Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #10988 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shewedshowed

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 48,374 times in 4,560 works
Consistency: 99.9% (48,374 of 48,392)
Reach if approved: ~50,854 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: showed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 48,399 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (48,374 changes in 4,560 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 48,374)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
First the Lord hath shewedshowed vs the way to be fruitful, by his owne example. He owes vs nothing …
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First the Lord hath shewedshowed vs the way to be fruitful, by his owne example. He owes vs nothing …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt the Lord hath ſhewedshowed vs the way to be fruitful, by his owne example. He owes vs nothing …
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Firſt the Lord hath ſhewedshowed vs the way to be fruitful, by his owne example. He owes vs nothing …
Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… generall, or the fifteen Tenets set down in the Conference in particular, can be shewedshowed for fiue hundred yeers and more after Christ.
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… generall, or the fifteen Tenets set down in the Conference in particular, can be shewedshowed for fiue hundred yeers and more after Christ.
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Courts and places of any other Lords within the Realme ſhall be pleaded, ſhewedshowed and defended, anſwered, debated and iudged in the Engliſh tongue, & that they be entred …
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… the Courts and places of any other Lords within the Realme ſhall be pleaded, ſhewedshowed and defended, anſwered, debated and iudged in the Engliſh tongue, & that they be entred …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and they ſhall lament for him, &c. The veritie of this point may be ſhewedshowed by the nature of prayer: in which firſt it is required, that it be …
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… and they ſhall lament for him, &c. The veritie of this point may be ſhewedshowed by the nature of prayer: in which firſt it is required, that it be …
John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the body is sayde to bee represented by the bread, of many too bee shewedshowed, of others too be signified, and many also too bee figured.
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… the body is sayde to bee represented by the bread, of many too bee shewedshowed, of others too be signified, and many also too bee figured.
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this we doe not without the consent of olde writers, as partly I haue shewedshowed, and more coulde shewe if neede required.
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… this we doe not without the consent of olde writers, as partly I haue shewedshowed, and more coulde shewe if neede required.
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and skorninge, the Apostle compteth for persecution, and not without great cause, for it shewedshowed the prowde stomacke of Ismael that contemned and dispised hym whom GOD had chosen …
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… and skorninge, the Apostle compteth for persecution, and not without great cause, for it shewedshowed the prowde stomacke of Ismael that contemned and dispised hym whom GOD had chosen …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

16 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.

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

Printed
WHEREBY IS SHEWEDSHOWED, how they wrong, villifie, and disgrace, that whereunto they pretend to carry greatest reuerence …
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WHEREBY IS SHEWEDSHOWED, how they wrong, villifie, and disgrace, that whereunto they pretend to carry greatest reuerence …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · Open in the reader

The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry A04378

Printed
… IDOLATRIE, In ſacrificing their children to the Deuill; Diuided into three Sections: WHERE IS SHEWEDSHOWED
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… IDOLATRIE, In ſacrificing their children to the Deuill; Diuided into three Sections: WHERE IS SHEWEDSHOWED
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · Open in the reader

A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church A15739

Printed
A TREATISE OF FAITH, WHEREIN IS BRIEFLY AND PLAINLY SHEWEDSHOWED, A DIRECT WAY, by which euery man may reſolue, & ſettle his mind, in all …
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A TREATISE OF FAITH, WHEREIN IS BRIEFLY AND PLAINLY SHEWEDSHOWED, A DIRECT WAY, by which euery man may reſolue, & ſettle his mind, in all …
Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

Printed
AN EXPLICATION OF THE HEAVENLY IERVSALEM, SHEWEDSHOWED APOCAL. CHAPTER 21. AND 22.
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AN EXPLICATION OF THE HEAVENLY IERVSALEM, SHEWEDSHOWED APOCAL. CHAPTER 21. AND 22.
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 283 · Open in the reader

The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet A19855

Printed
… A DISCOVERIE OF THE FRAVVDVLENT PRACTISES OF IOHN DARRELL WHEREIN IS MANIFESTLY AND APPARANTLY SHEWEDSHOWED IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD NOT only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impoſſibilitie …
With rule
… A DISCOVERIE OF THE FRAVVDVLENT PRACTISES OF IOHN DARRELL WHEREIN IS MANIFESTLY AND APPARANTLY SHEWEDSHOWED IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD NOT only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impoſſibilitie …
John Darrell · The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet · Open in the reader

