. The life of the truly eminent and learned Hugo Grotius : containing a copious and circumstantial history of the several important and honourable negotiations in which he was employed ; together with a critical account of his works ; Written originally in French. hat Grotius would have been flill alive, if he* had had nothing to fear from the jealoufy of the Swedes-, but that the ill treatment of the (^leen brought that great man to his grave. It isvery pofTible that not having been treated by theQueen fo well as he expefted, it chagrined himmuch : but wha«-ever is not conformable to Quiftor-
. The life of the truly eminent and learned Hugo Grotius : containing a copious and circumstantial history of the several important and honourable negotiations in which he was employed ; together with a critical account of his works ; Written originally in French. hat Grotius would have been flill alive, if he* had had nothing to fear from the jealoufy of the Swedes-, but that the ill treatment of the (^leen brought that great man to his grave. It isvery pofTible that not having been treated by theQueen fo well as he expefted, it chagrined himmuch : but wha«-ever is not conformable to Quiftor-piuss letter, againft which nothing folid can be ad-vanced, ought to be rejedied as apocryphal. Hiscorpfe was carried to Delft, and depofited in the y T. I. Lettre 7. ^ T. i. p. 340. tomb Book V. O F G R O T I U S. 245 tomb of his anceftors. lie wrote this modeft Epi-taph for him felf*. Grotitishic Hugo eft, Batavum captivuset exul^Legatiis regni, Suecia magna, had the precaution to make his will atParis on the 27th of March, 1645, a little beforehis departure. He had a very agreeable, perfon,a good complexion, an aquiline nofe, fparkling eyes,a ferene and fmiling countenance. He was not tall,but very ftrong, and well built. * Ep. 536. p. R 2 THE ( 244 )
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