Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11010 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

councellcouncil

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

Puritas changed it: 19,354 times in 1,600 works
Consistency: 99.9% (19,354 of 19,364)
Reach if approved: ~20,349 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: council
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 19,367 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (19,354 changes in 1,600 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 19,354)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to Moloch. Which valley was neere to Iebusi, afterwards Ierusalem, as appeares Iosuah. 18. The CouncellCouncil of Ierusalem, whiles their power lasted, vsed to punish certaine offenders in that valley …
With rule
… to Moloch. Which valley was neere to Iebusi, afterwards Ierusalem, as appeares Iosuah. 18. The CouncellCouncil of Ierusalem, whiles their power lasted, vsed to punish certaine offenders in that valley …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Knight, principall Secretarie to her Maiestie, and one of her highnes most honorable prime councellcouncil, Io. Foxe wisheth all felicitie in our Sauiour Iesus Christ.
With rule
… Knight, principall Secretarie to her Maiestie, and one of her highnes most honorable prime councellcouncil, Io. Foxe wisheth all felicitie in our Sauiour Iesus Christ.
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… were to long to reporte the rules and prescription of penaunce, out of Nice CouncellCouncil or Ancyre: or out of S. Cyprian, for their punishmēt that fell to Idolatry …
With rule
… were to long to reporte the rules and prescription of penaunce, out of Nice CouncellCouncil or Ancyre: or out of S. Cyprian, for their punishmēt that fell to Idolatry …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did, euen a grace to be disgraced for him. They went away from the CouncellCouncil, saith the Holy Ghost, reioycing, that they were vouchsafed the dignitie to be dishonoured …
With rule
… did, euen a grace to be disgraced for him. They went away from the CouncellCouncil, saith the Holy Ghost, reioycing, that they were vouchsafed the dignitie to be dishonoured …
Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church of Aquileia, and ſo by him interpreted with the reſt. But although the CouncellCouncil at Nice in Bithinia, left it out of their Creed, becauſe their ſpeciall buſineſſe …
With rule
… Church of Aquileia, and ſo by him interpreted with the reſt. But although the CouncellCouncil at Nice in Bithinia, left it out of their Creed, becauſe their ſpeciall buſineſſe …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Elders of Epheſus, I haue not ſhunned to declare vnto you all the councellcouncil of God.
With rule
… the Elders of Epheſus, I haue not ſhunned to declare vnto you all the councellcouncil of God.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 524 · Open in the reader
Printed
… saith Bellarmine is the temporall, that soules sustaine in Purgatorie, compared here to the councellcouncil.
With rule
… saith Bellarmine is the temporall, that soules sustaine in Purgatorie, compared here to the councellcouncil.
William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apostolico, not de Ecclesiastico onely, and that according to the Canon of the great CouncellCouncil of Calcedon, foreign, to bring downe a Bishop to the low ranke of Presbyters of …
With rule
… Apostolico, not de Ecclesiastico onely, and that according to the Canon of the great CouncellCouncil of Calcedon, foreign, to bring downe a Bishop to the low ranke of Presbyters of …
Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

8 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.

Letter to Lord Fairfax A45469

Printed
To the Right Honourable, THE LORD FAIRFAX, AND His COUNCELLCOUNCIL OF VVARRE: THE HVMBLE ADDRESSE OF HENRY HAMMOND.
With rule
To the Right Honourable, THE LORD FAIRFAX, AND His COUNCELLCOUNCIL OF VVARRE: THE HVMBLE ADDRESSE OF HENRY HAMMOND.
Henry Hammond · Letter to Lord Fairfax · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… of his Father, SO THAT HE WOULD TAKE ABOUT HIM SAGE, TRUE, AND GOOD COUNCELLCOUNCIL, and that from thenceforth the Realm might be better governed then before it had …
With rule
… of his Father, SO THAT HE WOULD TAKE ABOUT HIM SAGE, TRUE, AND GOOD COUNCELLCOUNCIL, and that from thenceforth the Realm might be better governed then before it had …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Speech 4 December 1648 A56213

Printed
… Authors of all our late illegall projects, pressures, the Starchamber, the HIGH COMMISSION, and COUNCELLCOUNCIL TABLE: the Kings chief Engines to scrue up his Prerogative to the highest, and …
With rule
… Authors of all our late illegall projects, pressures, the Starchamber, the HIGH COMMISSION, and COUNCELLCOUNCIL TABLE: the Kings chief Engines to scrue up his Prerogative to the highest, and …
William Prynne · Speech 4 December 1648 · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel A70152

Printed
… Duncan, Alexander Watſon, and David Yeoman, Baylies: AND To the Remnant of the Honourable COUNCELLCOUNCIL of that Burgh. Grace and peace.
With rule
… Duncan, Alexander Watſon, and David Yeoman, Baylies: AND To the Remnant of the Honourable COUNCELLCOUNCIL of that Burgh. Grace and peace.
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel · Open in the reader

Letter to Lord Fairfax 2 A87044

Printed
To the Right Honourable, THE LORD FAIRFAX, AND His COUNCELLCOUNCIL Of WARRE: THE HVMBLE ADDRESSE OF HENRY HAMMOND.
With rule
To the Right Honourable, THE LORD FAIRFAX, AND His COUNCELLCOUNCIL Of WARRE: THE HVMBLE ADDRESSE OF HENRY HAMMOND.
Henry Hammond · Letter to Lord Fairfax 2 · Open in the reader

Remonstrance of the Lord Mayor A91200

Printed
… Ordinances of the Lords and Commons that now ſit; For the Chooſing of COMMON-COUNCELLCOUNCIL-MEN and other Officers within the City and Liberties thereof for the YEAR enſuing …
With rule
… Ordinances of the Lords and Commons that now ſit; For the Chooſing of COMMON-COUNCELLCOUNCIL-MEN and other Officers within the City and Liberties thereof for the YEAR enſuing …
William Prynne · Remonstrance of the Lord Mayor · Open in the reader

Plea for the Lords A91243

Printed
… to have the adviſe of the EARLES, BARONS, LORDS (magnatum) and OTHERS OF HIS COUNCELLCOUNCIL enjoyned them upon the Homage, fealty and allegiance wherewith they were obliged to him …
With rule
… to have the adviſe of the EARLES, BARONS, LORDS (magnatum) and OTHERS OF HIS COUNCELLCOUNCIL enjoyned them upon the Homage, fealty and allegiance wherewith they were obliged to him …
William Prynne · Plea for the Lords · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 2 A91269

Printed
… EXPERIENCE SHEWETH Ʋ … and now we finde it moſt true in the ARMY-OFFICERS, COUNCELLCOUNCIL, SOULDIERS) THAT SƲCCESSE OFTEN DRAWS MEN NOT ONELY BEYOND THEIR PROFESSION, but alſo many …
With rule
… EXPERIENCE SHEWETH Ʋ … and now we finde it moſt true in the ARMY-OFFICERS, COUNCELLCOUNCIL, SOULDIERS) THAT SƲCCESSE OFTEN DRAWS MEN NOT ONELY BEYOND THEIR PROFESSION, but alſo many …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader