Thus, when the scribe of [Symbol: Aleph], in place of [Greek: exousian edoken auto kai krisin poiein][344], presents us with [Greek: kai krisin edoken auto exousian poiein], we hesitate not to say that he has written nonsense[345].

And when BD instead of [Greek: eisi tines ton ode hestekoton] exhibit [Greek: eise ton ode ton hestekoton], we cannot but conclude that the credit of those two MSS.

must be so far lowered in the eyes of every one who with true appreciation of the niceties of Greek scholarship observes what has been done.
[This characteristic of the old uncials is now commended to the attention of students, who will find in the folios of those documents plenty of instances for examination.

Most of the cases of Transposition are petty enough, whilst some, as the specimens already presented to the reader indicate, constitute blots not favourable to the general reputation of the copies on which they are found.

Indeed, they are so frequent that they have grown to be a very habit, and must have propagated themselves.