VI.  Arrival of the High Chancellor in France:  a new treaty

     VII.  Disputes between Grotius and the ministers of Charenton

    VIII.  Grotius’s several journeys to court, and his negotiations with
          the French ministry:  abstains from visiting cardinal Richelieu

      IX.  Uneasiness given Grotius

       X. Dispute for precedency with the Venetian Ambassador

      XI.  Is of opinion that the Swedes ought not to send
          plenipotentiaries to Cologn

     XII.  Disputes with the Venetian Ambassador

    XIII.  Quarrel between the English and Swedes for precedency

BOOK V.

       I. Different audiences which Grotius has of the French King

      II.  Conversation between the prince of Conde and Grotius

     III.  Grotius’s negotiations in relation to the truce which was
          proposed:  misconduct of Schmalz

      IV.  Grotius is in great danger of his life

       V. Divers audiences of the king and queen

      VI.  The death of the duke of Weimar

     VII.  The elector Palatine is arrested in France; Grotius obtains
          his liberty

    VIII.  Grotius obtains the exchange of marshal Horn for John de
          Vert

      IX.  Renewal of the alliance between France and Sweden

       X. Deaths of cardinal Richelieu and the French king; the regency
          of Anne of Austria

      XI.  Cerisante is sent to France; Grotius demands to be
          recalled

     XII.  He sets out for Stockholm, and applies to the queen to obtain
          his dismission

    XIII.  Grotius’s death

BOOK VI.

       I. Grotius’s embassy does not interrupt his literary labours

      II.  He again applies to the cultivation of poetry

     III.  His notes on Tacitus

      IV. ——­ notes on Statius

       V. ——­ notes on Lucan

      VI. ——­ Anthologia

     VII.  Antiquities of the Goths

    VIII.  Annals and history of the Low Countries

      IX.  Treatise of the truth of the christian religion

       X. Florum sparsio ad jus Justinianeum

      XI.  Commentaries on the Bible

     XII.  Treatises on Antichrist, and other theological pieces

    XIII.  Of the origin of the people of America

     XIV.  Other printed pieces or Manuscripts of Grotius

      XV.  Grotius’s letters

     XVI.  Grotius’s sentiments in religion very distant at first from
          those of the Roman Catholics

    XVII.  His attachment to antiquity

   XVIII.  Leans towards the Roman Catholics