Source:
Schoon ende suverlijc boecxken inhoudende veel constige refereinen (1528), by Anna Bijns
Anna Bijns (born 1493, died 1575) was a Flemish poet who wrote in the Early Modern Dutch language. She was an educator and the administrator of a primary school in Antwerp until the age of 80. Even while as a woman she was denied membership of a local chamber of rhetoric, she was able to publish her works and find widespread recognition for her literary talent among her contemporaries. She is the first author in Dutch-language literature who mainly owed her success to the recently invented printing press. Her works were reprinted multiple times during her lifetime. In the religious conflicts of her time she chose the side of the Catholic Church and expressed in her poems sharp criticism of the teachings of Martin Luther. She is also known for her verses criticising the institution of marriage.
The poem:
Artificiael geesten die na conste haect
Niet en ist gemaect / dan uut rechter trouwen sterck
Neemt hier aen gemerc / op dat ghi die jonste / smaect
Al esser yet misraect / peinst tis al vrouwen werc
Bequame sinnen onder correctie reene
Ic mi stelle mach wijsheit in mi vermeert sijn
In consten kenne ic mijn perfectie cleene
Noch leerkint dus meesters moeten geeert sijn
Seer geerne wil ic van constenaers geleert sijn.
Liefte totter waerheyt om sgeloofs verstercken
Heeft mi sonder verdriet uut jonsten doen wercken
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