The following bibliographical memoranda, in the well-known hand of Dr. Farmer, occur in a copy of the edition of Drayton's Poems published in 1619, in small folio, by John Smethwick, which contains "The Barons' Wars; England's Heroical Epistles; Idea; Odes; The Legends of Robert Duke of Normandie, Matilda, Pierce Gaveston, and Great Cromwell; The Owle; and Pastorals, containing Eglogues, with the Man in the Moone.

A POET IN PRISON THE SHEPHEARDS HUNTING: being Certain Eglogues written during the time of the Authors Imprisonment in the Marshalsey.

Although the title-page assures us that these "eglogues" were written during the author's imprisonment, we may have a suspicion that the first three were composed just after his release.

In the first "eglogue," Willy comes to the Marshalsea one afternoon to condole with Roget, but finds him very cheerful.

The next "eglogue" represents again another visit to the prisoner, and this time Willy and Cuddy bring Alexis with them; perhaps Alexis is John Davies, of Hereford, another contributor to The Shepherd's Pipe.

With the fourth "eglogue" the caged bird begins to sing like a lark at Heaven's gate, and it is the prisoned manwho ought to be in doleful dumpsthat rallies his free friend Browne on his low spirits.

In the fifth "eglogue" Roget and Alexis compare notes about their early happiness in phrases of an odd commixture.

In 1589, however, appeared a small quarto volume, with the title: 'An Eglogue.

Ah, wanton, will ye? The year 1595 also saw the publication of Francis Sabie's Pan's Pipe, which contains, according to the not wholly accurate title-page, 'Three Pastorall Eglogues, in English Hexameter.'

More than half a century later, namely in 1653, Basse prepared for press a manuscript containing a series of pastorals headed 'Clio, or The first Muse in 9 Eglogues in honor of 9 vertues,' and arranged according to the days of the week.

The last collection that will claim our notice is that of Francis Quarles, which appeared posthumously in 1646 under the title of 'The Shepheards Oracles: Delivered in Certain Eglogues.

After that wind musique was over, they sang their pastorall eglogues.'