JUNIUS, Francis, professor of divinity at Leyden, was born at Bourges in 1545, of a noble family, and ſtudied ſome time at Lyons. Bartholomew Aneau, who was principal of the college in that city, gave him excellent inſtructions with regard to the right method of ſtudying. He was remarkable for being proof againſt all temptations to lewdneſs; but a libertine ſo far overpowered him by his ſophiſtry, that he made him an atheiſt: however, he ſoon returned to his firſt faith; and, averſe as he was to unlawful love, he had no averſion to matrimony, but was married no leſs than four times. He was employed in public affairs by Henry IV.; and at laſt was invited to Leyden to be professor of divinity; which employment he diſcharged with honour, till he was ſnatched away by the plague in 1602. Du Pin ſays, he was a learned and judicious critic. He wrote, in conjunction with Emmanuel Tremellius, a Latin verſion of the Hebrew text of the Bible. He alſo publiſhed Commentaries on a great part of the Holy Scriptures; and many other works, all in Latin.