He afterwards added notes, serving for proofs of the several facts: these were carried away with his other papers at the time of his arrest; but the Elzevirs, intending to publish a new edition of it, acquainted Grotius, who was at pains to get the notes returned; and they are now printed at the end of the Elzevir edition.

His love to his country led him to advance several things in this work, which he afterwards owned to be mistakes[57]; in particular, that the Batavi had always been free, and not subject to the ancient Franks[58].
While this book was in the press, Grotius, and his father, who commonly assisted him in his writings, translated it into Dutch[59].
FOOTNOTES: [56] Apolog.

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[57] Ep.635.p.

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[58] Grotii manes, Conringius, Pope, p.

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[59] Ep.662.p.