“ In 1657 his only surviving son, who was entrusted with the hosiery business, mismanaged affairs to such an extent that he had to take ship for the East Indies, leaving his father to face the creditors. Vondel had to sacrifice the whole of his small fortune, and became a government clerk. He was pensioned after ten years' service, and died on the 5th of February 1679.
The more important of his thirty-two dramas are: Hierusalem Verwoest (“Jerusalem laid desolate”) (1620) ”

“ Koning David in ballingschap ( King David in banishment) , Koning David hersteld (“King David restored”) and Samson (1660) ; Batavische Gebroeders, the subject of which is the story of Claudius Civilis (1663) ; Adam in ballingschap (“Adam in exile”) (1664) , after the Latin tragedy of Hugo Grotius. ”