La sua versione vigorosa e idiomatica di Plutarco, "Vies des hommes illustres", venne tradotta in inglese da Sir Thomas North, e fornì a Shakespeare il materiale di base per le sue tragedie romane. ###>His vigorous and idiomatic version of Plutarch, "Vies des hommes illustres", was translated into English by Sir Thomas North, and supplied Shakespeare with materials for his Roman plays.