts of them in the latter part of his life, 21
  Nominated Historiographer of the United Provinces, ibid
  Henry IV. has thoughts of making him his librarian, 22
  Applies to the bar, 23
  His method of pleading, ibid
  Takes a dislike to this occupation, ibid

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