Meaning on an archaic sentence

Meaning on an archaic sentence

The passage below is from The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree.

Such attitudes, widespread as they were, were especially damaging because it was often a university professor who doubled as the librarian. Given that access was generally restricted to professors, this seems sensible enough, but few professors were anywhere near as dedicated as Thomas James. In some institutions, the post of librarian was essentially a sinecure, a transitional office for those waiting for a promotion. The professionalisation of librarianship in universities would not occur until deep into the nineteenth century. Those scholars who aspired to a career as fulltime librarians, like the Frenchman Gabriel Naudé, sought a place in the great courtly and princely libraries. In universities, their talents were wasted. The Scottish minister John Dury wrote disparagingly of the ‘Librarie-Keepers, in most Universities that I know,

nay indeed in all, their places are but Mercenarie, and their emploiment of little or no use further, than to look to the Books committed to their custodie, that they may not bee lost; or embezeled by those that use them.

The author quoted the last sentence from ‘John Dury’s Reformed Librarie-Keeper’, and the source was said to be published in 1650. It was so unfamiliar to me that I’m posting this thread to ask about it.

I paraphrased the last sentence. Can you check this out for me to see if there are any errors in it?

The Scottish minister John Dury wrote disparagingly of the ‘Librarie-Keepers,

?The Scottish priest John Dury wrote slightingly about the librarians

in most Universities that I know, nay indeed in all,

?in most Universities that I know, no indeed in all Universities

their places are but Mercenarie

? they are only motivated by money

and their emploiment of little or no use further, than to look to the Books committed to their custodie,

? they confine their work no further than to preventing any loss of books in their custody

*Next was the hardest part.

or embezeled by those that use them.

? so if they found people trying to use books they were embarrassed.

Lastly, can you give me the exact meaning of ‘embezel’? I gooled the word in every way possible but I couldn’t find its meaning or usage.

Thanks in advance.