"This did not fo take place, but that afterwards "he fell to it again, as was especially observed, one night at fupper at the Lord Bishop of

Ely's, whither being brought by Monfieur Cafaubon, (as I think,) my Lord intreated him "to ftay to fupper, which he did. There was " present Dr. Steward and another Civilian, unto "whom he flings out fome queftion of that

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profeffion; and was fo full of words, that "Dr. Steward afterwards told my Lord that " he did perceive by him, that like a finatterer " he had studyed fome two or three questions, "whereof when he came in company he must "be talking to vindicate his fkill; but if he "were put from thofe, he would fhew himself "but a fimple fellow. There was present also "Dr. Richardson, the King's Profeffor of Divi

nity in Cambridge, and another Doctor in "that faculty, with whom he falleth in also "about fome of thofe queftions which are now " controverted among the Ministers in Holland. "And being matters wherein he was ftudyed, " he uttered all his fkill concerning them; my "Lord of Ely fitting ftill at the supper all the "while, and wondering what a man he had "there, who not being in the place or company

before, could overwhelm them fo with talk "for fo long a time. I write this unto you fo largely, that you may know the difpofition of the man, and how kindly he used my Lord of

Ely

Ely for his good entertainment. For when " he took his leave of the King, he fell into dif *course what a famous Church was here in "England, what worthy men the Bishops were, "how he admired the ecclefiaftical government, "what great contentment he received by con"ference with many learned men. . But," « faith he, I do perceive that your great men " do not all agree in those questions controverted " amongst us; for, in talking with my Lord of

Ely, I perceive that he is of opinion, that a "man that is truly juftified, fanctified, may ex" cidere à gratiâ although not finaliter yet tota"liter. The King's Majefty knowing that my "Lord of Ely had heartofore inclined to that

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opinion, but, being told the King's judgment " of it, had made fhew to defift from broaching any fuch thing, (for then it was as well finaliter " as totaliter,) did fecretly complain to me that my Lord fhould revive any fuch thing, and efpecially make it known unto a stranger. Whereupon I moved my Lord in it, and told "him what the Doctor had faid, and to whom ; " but thereunto he replied with earnest affever"ation, that he had not used any fuch speech " unto him, and was much abused by that re" port. Thereupon he offered by letters fént " into Holland to challenge Grotius for it, as

having done him a fingular wrong to report

"fo

"so of him to the King. I replyed, that I held "it fitter to let it alone, not to draw contention " on himself with fo bufy a man. I would fa

tisfy the King, and fo might his Lordship "alfo; but he would do well to be wary how " he had to do with any of those parts ill affected, "for he had been once before fo ferved by Ber

tius, the Author of the book De Apostasia "Sanelorum; who, upon fpeech with Mr. Bed"well Leyden, vauntingly gave it out, that his "Lordship and the Bifhop of Lincoln were of "his opinion. You will afk me what is this to

you; I must tell you, therefore, that you shall "not be without your part. At the fame time "that Sir Noel Caron was together with Gro"tius; being now to take his leave of the King, "it was desired of his Majefty that he would "not hastily give his judgment concerning points " of religion now in difference in Holland, for "that his Majefty had information but of one "fide; and that his Ambaffador did deal par

tially, making the reports in favour of the one fide, and faying nothing at all for the other;

for he might have let his Majefty know how "factious a generation thefe Contradictors are; "how they are like to our Puritans in England; « how refractory they are to the authority of the "civill magistrate, and other things of like nature, " as I wrote you in my former letter. I doubt not " but

"but Grotius had his part in this information, "whereof I conceive you will make fome use, keeping these things privately to yourself, as "becometh a man of your imployment. When "his Majestie told me this, I gave such an answer " as was fit, and now, upon the receipt of your

letters, fhall upon the first occafion give further "fatisfaction. All things reft here as they did, " and I, as ready to do you all good offices, do "remaine, &c.

"G. CANT.

"From Lambeth."

Grotius, in a letter to Ifaac Voffius, gave him his fentiments upon the

"Many persons," fays he,

education of boys.

"make use of tutors

"for the education of their children, which hardly ever fucceeds as it was intended. I have "never approved of that method of education, for "I know that young perfons learn only when they "are together, and that their application is lan

guid where there is no emulation. I am as little "of a friend to schools where the mafter scarce "knows the names of his fcholars; where the num"ber is fo great, that he cannot diftribute his "attention upon each of them, whose compofition "requires a particular attention. For thefe " reasons, I wish that a medium of the two me"thods were taken; that a master took only ten

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or twelve boys, who fhould live in the fame house, and be of the fame claffes, by which means "the mafter himself would not be overloaded with "cares."

Auberi du Maurier, Ambaffador from France to Holland, defired Grotius to give him a plan of study. He complied with his requeft, and it is printed in a Collection on the same subject, intitled, "De omni Studiorum Genere Inftituendo," Elzevir. 1637. He recommends his fcholar to begin with an Abridgment of Aristotle's Logic; to proceed to Phyfics, where he is not to remain long, and where indeed, in the time of Grotius there was little to arrest the attention; next to proceed to Metaphyfics and to Morals; for which latter science he highly recommends Aristotle's Book of Ethics to Nicomachus; then to proceed to Hiftory; and, differently from all others, he here laid down rules for that ftudy. He advises his pupil to begin with those hiftories that are nearest to his own times.

This great civilian and general scholar is thus described by Du Maurier:

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"Grotius was a very good poet in the Greek " and in the Latin languages, and knew perfectly well all the dead and the living languages. He was, befides, a profound lawyer, " and a most excellent hiftorian. He had read "all the good books that had ever been pub"lished;

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