(Mark Anthony Francis) in Latin Muretus, was born at Muret, near Limoges, in 1526. He acquired a perfect knowledge of the Greek and Latin tongues without any instructor, and became one of the most learned men of his time. After having taught some time in Provence, he was made a professor at Paris in the same college with Turnebus and Buchanan. In 1554, he went into Italy; and in 1563 was professor of law, philosophy, and history, at Rome, where he died in 1585. His principal works are, 1. Excellent notes on Terence, Horace, Catullus, Tacitus, Cicero, Sallust, Aristotle, Xenophon, &c. 2. Orationes. 3. Varia Lectiones, Poemata, Hymni Sacri. 4. Disputationes in Lib. I. Pandectarum, de Origine Juris, &c. 5. Epistolæ, Juvenilia Carmina, &c. Most of Muret's works have been printed in the Venice edition of 1737, in 5 vols 8vo.