Appointed advocate general of the provinces
of Holland and Zealand,
23, 24
His marriage, 24
His book of the freedom of the ocean, ibid
His own thoughts of this work, 26
His book De antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae, 27
Nominated pensionary of Rotterdam, 28
Contracts an intimacy with Barnevelt, 29
Makes a voyage to England, about the Greenland fishery, 29
Nominated commissioner in this affair, 30
Is graciously received by king James I., 31
The great friendship he contracts with Casaubon, ibid
His esteem for that learned man, ibid
A grand question decided by the States of Holland according to
Grotius’s opinion, 33, 34
The method of study sent by him to Du Maurier, 35
His elogium of Arminius, 41
He declares for his doctrine, ibid
The remonstrance of the Arminians drawn up in concert with him, 45
He and Barnevelt have the sole direction of what the States do in this
affair, 47
Rise of count Maurice’s enmity to him, 50
Deputed by the States to the town of Amsterdam, 50
His speech on that occasion, 51
The bad success of his negotiation throws him into a fit of illness,
53, 54
His scheme for a coalition proves ineffectual, 54, 55
Deputed to Utrecht, 56
Arrested by order of prince Maurice, 58
The crimes he is accused of by his enemies, 59
His prosecution, and sentence, 66
Rotterdam interests itself for him in vain, ibid
Hard-heartedness and rage of his enemies, 66 et seq.
His condemnation, and its grounds, 68
Confutes them, and complains of his sentence, 72
Irregularity of his sentence, 73
Is removed to the fortress of Louvestein, 74
His employment in prison, 75
Makes his escape, 78
His Apology for the States of Holland against Sibrand Lubert, 79
Publishes another work concerning predestination and grace, 84
Prints the decree of the States, and its defence, ibid
His treatise De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra, 85
Writes against Socinus, 86
Censure it draws upon him, ibid
Publishes a tract, proving that the Arminians are not Pelagians, 87
His work on destiny, ibid
He arrives at Paris, 89
Ill offices which the States do him by their ambassadors in France,
ibid
Has no reason to speak well of the ministers of Charenton, 90
Epigrams occasioned by his arrival in France, 91
The court grants him a pension, 93
A report spread of his going to change his religion, 95
His employment at Paris, 96
His opinion of the eloquence of the advocates of those times, 96
Publishes his Apology, 97
Its contents, 98
It is condemned by the States, who proscribe the author, 99, 100
His uneasiness on this subject, 100
Taken by the French king under his protection, 101
The connections he still keeps up in Holland,
23, 24
His marriage, 24
His book of the freedom of the ocean, ibid
His own thoughts of this work, 26
His book De antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae, 27
Nominated pensionary of Rotterdam, 28
Contracts an intimacy with Barnevelt, 29
Makes a voyage to England, about the Greenland fishery, 29
Nominated commissioner in this affair, 30
Is graciously received by king James I., 31
The great friendship he contracts with Casaubon, ibid
His esteem for that learned man, ibid
A grand question decided by the States of Holland according to
Grotius’s opinion, 33, 34
The method of study sent by him to Du Maurier, 35
His elogium of Arminius, 41
He declares for his doctrine, ibid
The remonstrance of the Arminians drawn up in concert with him, 45
He and Barnevelt have the sole direction of what the States do in this
affair, 47
Rise of count Maurice’s enmity to him, 50
Deputed by the States to the town of Amsterdam, 50
His speech on that occasion, 51
The bad success of his negotiation throws him into a fit of illness,
53, 54
His scheme for a coalition proves ineffectual, 54, 55
Deputed to Utrecht, 56
Arrested by order of prince Maurice, 58
The crimes he is accused of by his enemies, 59
His prosecution, and sentence, 66
Rotterdam interests itself for him in vain, ibid
Hard-heartedness and rage of his enemies, 66 et seq.
His condemnation, and its grounds, 68
Confutes them, and complains of his sentence, 72
Irregularity of his sentence, 73
Is removed to the fortress of Louvestein, 74
His employment in prison, 75
Makes his escape, 78
His Apology for the States of Holland against Sibrand Lubert, 79
Publishes another work concerning predestination and grace, 84
Prints the decree of the States, and its defence, ibid
His treatise De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra, 85
Writes against Socinus, 86
Censure it draws upon him, ibid
Publishes a tract, proving that the Arminians are not Pelagians, 87
His work on destiny, ibid
He arrives at Paris, 89
Ill offices which the States do him by their ambassadors in France,
ibid
Has no reason to speak well of the ministers of Charenton, 90
Epigrams occasioned by his arrival in France, 91
The court grants him a pension, 93
A report spread of his going to change his religion, 95
His employment at Paris, 96
His opinion of the eloquence of the advocates of those times, 96
Publishes his Apology, 97
Its contents, 98
It is condemned by the States, who proscribe the author, 99, 100
His uneasiness on this subject, 100
Taken by the French king under his protection, 101
The connections he still keeps up in Holland,