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Why did Hugo Grotius leave Holland again after returning in 1631?

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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing. — Hugo Grotius Portrait of Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius), oil on panel by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, 1631; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

After returning to Holland in 1631, Hugo Grotius faced intense debate within the States of Holland, which resulted in renewed threats of arrest against him. Consequently, he chose to leave the country for Hamburg in 1632 to avoid imprisonment.1