The Eclogues

Eclogues, The,
of A. Barclay , written c. 1513 – 14 , interesting as the earliest English pastorals , anticipating Spenser . They are moral and satirical in character, dealing with such subjects as the evils of a court life and the happiness of the countryman's lot. They are modelled upon Mantuan and the Miseriae Curialium of Piccolomini .