Googe

Googe, Barnabe (1540-94), an Elizabethan poet, was a native of Lincolnshire. He was a protege of Cecil, Lord Burghley, through whose influence he obtained an office at Court and employment in Ireland. His Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonnetes were published in 1563; they are included in Arber's English Reprints. He was much esteemed by his contemporaries.