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iuoryivory

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
130 times in 37 works
Consistency
82.2% (130 of 158)
Reach if approved
~166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ivory
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (130 changes in 37 works, 82.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 130)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    His lilly-cheeke might seeme an IuoryIvory plaine,
    With rule
    His lilly-cheeke might seeme an IuoryIvory plaine,

    Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a new creature, cannot but ſmell of Myrrhe, Aloes and Caſſia, out of Chriſts IuoryIvory Palaces, whereby his heart is made exceedingly glad.
    With rule
    … a new creature, cannot but ſmell of Myrrhe, Aloes and Caſſia, out of Chriſts IuoryIvory Palaces, whereby his heart is made exceedingly glad.

    Henry Greenwood · The Jailors Jail · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Sanctification, & Redemption, 1. Cor. 1.30. which bleſſings hee powreth downe vpon vs from thoſe pallaces of IuoryIvory, which are thoſe heauenly places where hee is ſeated, and from whence hee looketh …
    With rule
    … Sanctification, & Redemption, 1. Cor. 1.30. which bleſſings hee powreth downe vpon vs from thoſe pallaces of IuoryIvory, which are thoſe heauenly places where hee is ſeated, and from whence hee looketh …

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … delicious dyet: Iſay 22. Drinke wine in bowles, and ſtretch them on their beds of IuoryIvory: And as theſe abſtemious Monkes diſtenti & crepantes cry out, Quanta patimur; Alas indeed what …
    With rule
    … delicious dyet: Iſay 22. Drinke wine in bowles, and ſtretch them on their beds of IuoryIvory: And as theſe abſtemious Monkes diſtenti & crepantes cry out, Quanta patimur; Alas indeed what …

    William Sclater · Three Sermons · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    See, if polisht IuoryIvory,
    With rule
    See, if polisht IuoryIvory,

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … downe for ye body by Synecdochen and ſhe ſayth it hath the brightneſſe of IuoryIvory, and it is ouerlayd or beſet with Saphires (that is) moſte comely and moſte …
    With rule
    … downe for ye body by Synecdochen and ſhe ſayth it hath the brightneſſe of IuoryIvory, and it is ouerlayd or beſet with Saphires (that is) moſte comely and moſte …

    Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … though Gods plagues should neuer ceaze vpon them: They lay vpon their beds of IuoryIvory, fed, and fared deliciously; had all varitie of Musicke, wines, and ointments; Put none …
    With rule
    … though Gods plagues should neuer ceaze vpon them: They lay vpon their beds of IuoryIvory, fed, and fared deliciously; had all varitie of Musicke, wines, and ointments; Put none …

    Thomas Draxe · The Churches Security Together with the Antidote · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the Church, for the ſtrength and whiteneſſe or beauty thereof, to be like vnto IuoryIvory, and for the height thereof to be like to a tower: after the neck …
    With rule
    … the Church, for the ſtrength and whiteneſſe or beauty thereof, to be like vnto IuoryIvory, and for the height thereof to be like to a tower: after the neck …

    Thomas Stoughton · The Dignity of Gods Children · p. 355 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of the Song of Solomon A01971

  • Printed
    … were the face of the Church: and white and bewtifull as a tower of iuoryivory for the order and grauity thereof. Thine eies bright and cleere, as the fiſh …
    With rule
    … were the face of the Church: and white and bewtifull as a tower of iuoryivory for the order and grauity thereof. Thine eies bright and cleere, as the fiſh …

    Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    in his bowels is a ſhining, as of iuoryivory, couered with Suphires: his looke as of Lebanon &c.) Fiftly The glorifying of his …
    With rule
    in his bowels is a ſhining, as of iuoryivory, couered with Suphires: his looke as of Lebanon &c.) Fiftly The glorifying of his …

    Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 A08311

  • Printed
    … our Prophet here alludeth: as alſo he doth, Chap. 6.4. They lie vpon beds of iuoryivory, and ſtretch themſelues vpon their couches, and eat the Lambes out of the flocke …
    With rule
    … our Prophet here alludeth: as alſo he doth, Chap. 6.4. They lie vpon beds of iuoryivory, and ſtretch themſelues vpon their couches, and eat the Lambes out of the flocke …

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 250 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.
    With rule
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 276 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.
    With rule
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 277 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes, or many houſes, ſhall haue an end, Saith …
    With rule
    I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes, or many houſes, ſhall haue an end, Saith …

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 305 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … by threatning deſtruction to their winter houſes and ſummer houſes, to their houſes of iuoryivory, and to their great houſes, this queſtion is propounded: Whether it be lawfull for …
    With rule
    … by threatning deſtruction to their winter houſes and ſummer houſes, to their houſes of iuoryivory, and to their great houſes, this queſtion is propounded: Whether it be lawfull for …

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 305 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … on their necks, armes, and eares, decked with rings of siluer, copper, tin, and iuoryivory hoopes; they are marked with a great spot of red in their foreheads, and …
    With rule
    … on their necks, armes, and eares, decked with rings of siluer, copper, tin, and iuoryivory hoopes; they are marked with a great spot of red in their foreheads, and …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 402 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … master of Mis-rule. The royall ensigne is a little plow-share, with an iuoryivory point, which he carrieth always at his girdle; by which is signified peace, and …
    With rule
    … master of Mis-rule. The royall ensigne is a little plow-share, with an iuoryivory point, which he carrieth always at his girdle; by which is signified peace, and …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 577 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … they are of short stature: darkish colour: their armes are adorned with copper and iuoryivory, their fingers with rings of gold, and with beads of bone and wood. They …
    With rule
    … they are of short stature: darkish colour: their armes are adorned with copper and iuoryivory, their fingers with rings of gold, and with beads of bone and wood. They …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 579 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … God ſayes, Heauen is my throne, in the Pſalme: but as Salomons throne of iuoryivory and gold, was the beſt piece of his houſe; So Gods throne is the …
    With rule
    … God ſayes, Heauen is my throne, in the Pſalme: but as Salomons throne of iuoryivory and gold, was the beſt piece of his houſe; So Gods throne is the …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 465 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

  • Printed
    … our Prophet here alludeth: as alſo he doth, Chap. 6.4. They lie vpon beds of iuoryivory, and ſtretch themſelues vpon their couches, and eat the Lambes out of the flocke …
    With rule
    … our Prophet here alludeth: as alſo he doth, Chap. 6.4. They lie vpon beds of iuoryivory, and ſtretch themſelues vpon their couches, and eat the Lambes out of the flocke …

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 250 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.
    With rule
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 276 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.
    With rule
    … I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes ſhall haue an end, ſaith the Lord.

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 277 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes, or many houſes, ſhall haue an end, Saith …
    With rule
    I will ſmite the winter houſe with the ſummer houſe; and the houſes of iuoryivory ſhall periſh, and the great houſes, or many houſes, ſhall haue an end, Saith …

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 305 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … by threatning deſtruction to their winter houſes and ſummer houſes, to their houſes of iuoryivory, and to their great houſes, this queſtion is propounded: Whether it be lawfull for …
    With rule
    … by threatning deſtruction to their winter houſes and ſummer houſes, to their houſes of iuoryivory, and to their great houſes, this queſtion is propounded: Whether it be lawfull for …

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 305 · Open in the reader