John Dryden, 'The Preface' to The State of Innocence (1674)
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Camoens, the author of the Lusiads, ought to be censured by all his readers, when he brings in Bacchus and Christ into the same adventure of his fable.
— John Dryden on Luís de Camões
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Source: Wikiquote: "Luís de Camões" (Quotes about Camões: See also: Quotes about Os Lusíadas
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