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steuenStephen

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

Puritas changed it
577 times in 204 works
Consistency
97.1% (577 of 594)
Reach if approved
~624 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: steven
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
594 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (577 changes in 204 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 577)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … was, and the spirit shall returne to God who gaue it. This spirit did SteuenStephen commend into the hands of Christ. Act. 7. 59. And Christ into the hands of his …
    With rule
    … was, and the spirit shall returne to God who gaue it. This spirit did SteuenStephen commend into the hands of Christ. Act. 7. 59. And Christ into the hands of his …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    And the holy man saynt SteuenStephen,
    With rule
    And the holy man saynt SteuenStephen,

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    62. SteuenStephen the seuenth.
    With rule
    62. SteuenStephen the seuenth.

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Iewes charged Chriſt, to be a coniurer, Iohn Baptiſt a Demoniacke, Paul a ſeducer SteuenStephen a Blaſphemer ; But haue thou recourſe to thy conſcience. That ſame inward witneſſe and …
    With rule
    … Iewes charged Chriſt, to be a coniurer, Iohn Baptiſt a Demoniacke, Paul a ſeducer SteuenStephen a Blaſphemer ; But haue thou recourſe to thy conſcience. That ſame inward witneſſe and …

    Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 114 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … then ſet they hym on fyre that he may ſpeake ſomwhat ſharpely, as ſaynt SteuenStephen dyd. Actu. the .vii. Chapter. Yf he be gētle and frendly, then ymagen they …
    With rule
    … then ſet they hym on fyre that he may ſpeake ſomwhat ſharpely, as ſaynt SteuenStephen dyd. Actu. the .vii. Chapter. Yf he be gētle and frendly, then ymagen they …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    After the hard brunt of the lewes malicious onſet, SteuenStephen is ſaid to haue falne aſleepe: And who is not glad when the time …
    With rule
    After the hard brunt of the lewes malicious onſet, SteuenStephen is ſaid to haue falne aſleepe: And who is not glad when the time …

    John Mayer · A Pattern for Women · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … refuſeth to obey, but beeing reproued, thwarteth, mocketh and perſecuteth their reprouers. Of this SteuenStephen accuſed the Iewes. Eſay hath but one word for both theſe, but ſuch is …
    With rule
    … refuſeth to obey, but beeing reproued, thwarteth, mocketh and perſecuteth their reprouers. Of this SteuenStephen accuſed the Iewes. Eſay hath but one word for both theſe, but ſuch is …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 304 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Yea, when hee was cruelly and vniustly crucified, he praied for his persecutors, Luke 23. 34. SteuenStephen also praied for them that stoned him, Act. 7. 16. and Dauid, though a King, would …
    With rule
    … Yea, when hee was cruelly and vniustly crucified, he praied for his persecutors, Luke 23. 34. SteuenStephen also praied for them that stoned him, Act. 7. 16. and Dauid, though a King, would …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 177 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pageant of Popes A02895

  • Printed
    STeuenStephen the seconde, immediatly stept in after this other SteuenStephen, who for his superstitious and …
    With rule
    STeuenStephen the seconde, immediatly stept in after this other SteuenStephen, who for his superstitious and …

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

  • Printed
    STeuenStephen the thirde is commended to be a stout maintayner of Romishe traditions and auctoritye …
    With rule
    STeuenStephen the thirde is commended to be a stout maintayner of Romishe traditions and auctoritye …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    STeuenStephen the fift gat to be Pope, at such time as Fraunce was inuaded by …
    With rule
    STeuenStephen the fift gat to be Pope, at such time as Fraunce was inuaded by …

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

  • Printed
    STeuenStephen the sixt succedinge Boniface was so enflamed against Formosus, that at the first hee …
    With rule
    STeuenStephen the sixt succedinge Boniface was so enflamed against Formosus, that at the first hee …

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

  • Printed
    STeuenStephen the eight a Germaine obtained y• Popes chayre after this Leo, yet this seemeth …
    With rule
    STeuenStephen the eight a Germaine obtained y• Popes chayre after this Leo, yet this seemeth …

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

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

  • Printed
    FOr fauourynge, mainteyninge, and defendynge Chriſtes godlye verite, was ſteuenStephen as a blaſphemer ſtoned vnto deathe at Hieruſalem. Antipas the faythfull wytneſſe of the …
    With rule
    FOr fauourynge, mainteyninge, and defendynge Chriſtes godlye verite, was ſteuenStephen as a blaſphemer ſtoned vnto deathe at Hieruſalem. Antipas the faythfull wytneſſe of the …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

The Practice of Prelates A14151

  • Printed
    Tis pope steuenStephen in his latter daies fell at variaunce with Desiderius king of Lō bardye, aboute …
    With rule
    Tis pope steuenStephen in his latter daies fell at variaunce with Desiderius king of Lō bardye, aboute …

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

Answer to Thomas More B16147

  • Printed
    … imageseruice. For first god dwelleth not in tēples made with handes Actes. xvij. Item steuenStephen died for the cōtrary and proued it by the prophetes Actes. vij. And Salomon …
    With rule
    … imageseruice. For first god dwelleth not in tēples made with handes Actes. xvij. Item steuenStephen died for the cōtrary and proued it by the prophetes Actes. vij. And Salomon …

    William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … saye I am to greate for any place that ye can make / and (as steuenStephen sayth actes. vii. and paul actes. xvij. (I dwell not in a temple made …
    With rule
    … saye I am to greate for any place that ye can make / and (as steuenStephen sayth actes. vii. and paul actes. xvij. (I dwell not in a temple made …

    William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader