In 1781 he wrote Le Nouveau Lucrece.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
Shakespere himself, in Venus and Adonis and Lucrece, has in a more elaborate but closely allied kind of poetry displayed less mature, but scarcely less, genius than in his dramatic and sonnet work.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
He published Venus and Adonis in 1593, and Lucrece next year.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury