Jonker Jan van der Noot (1539–1595) was a Netherlandish writer who is regarded as the first

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poet in Dutch.

Life

Jan van der Noot was born to a noble family in Brecht, in the

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, about halfway between Antwerp and Breda. In 1558 he moved to Antwerp and at some point became a Calvinist. In 1567, during the early stages of the

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, he was implicated in an attempted coup in Antwerp and fled to England. Léonard Willems, "Noot (Jean-Baptiste vander)", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''
vol. 15
(Brussels, 1899), 866–877. His first work was published by John Day in Dutch and French editions in London (1568) as ''Het theatre oft toon-neel'' and ''Le theatre''. The following year

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's English translation, ''A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings'', came out with Henry Bynneman. It was a combined work in verse and prose, reflecting on the deceits and shortcomings of the world. In 1571 Van der Noot was in

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, and in 1572 in

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. He eventually returned to Antwerp. Ironically, he was now a Catholic and the city was coming under the rule of Calvinists. In Antwerp he produced a series of volumes of new verse, all with the title ''De poeticsche werken''. He died in 1595.

Works

* ''Het theatre oft toon-neel: waer in ter eender de ongelucken ende elenden die den werelts gesinden ende boosen menschen toecomen'' ( ondon, John Daye 1568) **''Le theatre auquel sont exposés et monstrés les inconveniens et miseres qui suivent les mondains et vicieux'' (London, John Day, 1568) **''A theatre wherein be represented as wel the miseries & calamities that follow the voluptuous worldlings'', translated by

(London, Henry Bynneman, 1569) * ''Het bosken. Inhoudende verscheyden poëtixe wercken'' (London, Henry Binneman & John Daye,

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* ''Verscheiden poetixe wercken'' (Cologne, Gottfried Hirtshorn, 1572) * ''Das buch Extasis'' (Cologne, Felix Röschlin, Heinrich von Aich, 1576) * ''Cort begryp der XII boeken Olympiados. Abrege des douze livres Olympiades'' (Antwerp, Gilles van den Rade, 1579)
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Accessed 9 November 2015. * ''Lofsang van Braband. Hymne de Braband'' (Antwerp, Gilles van den Rade, 1580) * ''Verscheyden poetische werken. Divers oeuvres poetiques'' (Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1580) * ''Verscheyden poeticsche werken; divers oeuvres poetiques'' (Antwerp, Gilles van den Rade, 1581) * ''De poetische werken'' (Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1584) * ''De poeticsche werken'' (Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1585) * ''De poeticsche werken'' (Antwerp, Daniel Vervliet, 1588) * ''De poeticsche werken'' (Antwerp, Daniel Vervliet, 1590) * ''De poeticsche werken'' (Antwerp,

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, 1591)
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Accessed 9 November 2015. * ''De poeticsche werken'' (Antwerp, Arnout Coninx, 1592) * ''De poeticsche werken'' (Antwerp, Arnould Coninx, 1593) * ''De poeticsche vverken'' (Antwerp, Daniel Vervliet, 1593)
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Accessed 9 November 2015. * ''De poeticsche werken'' (Antwerp, Daniel Vervliet, 1594) * ''Op de gheluckigheende heerlijke in-koomste Ernesto van Oostenrijck. Sur l'heureuse et magnifique entree du prince Erneste, archeduc d'Austrice'' (Antwerp, Arnout Coninx, 1594)

References

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