In 1572 he returned to his duties at Mount Thabor Convent, but on 2 October 1572, during the Spanish Fury at Mechelen, the convent was burned down and his library destroyed. He nevertheless remained in the city, contributing to its reconstruction, until 1578, when the community he served temporarily disbanded. In 1580 he was living in Helmond, and from 1585 he lived in 's-Hertogenbosch, where he held a canonry in the cathedral and was headmaster of the city's college. He died in 's-Hertogenbosch on 10 November 1598.