, was a philologer, a writer of verses, and a historian. His real
, was a philologer, a writer
of verses, and a historian. His real name is unknown; he
took that of Hortensius, either because his father was a
gardener, or because his family name signified gardener.
He was born at Montfort, in the territory of Utrecht, in
1501, and studied at Louvain. Hortensius was for several
years rector of the school at Naarden, and when that city
was taken in 1572, he would have fallen a sacrifice to the
military fury, had he not been preserved by the gratitude
of' one who had been his pupil. His death happened at
Naarden, in 1577. There are extant by him, besides satires, epithalamia, and other Latin poems, the following
works: 1. Seven books, “De Bello Germanico,
” under
Charles V. 8vo. 2. “De Tumultu Anabaptistarum,
” fol.
3. “De Secessionibus Ultrajectinis,
” fol. 4. Commentaries on the six first books of the Æneid, and on Lucan.
5. Notes on four Comedies of Aristophanes.