from the current LRB online, Peter Campbell at the British Library:
In religious texts, however, error can be scandalous, and the British Library
display includes copies of Bibles in which (it’s hard to imagine it was always
accidental) mischievous compositors introduced corruptions. The ‘adulterer’s
Bible’ of 1631 omits a ‘not’ so that Exodus 20.14 reads ‘Thou shalt commit
adultery,’ and, in Deuteronomy 5.24, replaces ‘greatness’ to give: ‘The Lord hath
showed us his glory and his great arse.’ The printers were fined £300 and lost
their licence to print.
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