Courtesy of Gypsy Scholar, I've just learned about the "Wicked Bible" of 1631. It seems that printers Robert Barker and Martin Lucas inadvertently left the "not" out of the commandment that normally forbids adultery so that their version seemed to order us to commit adultery. The two men were fined an extravagantly large amount of money and their license to print was taken away from them.
Not surprisingly. however, some copies were carefully preserved.
Equally not surprising, Charles 1, who was to adultery what Chloe Sevigny is to bad taste, condemned them harshly for what is, having worked in publishing, a pretty easy to make mistake. Those who punished the poor men had better pray God does judge them by the same standard. (Of course, the people who had better hope that do not make up a small club.)
If you follow the link to Gypsy Scholar (a good blog), you can see an image of the offending commandment and a much better subject heading than I came up with.
Not surprisingly. however, some copies were carefully preserved.
Equally not surprising, Charles 1, who was to adultery what Chloe Sevigny is to bad taste, condemned them harshly for what is, having worked in publishing, a pretty easy to make mistake. Those who punished the poor men had better pray God does judge them by the same standard. (Of course, the people who had better hope that do not make up a small club.)
If you follow the link to Gypsy Scholar (a good blog), you can see an image of the offending commandment and a much better subject heading than I came up with.
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