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  • He was known as Lekkerbeetje. Lekkerbekje is fried fish originating from Ijmuiden.

    In the winter of 1599–1600, a lull in the campaigning season, the Dutch cuirassiers garrisoned in 's-Hertogenbosch brought in a French prisoner, a cavalry lieutenant in the service of the Republic. When the prisoner wrote to his captain, Pierre de Bréauté, asking that money be sent to ransom him, Bréauté replied that he should be ashamed at having been captured, since any one of his men should be worth two of the enemy. Abrahams, hearing of the letter’s content, challenged Bréauté to meet him on Vught Heath with equal numbers to put his boast to the test.

    The two officers obtained permission from their commanders, and the combat took place on 5 February 1600. Abrahams was the first casualty, being shot through the neck in the first charge.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Abrahams