The Christian Warfare Part 1 A20752

Printed
WHEREIN IS FIRST GENERALLY SHEWEDSHOWED THE MALICE, POWER AND politike ſtratagems of the ſpirituall enemies of our ſaluation, Sathan …
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WHEREIN IS FIRST GENERALLY SHEWEDSHOWED THE MALICE, POWER AND politike ſtratagems of the ſpirituall enemies of our ſaluation, Sathan …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 1 · Open in the reader

Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins A20760

Printed
A TREATISE OF SWEARING: WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED THE LAWFVL VSE OF an oath, and alſo the diuers abuſes thereof, both by …
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A TREATISE OF SWEARING: WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED THE LAWFVL VSE OF an oath, and alſo the diuers abuſes thereof, both by …
John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
A TREATISE AGAINST FORNICATION AND ADVLTERIE: WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED THE hainouſnes of theſe ſins, the grieuouſnes of their puniſhments, and the meanes whereby …
With rule
A TREATISE AGAINST FORNICATION AND ADVLTERIE: WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED THE hainouſnes of theſe ſins, the grieuouſnes of their puniſhments, and the meanes whereby …
John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 128 · Open in the reader

Brief Treatise on Proverbs 11:22 A21184

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INDECORVM: OR A BRIEFE TREATISE vpon one of Salomons Prouerbs. Chap. 11.22. WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED, how ill-beseeming all common gifts and worldly blessings are to all such, as …
With rule
INDECORVM: OR A BRIEFE TREATISE vpon one of Salomons Prouerbs. Chap. 11.22. WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED, how ill-beseeming all common gifts and worldly blessings are to all such, as …
Stephen Egerton · Brief Treatise on Proverbs 11:22 · Open in the reader

Gods Mercy Showed to His People A32753

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GODS MERCY, SHEWEDSHOWED TO HIS PEOPLE IN GIVING THEM A FAITHFUL MINISTRY AND SCHOOLES OF LEARNING FOR …
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GODS MERCY, SHEWEDSHOWED TO HIS PEOPLE IN GIVING THEM A FAITHFUL MINISTRY AND SCHOOLES OF LEARNING FOR …
Charles Chauncey · Gods Mercy Showed to His People · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
Vers. 1. SHewedShowed me Joshua] In a vision. The end whereof is to shew, that in the …
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Vers. 1. SHewedShowed me Joshua] In a vision. The end whereof is to shew, that in the …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Ancient Christian Religion A41775

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The Third BOOK. WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED, The Duty of all Christians to Civil Governors and Government. AND The nature and …
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The Third BOOK. WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED, The Duty of all Christians to Civil Governors and Government. AND The nature and …
Thomas Grantham · The Ancient Christian Religion · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Infants Baptism Disproved and Believers Baptism Proved A45830

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… her womb, becauſe in the confeſſion made in baptiſm, EVERY ONES FREE CHOICE IS SHEWEDSHOWED. He adds further, That many of the Greeks to his time did defer the …
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… her womb, becauſe in the confeſſion made in baptiſm, EVERY ONES FREE CHOICE IS SHEWEDSHOWED. He adds further, That many of the Greeks to his time did defer the …
Jeremiah Ives · Infants Baptism Disproved and Believers Baptism Proved · p. 69 · Open in the reader

Ruths Recompense A68568

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Ruths Recompence: OR A COMMENTARIE VPON THE BOOKE OF RVTH: WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED HER HAPPY CALLING OVT OF HER OWNE Country and People, into the fellowſhip and …
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Ruths Recompence: OR A COMMENTARIE VPON THE BOOKE OF RVTH: WHEREIN IS SHEWEDSHOWED HER HAPPY CALLING OVT OF HER OWNE Country and People, into the fellowſhip and …
Richard Bernard · Ruths Recompense · Open in the reader

Englands Hoped Mercies and Required Duties A81152

Printed
ENGLANDS Plus ultra, BOTH Of Hoped Mercies, and of Required Duties: SHEWEDSHOWED IN A SERMON PREACHED to the Honourable Houſes of PARLIAMENT, the Lord Major, Court …
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ENGLANDS Plus ultra, BOTH Of Hoped Mercies, and of Required Duties: SHEWEDSHOWED IN A SERMON PREACHED to the Honourable Houſes of PARLIAMENT, the Lord Major, Court …
Joseph Caryl · Englands Hoped Mercies and Required Duties · Open in the reader

The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth N01965

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The day of a godly Man's DEATH, Better than the day of his BIRTH, SHEWEDSHOWED In a SERMON, Preach'd, Feb. 25, 1722.
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The day of a godly Man's DEATH, Better than the day of his BIRTH, SHEWEDSHOWED In a SERMON, Preach'd, Feb. 25, 1722.
Thomas Foxcroft · The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth · Open in the reader