(Lewis), a Spanish lawyer, who was employed by Philip II., king of Spain in the councils of the Indies and of Castile. He is the author of a learned treatise concerning the entails of the ancient estates of the Spanish nobility, entitled, De Hispanorum Primogenitorum Origine et Natura, published in 1603, in folio. This book is likewise applicable to several provinces in France. Lewis Molina must not be confounded with John Molina, a Spanish historian, author of Cronica antiqua d'Aragon, published in 1524, in folio; and also of De las Cajas memorables d'Espagne, in folio. The first work appeared at Valencia, and the second at Alcala.

MOLINÆUS. See Moulin.