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egipteEgypt

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

Puritas changed it
133 times in 64 works
Consistency
97.7% (133 of 136)
Reach if approved
~143 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: egypt
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
136 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (133 changes in 64 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 133)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    The prophet Ieremy was stoned vnto death of his people at Taphnes in EgipteEgypt, because he rebuked them of their wicked liuynge and exhorted thē vnto repentaunce and …
    With rule
    The prophet Ieremy was stoned vnto death of his people at Taphnes in EgipteEgypt, because he rebuked them of their wicked liuynge and exhorted thē vnto repentaunce and …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … determyned of GOD, is made neceſſarie. Ioſeph was ſo ſolde and caried awaye into EgipteEgypt, as that whiche belongeth to the nature of the thing, hée might eyther alwayes …
    With rule
    … determyned of GOD, is made neceſſarie. Ioſeph was ſo ſolde and caried awaye into EgipteEgypt, as that whiche belongeth to the nature of the thing, hée might eyther alwayes …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 238 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … am the lorde thy God whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of EgipteEgypt, from the houſe of bondage. Then is it requiſite before all other things, to …
    With rule
    … am the lorde thy God whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of EgipteEgypt, from the houſe of bondage. Then is it requiſite before all other things, to …

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 420 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Furthermore, when that he foretelleth the famine of EgipteEgypt, dyd he coniecture that by the ſtars No but contrariwiſe he knew that by …
    With rule
    Furthermore, when that he foretelleth the famine of EgipteEgypt, dyd he coniecture that by the ſtars No but contrariwiſe he knew that by …

    John Calvin · An Admonition Against Astrology · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … For he dyd requyre it of hys people, whā he brought thē out of EgipteEgypt: ſayenge: Be ye holy, for I am holy. Moreouer, becauſe it is not truly …
    With rule
    … For he dyd requyre it of hys people, whā he brought thē out of EgipteEgypt: ſayenge: Be ye holy, for I am holy. Moreouer, becauſe it is not truly …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Which spiritually is called Sodom and EgipteEgypt where oure Lord also was crucified. &c. He sheweth which is that great city …
    With rule
    Which spiritually is called Sodom and EgipteEgypt where oure Lord also was crucified. &c. He sheweth which is that great city …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ye rekening amonge thē selues. Innumerable is the swarme of these lecherous locustes of EgipteEgypt, euery where are their fruites séene all page missing page missing after Christes resurrection, to saye that his …
    With rule
    … ye rekening amonge thē selues. Innumerable is the swarme of these lecherous locustes of EgipteEgypt, euery where are their fruites séene all page missing page missing after Christes resurrection, to saye that his …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought the out of the Lande of EgipteEgypt, out of the houſe of bondage.
    With rule
    … am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought the out of the Lande of EgipteEgypt, out of the houſe of bondage.

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Governance of Virtue 2 A06815

  • Printed
    … eate the fleſhe. For whan I brought your fathers out of the lande of egipteEgypt, I … not one worde to them of … … ferynges and ſacrifices, …. xi. cōmaunded them, ſayen …
    With rule
    … eate the fleſhe. For whan I brought your fathers out of the lande of egipteEgypt, I … not one worde to them of … … ferynges and ſacrifices, …. xi. cōmaunded them, ſayen …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue 2 · p. 49 · Open in the reader