A treatise of the antiquity of the commonwealth of the Battavers, which is now the Hollanders first written in Latin by Hugo Grotius, advocat fiscall of Holland, Zealand, and Westfriesland, &c. And afterwards translated into the Netherlandish Dutch, and perused by the author himselfe. And now again translated out of both the Latin and Dutch, into English, by Tho. Woods, Gent.

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A treatise of the antiquity of the commonwealth of the Battavers, which is now the Hollanders first written in Latin by Hugo Grotius, advocat fiscall of Holland, Zealand, and Westfriesland, &c. And afterwards translated into the Netherlandish Dutch, and perused by the author himselfe. And now again translated out of both the Latin and Dutch, into English, by Tho. Woods, Gent.

Author

Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.

Publication

London :: Printed for Iohn Walker, at the signe of the Starre in Popes Head Alley,

MDCXLIX. [1649]

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Holland (Netherlands : Province) -- History -- Early works to 1800.

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"A treatise of the antiquity of the commonwealth of the Battavers, which is now the Hollanders first written in Latin by Hugo Grotius, advocat fiscall of Holland, Zealand, and Westfriesland, &c. And afterwards translated into the Netherlandish Dutch, and perused by the author himselfe. And now again translated out of both the Latin and Dutch, into English, by Tho. Woods, Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A85750.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025. content_copy

Contents

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• To the most fa∣mous and Illustrious Lords, my Lords the States of Holland and West-freisland.
• The first Chapter. What a Principality is in a Go∣vernment of Nobles; And what they be that are called States.
• The second Chapter. In what Estate the Common∣wealth of the Battavers, was at the Originall beginning of this People.
• The third Chapter. In what estate the Common-wealth of the Battavers was in the flourishing time of the Ro∣man Monarchy.
• The fourth Chapter. In what Estate the Common-wealth of the Battavers was after the fall of the Roman Mo∣narchy.
• The fifth Chapter. In what estate the Common-wealth of the Battavers was in in the dayes of the Earls.
• The sixth Chapter. How that the intended Altera∣tion of the Government, was the occasion of the Warres.
• The seventh Chapter. In what estate the Common∣wealth of the Battavers was in the time of Warre, and is now at this present since the Warre.