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Barclay was born in about 1476. His place of birth is matter of dispute, but William Bulleyn, who was a native of Ely, and probably knew him when he was in the monastery there, asserts that he was born "beyonde the cold river of Twede".
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Alexander Barclay
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Barclay, possibly of Scottish birth, was by 1509 a chaplain at the College of St. Mary Ottery, Devon. He later became a Benedictine monk at Ely and still later a Franciscan friar of Canterbury.
He presumably conformed to Protestantism, however, for after the Reformation he retained livings (benefices) in Essex and Somerset held since 1546. In 1552 he became rector of All Hallows, London.
His five Eclogues, generally regarded as the first satiric heroic couplets in English, are notable for their color and vitality.
His greatest work, The Ship of Fools (1509), a translation of Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff, is a satirical miscellany of contemporary manners; it is twice as long as the original. Barclay also translated the Mirrour of Good Manners, from the Italian of Dominic Mancini, and wrote five Eclogues, printed by Wynkyn de Worde about 1518.
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The Protestant doctrine of the Lord's supper;: A study in the eucharistic teaching of Luther, Zwingli and Calvin
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The Ship of Fools, Volume 1
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The Protestant doctrine of the Lord's supper;: A study in the eucharistic teaching of Luther, Zwingli and Calvin
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