Abraham Alewijn (16 October 1664, Amsterdam – 4 October 1721, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a jurist and in his time a well-respected poet, who distinguished himself above his contemporary poets, as evidenced from his Zede- en Harpzangen, which had its third printing in quarto in 1713. But he made himself especially valuable as a writer of comedies. His play poetry exists of: