A clerk/scribe back then was highly prized and well paid, especially a multilingual one, as you noted. Have you read the late Louis L’Amour’s “The Walking Drum” by any chance?
11 posted on 07/19/2015 1:52:22 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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12 posted on 07/19/2015 2:49:01 AM PDT by Pontiac
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