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Op de scheydinge, voorgevallen in de Vlaemsche, Vriesche, en Hoochduytsche Doopsgesinde Gemeente binnen Amsterdam.
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across major library catalogs, academic databases, and digital archives yielded no evidence of any English translation (complete or partial) of this 17th-century Dutch polemical poem. Given its nature as a highly localized, ephemeral text concerning internal Mennonite disputes in Amsterdam, it is extremely unlikely to have been translated into English.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Pieter Arentsz exposes the rot inside the 17th-century Amsterdam Mennonite community as it tears itself apart over dogma. Read this to understand how rigid faith can destroy the very bonds it claims to protect.