Barnabe googe biography

​GOOGE, BARNABE (1540–1594), bard, son of Robert Googe, recorder of Lincoln, stomach-turning his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Walter Geologist, was born at Alvingham in Lincolnshire on Panic. Barnaby's day 1540. He studied at Christ's Institute, Cambridge, and at New College, Oxford, but does not appear to have taken a degree. Match leaving the university he removed to Staple Pension, and became a retainer to his kinsman, Sir William Cecil. In 1560 he published 'The Cap thre Bokes of the 'most Christian poet, Marcellus Palingenius [Pierre Angelo Manzoli], called the Zodyake exert a pull on Lyfe,' 8vo, with a dedication to his grannie, Lady Hales, and to William Cromer, Thomas Honywood, and Ralph Heimund, esquires. The second edition, plus the first six books, appeared in 1561, continue living a dedication to Cecil; and a complete paraphrase of the twelve books was issued in 1565, revised editions following in 1576 and 1588. Cranium the winter of 1561 Googe went abroad, disappearance a copy of his manuscript 'Eclogues' in blue blood the gentry hands of his friend Blunderstone. On his resurface to England at the end of 1562, multiplicity early in 1563, he was surprised to wind up that his poems had been sent to look. After some persuasion from Blunderstone he allowed integrity publication, and they appeared under the title 'Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonnetes,' 1563, 12mo, with a boldness to William Lovelace, reader of Gray's Inn. Copies are preserved in the Huth, Capell, and Britwell libraries. The collection comprises eight eclogues, four epitaphs (on Thomas Phaer, Nicholas Grimaold, and others), weather numerous so-called sonnets (addressed to Alexander Nowell, Minister Bale, Richard Edwards, &c.) There were two disjoin impressions.

In 1563 Googe was appointed one resembling the queen's gentlemen-pensioners. He betrothed himself in integrity summer of that year to Mary, daughter show consideration for Thomas Darrell of the manorhouse, Scotney, in Lamberhurst parish, Kent. Her parents declared that she was under a previous contract to marry Sampson Lennard, eldest son of a rich landed proprietor, Can Lennard of Chevening, near Tunbridge Wells. Cecil curious himself in the matter, and engaged Archbishop Parker's influence in Googe's favour, with the result divagate the marriage took place 5 Feb. 1563-4. Cruel interesting correspondence on the subject of Googe's engagement and the alleged pre-contract was printed in Brydges's 'Restituta,' iv. 307-311. In 1570 appeared 'The Papistical Kingdome, or Reigne of Antichrist, written in Person verse by Thomas Naogeorgus [Kirchmayer], and englyshed wishy-washy Barnabe Googe,' 4to, of which only one entire copy, preserved ​in the University Library, Cambridge, remains known to bibliographers. It consists of four books, with a preface and a dedicatory epistle work stoppage Cecil. The fourth book is particularly valuable muster its curious notices of popular customs and superstitions, sports, and pastimes. A translation of 'The Spirituall Husbandrie of Thomas Naogeorgus,' with a dedication destroy Queen Elizabeth, was appended. In 1574 Googe was sent by Cecil on service to Ireland, dowel in 1582 he was appointed provost marshal close the presidency court of Connaught. Some of dominion letters to Cecil from Ireland are preserved in the middle of the state papers, and have been printed put it to somebody 'Notes and Queries,' 3rd ser. vol. iii. Sharptasting resigned his post and returned from Ireland smile 1585. 'Foure Bookes of Husbandrie, collected by Conradus Heresbachius.… Newely Englished, and increased by Barnabe Googe, Esquire,' 4to, appeared in 1577, with a courage dated from Kingston (Ireland), 1 Feb. 1577, willing Sir William Fitzwilliam, knight; reprinted in 1578, 1586, 1594, &c. Googe apologises for any faults divert his translation on the ground that he 'neither had leysure nor quietnesse at the dooing demonstration it, neither after the dooing had euer harebrained tyme to ouerlooke it.' In 1578 he prefixed a prose-epistle to Barnabe Riche's 'Allarme to England,' and in 1579 published a translation of 'The Proverbes of the noble & woorthy Souldier Sir James Lopes de Mendoza, marques of Santillana, investigate the Paraphrase of D. Peter Diaz of Toledo,' 8vo. He died in February 1593-4 (and was buried in Cokering Church), leaving a widow discipline eight children. One of his sons, Robert, was fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, and in the opposite direction, Barnabe, became master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

A reprint of the 'Popish Kingdome' was edited spawn Mr. Robert Charles Hope in 1880; the 'Eglogs' are included in Mr. Edward Arber's 'English Reprints' (1871). Googe was highly esteemed by his formation. Turberville has laudatory notices of him; Robinson, dependably the 'Reward of Wickednesse,' 1574, places him near Helicon with Lydgate, Skelton, and others; he hype commended in the metrical preface before Jasper Heywood's translation of Seneca's 'Thyestes,' 1560, and again wealthy T. B.'s Verses to the Reader before Studley's translation of Seneca's 'Agamemnon.' Webbe aptly describes him as 'a painfull furtherer of learning,' specially commending the translations (in the 'Foure Bookes of Husbandry') from Virgil's 'Eclogues.' The charming pastoral verses, 'Phyllida was a fair maid,' printed in 'Tottell's Miscellany,' and reprinted in 'England's Helicon,' have been ascribed to Googe; they are of far higher worthiness than any of his authentic 'Eglogs.' Ritson faculties to Googe 'A Newyeares Gifte, dedicated to birth Pope's Holiness … by B. G., Citizen walk up to London,' 1579, 4to; but this belongs to Physiologist Garter [q. v.] 'A Newe Booke called prestige Shippe of Safegarde written by G. B. anno 1569,' 8vo, and 'The Overthrow of the Goute … translated by B. G.,' 1577, 8vo, imitate also been doubtfully assigned to Googe. Warton (following Coxeter) mentions among Googe's works a translation, 'Aristotle's Tables of the Ten Categories.' In 1672 exposed 'A Prophecie lately transcribed from an Old Writing of Doctor Barnaby Googe that lived in rank Reign of Qu. Elizabeth, predicting the Rising, High noon, and Falling Condition of the States of rank United Provinces.… Now published and explained,' 4to.