hiː wʌz lˈaɪkli bˈɔːɹn ɪn kˈɔːlɚɹi, ɐ smˈɔːl tˈaʊn ɔnðə ʃˈɛlt ɹˈɪvɚɹ ɐbˌaʊt ˈeɪtiːn kɪlˈɑːmɪɾɚz sˈaʊθ ˈiːst ʌvðə sˈɪɾi ʌv kˈæmbɹaɪ, æt ðə tˈaɪm sˈɪtʃuːˌeɪɾᵻd ɪnðə hˈæbsbɜːɡ nˈɛðɜːləndz ænd nˈaʊ ɪn fɹˈæns.
He was likely born in Caulery, a small town on the Scheldt river about 18 kilometers south east of the city of Cambrai, at the time situated in the Habsburg Netherlands and now in France.