on Google Books Medicamenten teghen de melancholie (published by Hendrick Aertsens, 1633) References Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by Paul Arblaster, ‘Verstegan [Rowlands], Richard (1548x50–1640)’, 2004 accessed 5 Nov 2006 Further reading Richard Verstegan, The letters and despatches of Richard Verstegan (c.1550-1640 Catholic Record Society Publications; Vol. 52 External links 1550s births 1640 deaths 16th-century English writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers 16th-century antiquarians 17th-century antiquarians Anti-Protestantism Counter-Reformation English Catholic poets English emigrants to Belgium English male journalists English people of Dutch descent English Roman Catholics English Roman Catholic writers English spies People of the French Wars of Religion Spanish spies Writers from Antwerp