The Brabantian Calvinists emigrated en masse to Holland after the Sack of Antwerp in the 1580s.

A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.

Everybody was kung-fu fighting / Those kicks were fast as lightning

Fair dinkum, I'm being straight up with you now, I could have hit him.