Un giorno a noi crudel.”
All that Plutarch gives us of Brutus’ counter-arguments is as follows:
“First, for he said it was not honest; secondly, because he told them that there was hope of change in him.”[[63]]
Furthermore, we read:
“But Brutus would in nowise consent to it, saying, that venturing on such an enterprise as that, for the maintenance of law and justice, it ought to be clear from all villany.”[[64]]
In Pescetti, Brutus says:
“S’ad altri, oltre al Tiranno, darem morte,
Si stimerà dal volgo, che le cose
Sempre stravolge, e falsamente espone,
Che non disio di liberar la patria,