The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men, of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written:-I mean the law-copyists or scriveners.
Nire abokatu lanen kariaz, joan deneko hogeitamar urtean, ohi den baino harreman estuagotan egon behar izan dut interesgarri ezezik berezitzat ere jo litekeen giza sail batekin, zeinez, nik dakidala, ez baita egundaino deus idatzi. Lege kopiagile edo izkribatzaileez ari naiz.