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gardinerGardener

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

Puritas changed it
1,040 times in 395 works
Consistency
99.5% (1,040 of 1,045)
Reach if approved
~1,098 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: gardener
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,045 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,040 changes in 395 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,040)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … fruite: and good can neuer the tree be, except that the hand of the gardinerGardener haue planted it. To vse herein the plaine wordes of saint Paule, he witnesseth …
    With rule
    … fruite: and good can neuer the tree be, except that the hand of the gardinerGardener haue planted it. To vse herein the plaine wordes of saint Paule, he witnesseth …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and all Epicuristes haue likewise followed, and stoutlie defended. And euen so will our GardinerGardener likewise mainteine, That this holie breadgod should bee made of an Indiuiduum vagum, and …
    With rule
    … and all Epicuristes haue likewise followed, and stoutlie defended. And euen so will our GardinerGardener likewise mainteine, That this holie breadgod should bee made of an Indiuiduum vagum, and …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … John 12.21 & 20.5. where Philip the apoſtle, & our Sauiour Chriſt (ſuppoſed by Marie to be the gardinerGardener) are called [kurici] ſirs, or maiſters. In which ſence it is not forbidden vnto …
    With rule
    … John 12.21 & 20.5. where Philip the apoſtle, & our Sauiour Chriſt (ſuppoſed by Marie to be the gardinerGardener) are called [kurici] ſirs, or maiſters. In which ſence it is not forbidden vnto …

    John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of ſo fine a thread, that it is hard to diſcerne who is who. GardinerGardener could make a booke of true obedience, & Bōner made the preface therto, & now we …
    With rule
    … of ſo fine a thread, that it is hard to diſcerne who is who. GardinerGardener could make a booke of true obedience, & Bōner made the preface therto, & now we …

    John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 181 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … see Mary, she could not see Christ distinctly, but thought duplicate page duplicate page him to be the GardinerGardener. There is a kind of concealement a while in heavenly wisedome, yet notwithstanding, God …
    With rule
    … see Mary, she could not see Christ distinctly, but thought duplicate page duplicate page him to be the GardinerGardener. There is a kind of concealement a while in heavenly wisedome, yet notwithstanding, God …

    Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 225 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … digges the ground is not to be de…p…sed, though a more exquisite GardinerGardener drawes the knot. But it is dangerous to trust all on him, and doe …
    With rule
    … digges the ground is not to be de…p…sed, though a more exquisite GardinerGardener drawes the knot. But it is dangerous to trust all on him, and doe …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 320 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of lost labors: the Shepheard after all his vigilance, complaines of stragling Lambes: the GardinerGardener after all his diligence, of withering Plants: the Husbandman after all his toyle, of …
    With rule
    … of lost labors: the Shepheard after all his vigilance, complaines of stragling Lambes: the GardinerGardener after all his diligence, of withering Plants: the Husbandman after all his toyle, of …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in heauen, and Queene Marie poſſeſſed the gouernement of this kingdome vpon earth; then GardinerGardener did teare off his glorious viſour, and ſhewed him ſelfe in his right colours …
    With rule
    … in heauen, and Queene Marie poſſeſſed the gouernement of this kingdome vpon earth; then GardinerGardener did teare off his glorious viſour, and ſhewed him ſelfe in his right colours …

    Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

  • Printed
    … that gaue him Almes, and to vndoe them, he deliuered the Bill vnto STEPHEN GARDINERGARDENER, there hee continued almost eightéen… monthes.
    With rule
    … that gaue him Almes, and to vndoe them, he deliuered the Bill vnto STEPHEN GARDINERGARDENER, there hee continued almost eightéen… monthes.

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 254 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

  • Printed
    STEPHAN GARDINERGARDENER, Bishop of Winchester, getteth the six bloudy Articles to be enacted, b. 5. p. 230. ¶. 17, 18. br …
    With rule
    STEPHAN GARDINERGARDENER, Bishop of Winchester, getteth the six bloudy Articles to be enacted, b. 5. p. 230. ¶. 17, 18. br …

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    STEPHEN GARDINERGARDENER, was born in Bury St. Edmunds, one of the best aires in England, the …
    With rule
    STEPHEN GARDINERGARDENER, was born in Bury St. Edmunds, one of the best aires in England, the …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 60 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Lawfulness of Joining with Forms of Prayer Part 1 A58783

  • Printed
    Books Printed by FINCHAM GARDINERGARDENER.
    With rule
    Books Printed by FINCHAM GARDINERGARDENER.

    John Scott · Concerning the Lawfulness of Joining with Forms of Prayer Part 1 · Open in the reader