Here begynneth the egloges of Alexa[n]der Barclay, priest, whereof the first thre conteineth the miseries of courters & courtes, of all princes in generall. The mattier whereof was translated into Englysshe by the saied Alexander in forme of dialoges, out of a boke named in Latin, Miserie curialium, compiled by Eneas Silvius, poete and oratour, which after was Pope of Rome, & named Pius. In the whiche the interloquutors be Cornix, and Coridon..
PiusII,Pope,1405-1464.
Barclay, Alexander,1475?-1552.
Imprinted at London : By John Kynge in Paules Church Yearde, at the Sygne of the Swanne.,
[c. 1560]
EEBO image id: 180719
EEBO citation id: 54532273
Signatures: A-O4 P2.
Date of imprint from STC.
Imprint from colophon.
In verse.
Barclay's Eclogues 1-3, actually a free translation of: Pius II. De curialium miseria.
Woodcut on title page.
ESTC
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Courts and courtiers