Johannes Narssius[1] (9 November 1580 – 1637)[2] was a Dutch physician and Neo-Latin poet, initially a Remonstrant minister.
He was born Johan van Naars(s)en in Dordrecht on 9 November 1580,[3] and studied philosophy and theology at the University of Leiden.
[7] Narssius was a subscriber to the Confessio orthodoxa of Conrad Vorstius, successor to Arminius at Leiden, and was strongly reprimanded for that by the Synod of Harderwijk.
[5] He reportedly travelled to England to present Arminian documents to Archbishop George Abbot, meeting a very hostile reception.
[12] Under the name Hans van der Ast he took letters from Frederick V, Elector Palatine in Germany to his wife Elizabeth of Bohemia, who was in The Hague.