[Popular literature] C. Brauwer. Historie van Broer Cornelis Adriaensen Van Dordrecht,

Minnebroeder binnen de Stadt van Brugge: Waer in verhaelt word, de Discipline en secrete penitentie der Vrouwen by hem gebruyckelijck. Nevens Sijne wonderlijke, vuyle, grouwelijcke bloeddorstige en lasterlijcke Sermoonen. (...) Waar tusschen begrepen zyn de Brieven van Stephanus Lindius [pseudon. of Jan de Casteele]; twee disputatien, en verscheyden pasquillen op hem gemaeckt. Amst., A. Boekholt, 1698. 2 parts in in 1 vol., 384; 494,(2 blank) pp., incl. 2 diff. engr. frontisp., contemp. speckled calf, ribbed spine, sm. 8vo.

First few lvs. sl. nibbled in blank upper outer corner. Lacks mor. letterpiece. Waller 723; De Vries 419; Hayn/Got. I, 23/24. "Hubert Goltzius is wellicht de opschrijver en misschien zelfs de opsteller en uitgever van de preken." (NCC). Popular and vehement anti-catholic work which lived through many editions. The 'historie' and the 'sermons' were written by a contemporary of the real Franciscan friar Corn. Adriaensz. Brauwer (1521-81) of Bruges (Belgium) and based on historical facts. The author describes several secret meetings where 'Brother' Cornelis flagellates women, preferably young and good-looking, in order to make them more disciplinable ("secrete penitentie"). These passages have a clear erotic undertone. The author has a very violent pen, especially when the Dutch reformists are concerned.