BOOK II.

       I. Dispute between Arminius and Gomarus

      II.  Remonstrance of the Arminians

     III.  The troubles increase

      IV.  The edict of the States

       V. The States grant the Magistrates of the Towns permission to
          levy soldiers; which highly displeases the prince of Orange

      VI.  Grotius is deputed by the States to Amsterdam; falls ill
          through chagrin

     VII.  The project of reunion proves fruitless

    VIII.  Prince Maurice disbands the new levies

      IX.  Barnevelt, Grotius, and Hoogerbetz taken into custody

       X. The synod of Dort

      XI.  Barnevelt’s trial

     XII.  The fruitless solicitations of the French court in favour of
          the Prisoners:  Barnevelt’s execution

    XIII.  Trial and condemnation of Grotius

     XIV.  Grotius is carried to the fortress of Louvestein, his
          occupations

      XV.  Grotius escapes out of prison

     XVI.  His writings on occasion of the disputes in Holland

BOOK III.

       I. Grotius arrives at Paris, where he is well received

      II.  State of the French ministry:  Du Vair’s letter to Grotius:  the
          court grants him a pension

     III.  Grotius’s occupations at Paris

      IV.  Grotius publishes his Apology:  it is condemned in Holland:  the
          French king takes him again into his protection

       V. He still maintains great connections in Holland; corresponds
          with Prince Henry Frederic of Nassau

      VI.  He publishes his Stobeus, and the Extracts from the Greek
          Tragedies and Comedies

     VII.  Goes to Balagni; is seized with the dysentery; publishes the
          Phoenissae of Euripides

    VIII.  The death of Prince Maurice; Frederic is made Stadtholder;
          Grotius writes to him

      IX.  Publishes his treatise, De jure Belli & Pacis

       X. Has thoughts of leaving France

      XI.  Returns to Holland

     XII.  Is obliged to leave Holland

    XIII.  Goes to Hamburg

BOOK IV.

       I. The High Chancellor Oxensteirn invites Grotius to him:  the
          high esteem in which the latter held the King of Sweden

      II.  Grotius is appointed Ambassador from Sweden to the court of
          France

     III.  Situation of the Swedes affairs

      IV.  Grotius sets out for France, makes his entry into Paris, and
          has an audience of the King

       V. Discussions between France and Sweden