Lewis XIII. in vain solicits a pardon for Barnevelt and his associates,
63
  Grants Grotius a pension on his arrival in France, 94
  Out of regard to him takes under his protection such as were condemned
    in Holland, 94
  Takes Grotius under his special protection, 101
  The treatise of war and peace dedicated to him, 109
  Grotius proposes to him the pacification of the differences among the
    churches, 304.

Lewis XIV. the confederation which he expresses for Peter Grotius, 349.

Low Countries, Grotius’s Annals of the, 256
  Baillet’s opinion of this book, 258.

Lubert, Sibrand, writes against Vossius and the States of Holland, 82
  Is confuted by Grotius, ibid
  His answer to this confutation, 84.

Lusson, preceptor to Grotius, 6.

Lusson, William de, his endeavours to serve Grotius, 126
  The latter’s acknowledgments to him, 127.

M.

Malherbe, translates into French verse Grotius’s Prosopopoeia of the town of Ostend, 19.

Mallet, what he says in his book on atheism of Grotius’s religion, 325.

Manassah Ben Israel, Grotius’s particular esteem for that Jew, 264

Mazarine, cardinal, made prime minister, 230, 231
  Grotius does not visit him, ibid.

Meibomius, his elogium of Grotius, 334.

Menage, his epigram on the diversity of sentiments concerning Grotius’s
religion, 302
  In what terms he speaks of that learned man’s merit, 327.

Menagiana, anecdote related in it concerning Grotius’s last audience of
queen Christina, 238
  What it says of his death, 241
  And of father Petau’s thoughts of Grotius’s disposition to turn
    Catholic, 301.

Mercoeur, the duke de, styled by Grotius the most learned of all the
princes, 144
  His adventures, ibid.

Meursius, his high commendation of Grotius when very young, 7, 326.

Mombas, John Barthon viscount of, driven out France, 349, 357. 
  Marries Cornelia, Grotius’s eldest daughter, and is obliged to leave
    Holland, 357.

Morhof, calls Grotius the phoenix of his age, 334.

N.

Nassau, prince Henry Frederic of, corresponds by letters with Grotius,
102
  Succeeds count Maurice his brother in the post of Stadtholder, 107
  He enters not into the projects against the Arminians, ibid
  Approves of the proceedings of the states general against Grotius,
    123.

Nassau, count Maurice of, rise of his hatred against Grotius and
Barnevelt, 50
  Declares for the Gomarists, ibid
  The project of re-union rejected by him, 55
  Causes Barnevelt, Grotius, and Hoogerbetz to be arrested, 58
  Persecutes the Arminians, 59
  Is offended at the court of France for protecting Barnevelt and the
    other prisoners, 64.