As we have frequently mentioned Grotius, the short account of so great
a man, which is inserted in Langbaine, will not be unpleasing to the
reader.

"Hugo Grotius, says he, was an honour to his country: he was born in
the year 1583, and will be famous to posterity, in regard of those
many excellent pieces he has published. In some of his writings he
defended Arminianism, for which he suffered imprisonment in the castle
of Louverstein, in the year 1618; at which time his associate
Barnevelt lost his head on the same account. Afterwards Grotius
escaped out of prison, by means of Maria Reigersberg his wife, and
fled into Flanders; and thence into France, where he was kindly
received by Lewis XIII. He died at Rostock in Mecclebourg, Sept. 1,
1645. His life is written at large by Melchoir Adamus, in Latin."

As to our outhor's [sic] translation, which is in heroic verse, it is
much commended by verses from four of his friends.

He also translated Grotius's consolatory oration to his father, with
epitaphs; and also his Catechism into English verse.

Mr. Goldsmith died at Ashton in Northamptonshire, in September 1655,
and was buried there, leaving behind him an only daughter named
Katherine, afterwards the wife of Sir Henry Dacres.

Footnote:
1. Wood Athen. Oxon. v. 2. p. 194.

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