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thorowethorough

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

Puritas changed it
1,170 times in 186 works
Consistency
98.2% (1,170 of 1,191)
Reach if approved
~1,441 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: thorough
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,371 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,170 changes in 186 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,170)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to ſynne. Ye were ons the ſeruauntes of ſynne. Ye were one darknes. But thorowethorough the greate mercy of almyghty God we are delyuered there from / by his ſonne …
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    … to ſynne. Ye were ons the ſeruauntes of ſynne. Ye were one darknes. But thorowethorough the greate mercy of almyghty God we are delyuered there from / by his ſonne …

    John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … corrupt with it, but al ways put their trust ī one euer liuing god, thorowethorough the death of Iesus Christ our lorde. In Elias tyme Idolatry and superstition raigned …
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    … corrupt with it, but al ways put their trust ī one euer liuing god, thorowethorough the death of Iesus Christ our lorde. In Elias tyme Idolatry and superstition raigned …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … He thyncking them to ſay trewe, prayſed them and gaue them powre to kyll thorowethorough all hys kyngdome thoſe that had broke the lawe of God, and that they …
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    … He thyncking them to ſay trewe, prayſed them and gaue them powre to kyll thorowethorough all hys kyngdome thoſe that had broke the lawe of God, and that they …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vnto vs those good things which we looke for at the hande of God thorowethorough Christe oure Lorde, I meane the fauoure of God, the forgiuenes of sinnes, the …
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    … vnto vs those good things which we looke for at the hande of God thorowethorough Christe oure Lorde, I meane the fauoure of God, the forgiuenes of sinnes, the …

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Adam alone is fallen into this dāpnable state, but also al his posterite. For thorowethorough this his faulte & wycked synne, all the earth with the inhabitātes therof are accursed …
    With rule
    … Adam alone is fallen into this dāpnable state, but also al his posterite. For thorowethorough this his faulte & wycked synne, all the earth with the inhabitātes therof are accursed …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … theſe wordꝭ Neyther our fathers, nor yet any man hadde euer theyr hertes cleane thorowethorough the iuſtyce of the lawe. But cleane contrary he ſayethe, that theyr hertes are …
    With rule
    … theſe wordꝭ Neyther our fathers, nor yet any man hadde euer theyr hertes cleane thorowethorough the iuſtyce of the lawe. But cleane contrary he ſayethe, that theyr hertes are …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xxxviii · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … be fauorable. As for the Church of God into which I haue bin begotten thorowethorough the word preched, by means of my abode in Englande, in theſe peaceable dayes …
    With rule
    … be fauorable. As for the Church of God into which I haue bin begotten thorowethorough the word preched, by means of my abode in Englande, in theſe peaceable dayes …

    John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vs warneinge that we folowe not thys Romeiſhe churche. But doutleſſe, all your boke thorowethorough, you ſpende all your wittes, to brynge vs vnder the captiuitie of thys church …
    With rule
    … vs warneinge that we folowe not thys Romeiſhe churche. But doutleſſe, all your boke thorowethorough, you ſpende all your wittes, to brynge vs vnder the captiuitie of thys church …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxv · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

19 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.

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

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    … Among you must he wreak his anger, for he can not harme the faithfull. ThoroweThorough his enuye came death first into the world. If ye will escape his snares …
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    … Among you must he wreak his anger, for he can not harme the faithfull. ThoroweThorough his enuye came death first into the world. If ye will escape his snares …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 45 · Open in the reader

The Tragical Death of David Beaton A05559

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    ThoroweThorough me were made triumphant mariages
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    ThoroweThorough me were made triumphant mariages

    David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ThoroweThorough that wrytyng, I purposed belyue,
    With rule
    ThoroweThorough that wrytyng, I purposed belyue,

    David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ThoroweThorough couetice of ryches and of rent
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    ThoroweThorough couetice of ryches and of rent

    David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

The New Policy of War A06920

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    … false wytnes bearynge, the innocent is wrongefully condēned, & the wycked hathe the vppermoost hande. ThoroweThorough such is muche innocent bloud also oftentymes shedde. O pitefull case. O lamētable chaūse …
    With rule
    … false wytnes bearynge, the innocent is wrongefully condēned, & the wycked hathe the vppermoost hande. ThoroweThorough such is muche innocent bloud also oftentymes shedde. O pitefull case. O lamētable chaūse …

    Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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    … of meates bryngeth sickenesse, and glotonie cometh at the laste to an vnmeasurable hate. ThoroweThorough surfette haue many one perished: but he that dieteth hymself temperatly, prolongeth his life …
    With rule
    … of meates bryngeth sickenesse, and glotonie cometh at the laste to an vnmeasurable hate. ThoroweThorough surfette haue many one perished: but he that dieteth hymself temperatly, prolongeth his life …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

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    … sayth on this manner, thorowethorough me Kynges reygne, thorowethorough me Princes make iust lawes. ThoroweThorough me Lordes beare rule, and all Iudges of the earth execute iudgement. Agayne the …
    With rule
    … sayth on this manner, thorowethorough me Kynges reygne, thorowethorough me Princes make iust lawes. ThoroweThorough me Lordes beare rule, and all Iudges of the earth execute iudgement. Agayne the …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

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    … in ye glorie of the resurrection, maye liue among ye saintes and chosen people. ThoroweThorough Christ our Lord. So be it.
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    … in ye glorie of the resurrection, maye liue among ye saintes and chosen people. ThoroweThorough Christ our Lord. So be it.

