“O foul disgrace, of knighthood lasting stain,
By men of arms a helpless lady slain!”

Contra uma dama, ó peitos carniceiros,
Feros vos amostrais, e cavaleiros?
Stanza 130, lines 7–8 (tr. William Julius Mickle); the death of Inês de Castro.
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto III

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Contra uma dama, ó peitos carniceiros, Feros vos amostrais, e cavaleiros?

Os Lusíadas (1572)
Source: Os Lusíadas, canto III
(Episódio: Morte de Inês de Castro)

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