[1] During the early stages of the Dutch Revolt he sought refuge in Besançon, then for several months at the University of Dole, being present, together with Lipsius, when their friend Victor Giselinus (Ghyselinck) graduated Doctor of Medicine.
[1] In 1579 Christopher Plantin published Lernutius's first volume of poetry, Carmina, which included a cycle of 42 poems on Hyella's eyes, "Ocelli", in the manner of Catullus.
On the strength of this volume, which was reckoned among the best Latin verse of the time, Rudolf II ennobled Lernutius in 1581.
[1] In September 1587, travelling to Lille, he was captured and held to ransom by soldiers from the English garrison in Ostend.
In Bruges, he founded literary and poetic circles with his friend Anselmus Beoetius de Boodt (1550-1632).
[1] His only surviving prose work, a study of Charles the Good probably written before 1604, was prepared for posthumous publication by his son.