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emperoureEmperor

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
198 times in 53 works
Consistency
92.5% (198 of 214)
Reach if approved
~225 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: emperor
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
214 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (198 changes in 53 works, 92.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 198)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that he vseth him selfe princely and Imperiousely, although he be neither Prince nor EmperoureEmperor: and yet we vse so to speake of him, bicause of the maner, forme …
    With rule
    … that he vseth him selfe princely and Imperiousely, although he be neither Prince nor EmperoureEmperor: and yet we vse so to speake of him, bicause of the maner, forme …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 161 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Farther, he commaunded his Deacon which was his deputye, whome he had with the EmperoureEmperor, that he ſhould not communicate with Iohn, being ſo arrogant and proud. Gregorye ſucceded …
    With rule
    … Farther, he commaunded his Deacon which was his deputye, whome he had with the EmperoureEmperor, that he ſhould not communicate with Iohn, being ſo arrogant and proud. Gregorye ſucceded …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 147 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of Rome, when Agapetus was dead, as he went on his voyage to the EmperoureEmperor, this man by the commaundement of Theodatus kyng of Gothes, was placed in his …
    With rule
    … of Rome, when Agapetus was dead, as he went on his voyage to the EmperoureEmperor, this man by the commaundement of Theodatus kyng of Gothes, was placed in his …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the pope, & dothe mayntayne & defende his parte, and togyther with hym doth excōmunicate the EmperoureEmperor and ye Marchion: where as he ought euen with the ieopardye of his owne …
    With rule
    … the pope, & dothe mayntayne & defende his parte, and togyther with hym doth excōmunicate the EmperoureEmperor and ye Marchion: where as he ought euen with the ieopardye of his owne …

    Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Rhodes euen in our tyme is subdued also of that most cruell Tyraunte the EmperoureEmperor of Turckye, tourned frome Christ vnto Mahomet, from the christen religiō vnto the Turkish …
    With rule
    … Rhodes euen in our tyme is subdued also of that most cruell Tyraunte the EmperoureEmperor of Turckye, tourned frome Christ vnto Mahomet, from the christen religiō vnto the Turkish …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the EmperoureEmperor Charles the fyft, and the illuſtre Eſtates of the Empyre of Germanye▪ wyth an …
    With rule
    … Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the EmperoureEmperor Charles the fyft, and the illuſtre Eſtates of the Empyre of Germanye▪ wyth an …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ner yet chaunceler of Englonde. They are not content to raygne over kynge and EmperoureEmperor & the hole erth: but calēge auctorite also in hevē & in hel. It is not …
    With rule
    … ner yet chaunceler of Englonde. They are not content to raygne over kynge and EmperoureEmperor & the hole erth: but calēge auctorite also in hevē & in hel. It is not …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxxv · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … other of ſuſpicious ſilence, or els of preſumptuouſe negligence. Lo therfore (O moſte myghty EmperoureEmperor) here I offer vnto youre maieſtye the ſumme of my fayth on this condicion …
    With rule
    … other of ſuſpicious ſilence, or els of preſumptuouſe negligence. Lo therfore (O moſte myghty EmperoureEmperor) here I offer vnto youre maieſtye the ſumme of my fayth on this condicion …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

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    This Arius did drawe vnto his wycked opinion, the emperoureEmperor▪ Conſtantius, the excellēt learned biſſhope Euſebius, and many other excellent biſſhopes and learned men.
    With rule
    This Arius did drawe vnto his wycked opinion, the emperoureEmperor▪ Conſtantius, the excellēt learned biſſhope Euſebius, and many other excellent biſſhopes and learned men.

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

  • Printed
    … that the pope should haue fre liberty to weare the apparel either of an emperoureEmperor or of a byshop at his pleasure, and that he shoulde haue all manner …
    With rule
    … that the pope should haue fre liberty to weare the apparel either of an emperoureEmperor or of a byshop at his pleasure, and that he shoulde haue all manner …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … lying and counterfayte this bragging of the papistes is, concerning the donation of the emperoureEmperor Constantine to the Sea of Rome, and the supremacye of that Romishe bishop aboue …
    With rule
    … lying and counterfayte this bragging of the papistes is, concerning the donation of the emperoureEmperor Constantine to the Sea of Rome, and the supremacye of that Romishe bishop aboue …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

  • Printed
    Soch obedience vnto father & mother / master / husbāde / emperoureEmperor / kīge / lordes and rulers requireth God of all naciōs / yee of ye very turkes …
    With rule
    Soch obedience vnto father & mother / master / husbāde / emperoureEmperor / kīge / lordes and rulers requireth God of all naciōs / yee of ye very turkes …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. xxx · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … kyngdome is not of this worlde. Iohn. xviij. hath vsurped the righte of ye emperoureEmperor. And by polycy of ye Bishopes of al many and with corruptynge the electours …
    With rule
    … kyngdome is not of this worlde. Iohn. xviij. hath vsurped the righte of ye emperoureEmperor. And by polycy of ye Bishopes of al many and with corruptynge the electours …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … have gott their auctorites frō thē & raygne also in their stede: so yt ye emperoureEmperor & kīges are but vayne names and shadowes / as Christe is / havinge no thinge to …
    With rule
    … have gott their auctorites frō thē & raygne also in their stede: so yt ye emperoureEmperor & kīges are but vayne names and shadowes / as Christe is / havinge no thinge to …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lx · Open in the reader

The Practice of Prelates A14151

  • Printed
    … that when he hath got…en hī Disciples ynough he maye rise against the emperoureEmperor & make him selfe Kinge, and then shall the romaynes come and take our Lande …
    With rule
    … that when he hath got…en hī Disciples ynough he maye rise against the emperoureEmperor & make him selfe Kinge, and then shall the romaynes come and take our Lande …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Emperour: in so much that Nicholaus the first… decreed that no seculare prince or emperoureEmperor shuld haue ought to do or be at the counsels of the clergy. ¶ And …
    With rule
    … Emperour: in so much that Nicholaus the first… decreed that no seculare prince or emperoureEmperor shuld haue ought to do or be at the counsels of the clergy. ¶ And …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … not called father of fathers. Moreouer y• no autentyke storie maketh mencion that any emperoureEmperor gaue them their patrimonye / but that Pipine which falsely & with strēgth inuaded the empire …
    With rule
    … not called father of fathers. Moreouer y• no autentyke storie maketh mencion that any emperoureEmperor gaue them their patrimonye / but that Pipine which falsely & with strēgth inuaded the empire …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … erth, he excepteth nothī ge, therfore I may make lawes & bīd both king and emperoureEmperor. When christ / as he had no worldly kīgdom, euē so he spake of no …
    With rule
    … erth, he excepteth nothī ge, therfore I may make lawes & bīd both king and emperoureEmperor. When christ / as he had no worldly kīgdom, euē so he spake of no …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … openlie to the eye / tyll the sege of Pauye. And the Cardynall sent the emperoureEmperor muche monye openlye / and gaue the Frenchkyng more secretelye. He played with both handes …
    With rule
    … openlie to the eye / tyll the sege of Pauye. And the Cardynall sent the emperoureEmperor muche monye openlye / and gaue the Frenchkyng more secretelye. He played with both handes …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader