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vertuesvirtues

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

Puritas changed it
13,126 times in 2,504 works
Consistency
99.9% (13,126 of 13,131)
Reach if approved
~13,798 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: virtues
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
13,132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13,126 changes in 2,504 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 13,126)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … commended, for there were great faults in him. He was a man in whō vertuesvirtues & vices were almost equal, such a one as Alcibiades is discribed of ye Greciās …
    With rule
    … commended, for there were great faults in him. He was a man in whō vertuesvirtues & vices were almost equal, such a one as Alcibiades is discribed of ye Greciās …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … by images. The seconde quarel he picketh is, yt M. Calfhill denyeth y• the vertuesvirtues of saints can be seen in their images, which could not be seene in …
    With rule
    … by images. The seconde quarel he picketh is, yt M. Calfhill denyeth y• the vertuesvirtues of saints can be seen in their images, which could not be seene in …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … admonition. Then wh… ſhould we forget, whom we ought to imitate? Why ſhould his vertuesvirtues dye with him, before men on earth? whoſe graces are gone before him, and …
    With rule
    … admonition. Then wh… ſhould we forget, whom we ought to imitate? Why ſhould his vertuesvirtues dye with him, before men on earth? whoſe graces are gone before him, and …

    John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … And this S. Peter ſetteth forth, not ſtaying in the bare declaratiō of the vertuesvirtues, which indeed of themſelues, beeing ſo precious & excellent ſhoulde moue vs, but dealeth with …
    With rule
    … And this S. Peter ſetteth forth, not ſtaying in the bare declaratiō of the vertuesvirtues, which indeed of themſelues, beeing ſo precious & excellent ſhoulde moue vs, but dealeth with …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … he relateth of his fantasticall Aeon, that hee hath divers names according to divers vertuesvirtues and operations, and giveth instance in two, the vertue of establishing, according to which …
    With rule
    … he relateth of his fantasticall Aeon, that hee hath divers names according to divers vertuesvirtues and operations, and giveth instance in two, the vertue of establishing, according to which …

    Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … very …oule of vertue. The Mistresse to guide the life in goodnes. All morall vertuesvirtues are beholding to wisedome. She directs Bounty what to giue, when to giue, where …
    With rule
    … very …oule of vertue. The Mistresse to guide the life in goodnes. All morall vertuesvirtues are beholding to wisedome. She directs Bounty what to giue, when to giue, where …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … me still more and more your debtor: but, much more, for these rare christiā vertuesvirtues, which, in you, are so much the more cōmendable, as, vailed vnder sweet and …
    With rule
    … me still more and more your debtor: but, much more, for these rare christiā vertuesvirtues, which, in you, are so much the more cōmendable, as, vailed vnder sweet and …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … feeleth himselfe dead to sinne, and aliue to righteousnesse, and to haue such other vertuesvirtues, as wherewith the Spirit of Christ, endueth them in whom he doth dwell: such …
    With rule
    … feeleth himselfe dead to sinne, and aliue to righteousnesse, and to haue such other vertuesvirtues, as wherewith the Spirit of Christ, endueth them in whom he doth dwell: such …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 320 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Davids Learning A13538

  • Printed
    VErtuesVirtues and Vices of the Saints recorded, the former for imitation, the latter for our …
    With rule
    VErtuesVirtues and Vices of the Saints recorded, the former for imitation, the latter for our …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader

Additional Notes on the Life and Death of Matthew Hale A26855

  • Printed
    … no shadows: They are not palpable and gross; but they are SUBSTANTIAL LIFE, as VERTUESVIRTUES. And it is hard to conceive, how a created Vis vel Virtus should be …
    With rule
    … no shadows: They are not palpable and gross; but they are SUBSTANTIAL LIFE, as VERTUESVIRTUES. And it is hard to conceive, how a created Vis vel Virtus should be …

    Richard Baxter · Additional Notes on the Life and Death of Matthew Hale · p. 13 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

  • Printed
    VErtuesVirtues are concatenated.
    With rule
    VErtuesVirtues are concatenated.

    Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A77515

  • Printed
    VErtuesVirtues imitable in Chriſt 210
    With rule
    VErtuesVirtues imitable in Chriſt 210

    John Brinsley · Two Treatises · Open in the reader

A Sum of Moral Philosophy B15223

  • Printed
    VErtuesVirtues are either
    With rule
    VErtuesVirtues are either

    William Pemble · A Sum of Moral Philosophy · p. 65 · Open in the reader