Versos English Luís de Camões Oh, foes unnat’ural! Nature so misbred

English poem

Oh, foes unnat’ural! Nature so misbred

by (1524–1580)

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“Oh, foes unnat’ural! Nature so misbred, Race of thy race’s name disgrace that art! Degenerates! caitiffs! say what feeble Dread, Sans wisdom, reason, all Man’s better part, Have made a gallant people, born and bred Loyal and brave with clean and candid heart, Offend in such base guise? But I suspect Amid the Great this be the least defect.”