The lines whence this extract is taken merely enlarge Muretus’ conciser statement:
Ille, ille, Caesar, patriae terror suae,
Hostis senatus, innocentium carnifex,
Legum ruina, publici jures lues.
But generally Grévin is more abundant and more fervid even when he reproduces most obviously, and among the best of his purple patches are some that are quite his own. He indeed thought differently. He modestly confesses:
Je ne veux pourtant nier que s’il se trouve quelque traict digne estre loué, qu’il ne soit de Muret, lequel a esté mon precepteur quelque temps es lettres humaines, et auquel je donne le meilleur comme l’ayant appris de luy.
All the same there is nothing in Muretus like the passage in which Brutus promises himself an immortality of fame:
Et quand on parlera de Cesar et de Romme,
Qu’on se souvienne aussi qu’il a esté un homme,
Un Brute, le vangeur de toute cruauté,