This work was written with
great liberality, was much applauded by those, who were desirous of
a coalition: they were too soon convinced that every attempt of
this kind was nugatory. Cassander presented it to the Emperors
Ferdinand I. and Maximilian II. They received it favourably; the
former invited Cassander to Vienna, but his infirmities prevented
his accepting the offer."
[Sidenote: CHAP. XII.]
In 1542, Grotius published his "_Road to Religious Peace,--Via ad Pacem
Ecclesiasticam_:" he inserted in it Cassander's "_Consultation_," and
accompanied it with notes.
All pacific persons reverenced Grotius, and still reverence his memory,
for his attempts to restore the religious peace of Christendom: all the
violent condemned him, and opposed his projects. The contradictions,
which he met with, chagrined him; so that he sometimes lost that
tranquillity of mind, which he had possessed in his deepest adversity.
But, to use his own words, he looked to the blessed Peacemaker for his
reward, and trusted that posterity would do justice to its intentions.
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