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straungestrange

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

Puritas changed it
2,568 times in 416 works
Consistency
99.5% (2,568 of 2,581)
Reach if approved
~2,712 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: strange
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,581 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,568 changes in 416 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,568)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … was borne after the flesh. But this at the first view, seemeth to be straungestrange, why S. Paule shoulde say, that Ismael was borne after the fleshe, & Isaac by …
    With rule
    … was borne after the flesh. But this at the first view, seemeth to be straungestrange, why S. Paule shoulde say, that Ismael was borne after the fleshe, & Isaac by …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the beſt and moſt holy exerciſes of hearing the word and of prayer. How ſtraungestrange ſoeuer it may ſéeme, and how many ſoeuer haue bene, or be of that …
    With rule
    … the beſt and moſt holy exerciſes of hearing the word and of prayer. How ſtraungestrange ſoeuer it may ſéeme, and how many ſoeuer haue bene, or be of that …

    George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Bonyface the fift, a shyrte with a golden collor, and a fyne petycote of straungestrange makynge, vnto kynge Edwyne with the blessynges of Peter and Paule. And vnto hys …
    With rule
    … Bonyface the fift, a shyrte with a golden collor, and a fyne petycote of straungestrange makynge, vnto kynge Edwyne with the blessynges of Peter and Paule. And vnto hys …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in the waye or out of the waye. Trulye that prayer were of a straungestrange kynde / yf yt shuld so be made as yt is here requyred. Who hath …
    With rule
    … in the waye or out of the waye. Trulye that prayer were of a straungestrange kynde / yf yt shuld so be made as yt is here requyred. Who hath …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … infancie, whiche where others commenlye ſpende with theyr mothers, theſe againſt all nature, ſucke ſtraungestrange Nur ſes, not theyr mothers breſtes. I paſſe ouer alſo theyr childehoode, oft to …
    With rule
    … infancie, whiche where others commenlye ſpende with theyr mothers, theſe againſt all nature, ſucke ſtraungestrange Nur ſes, not theyr mothers breſtes. I paſſe ouer alſo theyr childehoode, oft to …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it subiect to erre notwithstanding many wayes. So far are we also from the straungestrange opinion and impietie of them, that having in this latter age of the world …
    With rule
    … it subiect to erre notwithstanding many wayes. So far are we also from the straungestrange opinion and impietie of them, that having in this latter age of the world …

    Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … iustleth the vvoid of God, out of his Churches, & keepeth it lockt in a straungestrange … from the vnderstanding of the cōmō people, demeth al obedience, chalengeth both the …, and …
    With rule
    … iustleth the vvoid of God, out of his Churches, & keepeth it lockt in a straungestrange … from the vnderstanding of the cōmō people, demeth al obedience, chalengeth both the …, and …

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

  8. Printed
    … that wee are not only forbidden, to vse any thing in the honour of straungestrange Gods (as the eating of meates offered to them might seeme to be) but …
    With rule
    … that wee are not only forbidden, to vse any thing in the honour of straungestrange Gods (as the eating of meates offered to them might seeme to be) but …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

11 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 Ministry of the Church of England A04542

  • Printed
    … blood above the Lord himself: who is God over al blessed for ever, Amen. StraungeStrange doubtles is that Ministery and fearfull is that standing, which cannot otherwise be vpholden …
    With rule
    … blood above the Lord himself: who is God over al blessed for ever, Amen. StraungeStrange doubtles is that Ministery and fearfull is that standing, which cannot otherwise be vpholden …

    Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 132 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A06492

  • Printed
    … ſhould be eſtabliſhed by manifeſt myracles becauſe of the vnbeleuers, as Paule witneſſeth. 1. Cor. 14. StraungeStrange tongues (ſayth he) be for a ſigne and a token, not to them that …
    With rule
    … ſhould be eſtabliſhed by manifeſt myracles becauſe of the vnbeleuers, as Paule witneſſeth. 1. Cor. 14. StraungeStrange tongues (ſayth he) be for a ſigne and a token, not to them that …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

  • Printed
    StraungeStrange tongues may not be vſed in the church. 207
    With rule
    StraungeStrange tongues may not be vſed in the church. 207

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

  • Printed
    STraungeStrange vsyng of any worde or sentence contrarie to our daiely wont, is either when …
    With rule
    STraungeStrange vsyng of any worde or sentence contrarie to our daiely wont, is either when …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    StraungeStrange thynges nedefull to bee tolde.
    With rule
    StraungeStrange thynges nedefull to bee tolde.

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

  • Printed
    StraungeStrange reportes helpe for amplificacion.
    With rule
    StraungeStrange reportes helpe for amplificacion.

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

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    StraungeStrange Gods. 115
    With rule
    StraungeStrange Gods. 115

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    StraungeStrange Tongues edifie not.
    With rule
    StraungeStrange Tongues edifie not.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 753 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    Lord StraungeStrange.
    With rule
    Lord StraungeStrange.

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2041 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Roger (sayth the Lord StraungeStrange) I perceiue my Lorde woulde haue you to tell him whether you will submit …
    With rule
    Roger (sayth the Lord StraungeStrange) I perceiue my Lorde woulde haue you to tell him whether you will submit …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2041 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    StraungeStrange gods can no man worſhip, but he muſt caſt awaye the true god. 155. b
    With rule
    StraungeStrange gods can no man worſhip, but he muſt caſt awaye the true god. 155. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader