Note 1 — INTRODUCTION.
Reading edition
The Romans carried the art of short-hand to its highest perfection, as appears from the following epigram of Martial:
“Currant verba licet, manus est velocius illis; Nondum lingua suum, dextra peregit opus.” xiv. 208.
“Swift though the words, (the pen still swifter sped) The hand has finished, ere the tongue has said.”