Grotius was at no loss what country to chuse for his asylum.

As he was invited by the men of learning in France, and sought after by the virtuous Ministers whom Lewis XIII.

honoured with his confidence, he gave the preference to Paris, where he had already many friends.

Du Maurier, the French ambassador in Holland, sent him from the Hague to Antwerp several letters of recommendation to persons in France: the President Jeannin[126] wrote him, that he might depend on the king's protection, who was informed by many good men that he had been unjustly condemned in his own country; promising him, at the same time, the friendship of the men of greatest distinction in France, and assuring him he would do him all the service that lay in his power.

Grotius, therefore, set out for Paris with confidence.