JEREMIAS DE See also:

• DEKKER (or DECKER), THOMAS (c. 1570-1641)
• DEKKER, EDWARD DOUWES (182o-1887)
• JEREMIAS DE DEKKER (1610-1666)

DEKKER (1610-1666)  , Dutch poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DORT, SYNOD OF

Dort in 161o . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a native of See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, who, having embraced the reformed See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, had been compelled to take See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . Entering his father's business at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, he found leisure to cultivate his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for literature and especially for See also:

• POETRY

poetry, and to acquire without assistance a competent knowledge of See also:

• ENGLISH

English, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, Latin and See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian . His first poem was a See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase of the See also:

• LAMENTATIONS (Lamentations of Jeremiah)

Lamentations of See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah (Klaagliedern See also:

• VAN

van Jeremias), which was followed by See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations and imitations of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal and other Latin poets . The most important of his See also:

• ORIGINAL

original poems were a collection of epigrams (Puntdichten) and a See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire in praise of avarice (Lof der Geldzucht) . The latter is his best-known See also:

• WORK

work . Written in a vein of See also:

• LIGHT

light and yet effective See also:

• IRONY (Gr. dipaweLa, from eipwv, one who says less than he means, eiepees, to speak)

irony, it is usually ranked by critics along with See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus's Praise of Folly . See also:

• DEKKER (or DECKER), THOMAS (c. 1570-1641)
• DEKKER, EDWARD DOUWES (182o-1887)
• DEKKER, JEREMIAS DE (1610-1666)

Dekker died at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1666 . A See also:

• COMPLETE

complete collection of his poems, edited by Brouerius van Nideck, was published at Amsterdam in 1726 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Exercices poetiques (2 vols . 4to.) . Selections from his poems are included in Siegenbeck's Proeven van nederduitsche Dichtkunde (1823), and from his epigrams in Geijsbeek's Epigrammatische Anthologie (1827) .