The Breeches Bible

The able and interesting article on the Breeches Bible which appeared in a late number of "Notes and Queries" (Vol. iii., p. 17.) is calculated to remove the deep-rooted popular error which affixes great pecuniary value to every edition of the Bible in which the words "made themselves breeches" are to be found, by showing that such Bibles are generally only worth about as many shillings as they are supposed to be worth pounds. It is worth noting, with reference to this translation, that in the valuable early English version, known as Wickliffe's Bible, just published by the university of Oxfor…