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 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.