217.
[15] Ep.491.p.

896.
VI.

It was therefore on the tenth of April in the year 1583, that Grotius was born, at Delft.

It was Easter-Sunday that year: and he always observed the anniversary of that feast as his birth-day[16].
He came into the world with the most happy dispositions.

Nature bestowed on him a profound genius, a solid judgment, and a wonderful memory.
Several authors report[17] that being employed to review some regiments he retained the name of every soldier.