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Life of Cornelius de Groot, ibid IV. Life of John de Groot, 3 V. Birth of Grotius, 4 VI. Great hopes conceived of him when a boy, 5 VII. State of affairs in the United Provinces, 7 VIII. Embassy from the States to Henry IV. of France; Grotius accompanies the Ambassadors; is very graciously received by the king, 9 IX. His mortification at not having seen M. de Thou; he writes to him; and keeps up an intimate correspondence with him till his death, 11 X. Grotius gives an edition of Martianus Capella, 13 XI. Publishes the Limneu[Greek: retichê], 16 XII. Publishes the Phoenomena of Aratus, ibid XIII. Cultivates the study of poetry, 18 XIV. The States nominate him their historiographer, 21 XV. Henry IV. of France intends to make him his librarian 22 XVI. Commences Advocate; dislikes this employment 23 XVII. Is nominated Advocate General, 24 XVIII. Marries, ibid XIX. His treatise of the Freedom of the ocean is published, ibid XX. Prints his book De antiquitate Reipublicæ Batavicæ, 27