the english pastoral poem "phyllida was a fayer maid" (from "tottel's miscellany" of 1558) has been doubtfully ascribed to googe, despite showing little stylistic rapport with his acknowledged works. but googe's important contribution to pastoral poetry in english rests with his cycle of eclogues that synthesise trends from classical pastoral, the work of mantuan, and the pastoral elements of spanish romance, and he was the first english writer to reflect the influence of the "diana enamorada" of montemayor.