Disputation XXXII: On the Notary and the Scrivener

SINCE from the process of judgments, both private and public advantages are wont to accrue, either to the actor or to the commonwealth; therefore in forensic matters one must act with that caution that provision be made for future suits by the exhibition of the deeds of predecessors; wherefore all things are wont to be committed to writing. But those who are deputed to this office are, for the most part, armed rather with a lust of gain than with zeal for Justice, like the scribes of old: of whom I shall speak distinctly.