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frendesfriends

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

Puritas changed it
823 times in 164 works
Consistency
98.6% (823 of 834)
Reach if approved
~876 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: friends
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
834 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (823 changes in 164 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 823)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of the Court, Degrées of Honor, Nobtlitie of byrth, varietie of delightes, sumptuous buildings, frendesfriends, Gold, Precions stones, farmes, Clients, the fauor of the Cominaltie, the contemplation of this …
    With rule
    … of the Court, Degrées of Honor, Nobtlitie of byrth, varietie of delightes, sumptuous buildings, frendesfriends, Gold, Precions stones, farmes, Clients, the fauor of the Cominaltie, the contemplation of this …

    John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … reſiſte the wrath of God by oure pollycyes? eſpecyallye ioynyng handes with papyſtes, the frendesfriends of Antechriſte by profeſſion, and our auncyente ennemyes.
    With rule
    … reſiſte the wrath of God by oure pollycyes? eſpecyallye ioynyng handes with papyſtes, the frendesfriends of Antechriſte by profeſſion, and our auncyente ennemyes.

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the table talke amongſt the Gentils the gentlemen, ſuch boltes ſhootes ſuiters and ſuiters frendesfriends, and with ſuche traynes ſome women are entrapped, with ſuche winleſſes ſome are dryuen …
    With rule
    … the table talke amongſt the Gentils the gentlemen, ſuch boltes ſhootes ſuiters and ſuiters frendesfriends, and with ſuche traynes ſome women are entrapped, with ſuche winleſſes ſome are dryuen …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they which wyll not repent & amend shal not be saued by theyr fathers or frendesfriends, which by repentaunce be as sure them selues to be accepted vnto me as …
    With rule
    … they which wyll not repent & amend shal not be saued by theyr fathers or frendesfriends, which by repentaunce be as sure them selues to be accepted vnto me as …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in the ſecond booke of Kinges chap. 19: Thou loueſt thine enemies, and hateſt thy frendesfriends. For ſo ſayde Ioab to Dauid, when he too much mourned for wicked Abſolon …
    With rule
    … in the ſecond booke of Kinges chap. 19: Thou loueſt thine enemies, and hateſt thy frendesfriends. For ſo ſayde Ioab to Dauid, when he too much mourned for wicked Abſolon …

    Martin Luther · Fourteen Points of Consolation · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in the dis pleasure of God, and afterwarde all hys succession with all his frendesfriends and kinsfolkes were al destroyd, so that ther was not one left aliue.
    With rule
    … in the dis pleasure of God, and afterwarde all hys succession with all his frendesfriends and kinsfolkes were al destroyd, so that ther was not one left aliue.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … euen at this daye, that so longe as we mourne for ony of oure frendesfriends departed, we vse to go wt close faces, to weare simple apparell, layenge asyde …
    With rule
    … euen at this daye, that so longe as we mourne for ony of oure frendesfriends departed, we vse to go wt close faces, to weare simple apparell, layenge asyde …

    Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to be in thys wretched worlde agayne. Moreouer in makyng ſo muche of oure frendesfriends departed, and ſettynge ſo greate affection vpon them, wyſhynge Gods worke not to be …
    With rule
    … to be in thys wretched worlde agayne. Moreouer in makyng ſo muche of oure frendesfriends departed, and ſettynge ſo greate affection vpon them, wyſhynge Gods worke not to be …

    Andreas Osiander · Whether a Christian Man Ought to Flee the Plague · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

  • Printed
    FrendesFriends.
    With rule
    FrendesFriends.

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

The Relics of Rome A07146

  • Printed
    … Lorde, ye soules of thy seruauntes, our Bishops, Kinges, Priestes, Fathers and Mothers, Parishoners, FrendesFriends, Benefactours, and of all the faithfull yt are departed, from euery bonde of sinne …
    With rule
    … Lorde, ye soules of thy seruauntes, our Bishops, Kinges, Priestes, Fathers and Mothers, Parishoners, FrendesFriends, Benefactours, and of all the faithfull yt are departed, from euery bonde of sinne …

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

The Garden of Wisdom A13399

  • Printed
    … when he espyed vpon the shoore certayne mathematicall figures drawn forth in the sande. FrendesFriends, ꝙ he, be of good comforte I see the steppes of men, and enterynge …
    With rule
    … when he espyed vpon the shoore certayne mathematicall figures drawn forth in the sande. FrendesFriends, ꝙ he, be of good comforte I see the steppes of men, and enterynge …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

  • Printed
    … a countenaunce of fauoure, whose herte is inwardelye fretted wyth deadlye rancoure. But suche FrendesFriends, euen as prosperi…ye do…he gette theim, so aduersitye dothe trye theim. God …
    With rule
    … a countenaunce of fauoure, whose herte is inwardelye fretted wyth deadlye rancoure. But suche FrendesFriends, euen as prosperi…ye do…he gette theim, so aduersitye dothe trye theim. God …

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

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … are freely enlightned of hym, whome he had chosen before. For Bernarde saith rightly, FrendesFriends do seuerally heare, to whom he also saith, Feare not thou small flocke: for …
    With rule
    … are freely enlightned of hym, whome he had chosen before. For Bernarde saith rightly, FrendesFriends do seuerally heare, to whom he also saith, Feare not thou small flocke: for …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    … and for theyr fayth in Iesus Christ. This is the ordinance of GOD (my FrendesFriends) this is the high way to heauen, by corporall death to eternall life: as …
    With rule
    … and for theyr fayth in Iesus Christ. This is the ordinance of GOD (my FrendesFriends) this is the high way to heauen, by corporall death to eternall life: as …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1849 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Robert Smith Martyr .1689. his examinations and answeres .1691.1692.1693.1694. his Godly Letters to diuers of hys FrendesFriends. 1696.1698.1699.1700.1701.1702
    With rule
    Robert Smith Martyr .1689. his examinations and answeres .1691.1692.1693.1694. his Godly Letters to diuers of hys FrendesFriends. 1696.1698.1699.1700.1701.1702

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

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    FrendesFriends dreame ofte of their frendesfriends. 135. b
    With rule
    FrendesFriends dreame ofte of their frendesfriends. 135. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader