Jonker Jan van der Noot (1539–1595) was a

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writer who is regarded as the first

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poet to write poetry 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)", ''

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''
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 Cleves, 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, 570 * ''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, Arnout Coninx, 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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