Chronici Zelandiae

[1] Van den Eynde wrote this book during his stay in Haamstede, on the island of Schouwen, in Zeeland, where he retired during the Twelve Years' Truce, after serving as a captain under Maurice, Prince of Orange.

[2] Van den Eynde didn't manage to finish this work before his untimely death, in 1614, and the Chronici fell into oblivion.

The State saved this work and brought it back to light, publishing it under the name Chronici Zelandiae Libri duo auctore Jacobo Eyndio, Domino Haemstede.

[5][6] The 1634 edition of the Chronici includes a 22-page foreword, with a dedication to the State of Zeeland and acknowledgments to the editor Jean de Brune and the printer Simon Moulert.

[1] Eyndius' work of demythologization was followed by such great names in Dutch historiography as Petrus Scriverius (1576-1660), Jan Uytenhage de Mist (1636-1668), and Simon van Leeuwen (1626-1682).