Luke 1:63

63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

Ver. 63. And he asked for a writing table ] Tabellam, sc. ceratam, in qua olim stil scribebatur, saith Sa. He had an excellent faculty of whom Martial reporteth,

" Currant verba licet, manus est velocior illis;

Et vix lingua suum, dextra peregit opus. "