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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11000 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shewethshoweth

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

Puritas changed it
28,119 times in 2,696 works
Consistency
99.9% (28,119 of 28,137)
Reach if approved
~29,566 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: shows
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
28,139 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (28,119 changes in 2,696 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 28,119)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … thre last Aungels, when as the 6. trumpet hath receyued an end, the holye ghost shewethshoweth that the last wo shall shortly come, which is eternall wo, to all the …
    With rule
    … thre last Aungels, when as the 6. trumpet hath receyued an end, the holye ghost shewethshoweth that the last wo shall shortly come, which is eternall wo, to all the …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Grecians. Thirdly, As France sent the most, so many of most eminent note: She shewethshoweth for the game no worse cards then a pair royall of Kings; Lewis the …
    With rule
    … Grecians. Thirdly, As France sent the most, so many of most eminent note: She shewethshoweth for the game no worse cards then a pair royall of Kings; Lewis the …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 263 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Obserue secondly, what a wonderfull grace and countenance herein Christ shewethshoweth to this Ordinance. Verily, if he had done no more, but this, to sit …
    With rule
    Obserue secondly, what a wonderfull grace and countenance herein Christ shewethshoweth to this Ordinance. Verily, if he had done no more, but this, to sit …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Borne, ſhewethshoweth that after conception and perfection in due time, he was brought out into the …
    With rule
    Borne, ſhewethshoweth that after conception and perfection in due time, he was brought out into the …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … vnknown tongue, which was brought into the Church by Pope Vitalian; who, as Wolphius shewethshoweth, brought-in the Latine Seruice, and obtruded it to the whole Church precisely, in …
    With rule
    … vnknown tongue, which was brought into the Church by Pope Vitalian; who, as Wolphius shewethshoweth, brought-in the Latine Seruice, and obtruded it to the whole Church precisely, in …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vvas for iuste causes declared & published. He calleth her maiesty the pretended Queene, and shewethshoweth hovve Doctor Morton was sent into England to admonish … catholike noble mē, that Elizabeth …
    With rule
    … vvas for iuste causes declared & published. He calleth her maiesty the pretended Queene, and shewethshoweth hovve Doctor Morton was sent into England to admonish … catholike noble mē, that Elizabeth …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … might be called trees of righteouſnes, the planting of the Lord. Which Propheſie, Chriſt ſhewethshoweth to bee fulfilled by him ſelfe in the Goſpell accordinge to Luc. in the …
    With rule
    … might be called trees of righteouſnes, the planting of the Lord. Which Propheſie, Chriſt ſhewethshoweth to bee fulfilled by him ſelfe in the Goſpell accordinge to Luc. in the …

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of men. Now seeing in the beginning, God created heauen and earth (as Moses shewethshoweth, Gen. 1.) And yet this Wisdome & Word of God (who is his eternall Sonne) was …
    With rule
    … of men. Now seeing in the beginning, God created heauen and earth (as Moses shewethshoweth, Gen. 1.) And yet this Wisdome & Word of God (who is his eternall Sonne) was …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 129 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Certain Sermons A08129

  • Printed
    A SERMON, WHICH SHEWETHSHOWETH HOW THE CHILDE OF God is neither ſubiect to the dominion of ſinne, nor …
    With rule
    A SERMON, WHICH SHEWETHSHOWETH HOW THE CHILDE OF God is neither ſubiect to the dominion of ſinne, nor …

    Thomas Newhouse · Certain Sermons · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Seven Treatises A10945

  • Printed
    THE SIXTH TREATISE SHEWETHSHOWETH WHAT PRIVILEDGES BELONG TO euery true Chriſtian: and how he may haue his part …
    With rule
    THE SIXTH TREATISE SHEWETHSHOWETH WHAT PRIVILEDGES BELONG TO euery true Chriſtian: and how he may haue his part …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 493 · Open in the reader

Of Divorce for Adultery A17240

  • Printed
    THE TABLE OF METHOD: WHICH SHEWETHSHOWETH, HOW the whole Treatise proceedeth; and where every member thereof doth lie.
    With rule
    THE TABLE OF METHOD: WHICH SHEWETHSHOWETH, HOW the whole Treatise proceedeth; and where every member thereof doth lie.

    Edmund Bunny · Of Divorce for Adultery · Open in the reader

The Personal Reign of Christ Upon Earth A25762

  • Printed
    WHICH SHEWETHSHOWETH.
    With rule
    WHICH SHEWETHSHOWETH.

    Henry Archer · The Personal Reign of Christ Upon Earth · Open in the reader

The Baptist Against the Papist A41774

  • Printed
    THE SECOND PART, SHEWETHSHOWETH, That the preſent Papal Church of Rome, is not the Church of Chriſt, for …
    With rule
    THE SECOND PART, SHEWETHSHOWETH, That the preſent Papal Church of Rome, is not the Church of Chriſt, for …

    Thomas Grantham · The Baptist Against the Papist · p. 34 · Open in the reader

Meditations the Parable of the Prodigal Son A42120

  • Printed
    CHAP. I. SHewethShoweth the Nature and Ʋse of Parables; the Occasion of this following Parable; the different …
    With rule
    CHAP. I. SHewethShoweth the Nature and Ʋse of Parables; the Occasion of this following Parable; the different …

    Obadiah Grew · Meditations the Parable of the Prodigal Son · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

  • Printed
    SHEWETHSHOWETH, THAT your Petitioner, after a long and close Imprisonment, was on the seventh day …
    With rule
    SHEWETHSHOWETH, THAT your Petitioner, after a long and close Imprisonment, was on the seventh day …

    John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Christians in Complete Armor A85783

  • Printed
    Chap. 1. SHewethShoweth that the Chriſtleſs and graceleſs ſoul is a ſoule without Armour, and therein his …
    With rule
    Chap. 1. SHewethShoweth that the Chriſtleſs and graceleſs ſoul is a ſoule without Armour, and therein his …

    William Gurnall · The Christians in Complete Armor · Open in the reader

An Epitome A87841

  • Printed
    HUMBLY SHEWETHSHOWETH,
    With rule
    HUMBLY SHEWETHSHOWETH,

    Alexander Leighton · An Epitome · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Loves Case A88575

  • Printed
    SHEWETHSHOWETH,
    With rule
    SHEWETHSHOWETH,

    Christopher Love · Loves Case · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SHEWETHSHOWETH,
    With rule
    SHEWETHSHOWETH,

    Christopher Love · Loves Case · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Letter to Governor Wright N08447

  • Printed
    SHEWETHSHOWETH,
    With rule
    SHEWETHSHOWETH,

    George Whitefield · Letter to Governor Wright · p. 22 · Open in the reader