`I am no idle votarist.'--_Timon_, iv. 3;

and _long delays_ become transformed to
_longer days_--


`This done, see that you take no long delays.
_Titus_, iv. 2.

From the time of Gutenberg until now
this similarity of sound has been a fruitful
source of error among printers.

``II. _Errors of the Eye_.--The eye often
misleads the hand of the compositor,
especially if he be at work upon a crabbed
manuscript or worn-out reprint. Take
out a dot, and _This time goes manly_
becomes


`This tune goes manly.' _Macbeth_, iv. 3.

So a clogged letter turns _What beast was't
then_? into _What boast was't then_?--

`Lady M. What beast was't then,
That made you break this enterprise to me?'
_Macbeth_, i. 7.