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 235 · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

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    … we haue free paſſage and way in faythe. And to the Epheſiās v. cap. ThoroweThorough whom we maye boldlye by fayth in hym to come nye. And to the …
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    … we haue free paſſage and way in faythe. And to the Epheſiās v. cap. ThoroweThorough whom we maye boldlye by fayth in hym to come nye. And to the …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xxxiii · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

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    … Ieſus, muſt ſuffer affliction. 2. Timoth. chap. 3. verſ. 11. and Act. chap. 14. verſ. 22. it is ſaide, ThoroweThorough manie afflictions, wee must enter into the kingdome of God. This neceſſity is layd …
    With rule
    … Ieſus, muſt ſuffer affliction. 2. Timoth. chap. 3. verſ. 11. and Act. chap. 14. verſ. 22. it is ſaide, ThoroweThorough manie afflictions, wee must enter into the kingdome of God. This neceſſity is layd …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 512 · Open in the reader

Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work A14144

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    … before y• makinge of ye worlde / that is longe before we dyd good workes. ThoroweThorough fayth in Chriſte ar we alſo ye ſonnes of god / as thou readiſt Jo …
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    … before y• makinge of ye worlde / that is longe before we dyd good workes. ThoroweThorough fayth in Chriſte ar we alſo ye ſonnes of god / as thou readiſt Jo …

    William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · p. l · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

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    … Chriſte and of the Purgatorye that wee haue in him, then when hee ſayth: ThoroweThorough his death, that is to ſaye, by one onelye and true ſacrifice, which hath …
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    … Chriſte and of the Purgatorye that wee haue in him, then when hee ſayth: ThoroweThorough his death, that is to ſaye, by one onelye and true ſacrifice, which hath …

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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    … wynne fauour. Somtymes we seke fauour by speakyng well of the companie present. As. ThoroweThorough your helpe my lordes this good deede hath been done. Some tymes we speake …
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    … wynne fauour. Somtymes we seke fauour by speakyng well of the companie present. As. ThoroweThorough your helpe my lordes this good deede hath been done. Some tymes we speake …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony A17171

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    Some turne thē selues another waye & sayes ThoroweThorough such lawes are the poore snared, that they can neuer come to anye riche …
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    Some turne thē selues another waye & sayes ThoroweThorough such lawes are the poore snared, that they can neuer come to anye riche …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · p. xiii · Open in the reader

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    ThoroweThorough the occasion of all these thynges, & other lyke appartaynyng to the same, oughte euery …
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    ThoroweThorough the occasion of all these thynges, & other lyke appartaynyng to the same, oughte euery …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · Open in the reader

The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture A17216

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    … fayth in god, that the holy Apoſtle Paul wrote of hym after thys maner. ThoroweThorough faythe dyd Abell offre a greater ſacrifice thē dyd Cain & therby opteyned he wytneſſe …
    With rule
    … fayth in god, that the holy Apoſtle Paul wrote of hym after thys maner. ThoroweThorough faythe dyd Abell offre a greater ſacrifice thē dyd Cain & therby opteyned he wytneſſe …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

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    … godheade doth he knowlege, not onely here, but alſo in the .xxxiii. Pſalme ſayenge ThoroweThorough the worde of God were the heauēs made, and all theyr power thorow the …
    With rule
    … godheade doth he knowlege, not onely here, but alſo in the .xxxiii. Pſalme ſayenge ThoroweThorough the worde of God were the heauēs made, and all theyr power thorow the …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … horowe none of oure deſeruinges. This dyd Paul ſe, & therfore ſayde he. Roma. iii. ThoroweThorough the workes of the law ſhall no man be iuſtified in the ſyght of …
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    … horowe none of oure deſeruinges. This dyd Paul ſe, & therfore ſayde he. Roma. iii. ThoroweThorough the workes of the law ſhall no man be iuſtified in the ſyght of …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Old Faith an Evident Probation out of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the 13 Articles A19657

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    … lame, and impotent creatures, regardynge nothinge of your apylhe applications: you ſaye is heriſie. ThoroweThorough you are the people prouoked to anger, and are become the chyldren of lies …
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    … lame, and impotent creatures, regardynge nothinge of your apylhe applications: you ſaye is heriſie. ThoroweThorough you are the people prouoked to anger, and are become the chyldren of lies …

    Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader