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Also Known As Nederlands language • Vlaams language • Flemish language • Dutch Nederlands • Flemish Vlaams

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Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch author
Jan Frans Willems
Flemish poet and philologist
Philips van Marnix, Heer Van Sint Aldegonde
Dutch theologian
Roemer Visscher
Dutch poet

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