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mochmuch

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

Puritas changed it
651 times in 61 works
Consistency
97.8% (651 of 665)
Reach if approved
~699 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: much
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
665 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (651 changes in 61 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 651)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … it is neceſſary that works be alſo preſēt, only faith is not ſufficiēt, & is mochmuch we aker & of leſſe power, thā that it maye do that thing. Doeth not …
    With rule
    … it is neceſſary that works be alſo preſēt, only faith is not ſufficiēt, & is mochmuch we aker & of leſſe power, thā that it maye do that thing. Doeth not …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Christ… Leo the Byshop saythe, if ignoraūce semeth intollerable euen in laye mē, how mochmuch more is it worthy nether of excuse nor of forgyuenes in them that beare …
    With rule
    … Christ… Leo the Byshop saythe, if ignoraūce semeth intollerable euen in laye mē, how mochmuch more is it worthy nether of excuse nor of forgyuenes in them that beare …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … desyre. Darius after he had wonne the citie, gyuynge credite to the tytle, wyth mochmuch ado at last remouyug awaye ye great stone, wherwyth the graue was couered, money …
    With rule
    … desyre. Darius after he had wonne the citie, gyuynge credite to the tytle, wyth mochmuch ado at last remouyug awaye ye great stone, wherwyth the graue was couered, money …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thou an infidele, seynge thou haste taken on the so to do, & for as mochmuch as that is thy parte committed to the of the congregacion.
    With rule
    … thou an infidele, seynge thou haste taken on the so to do, & for as mochmuch as that is thy parte committed to the of the congregacion.

    William Tyndale · The Parable of the Wicked Mammon · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of Rome cōquered the lād, & the true olde religion was vtterley gone in ſo mochmuch that out of the olde ſerpēt there aroſe in Iſrael all maner of ſec …
    With rule
    … of Rome cōquered the lād, & the true olde religion was vtterley gone in ſo mochmuch that out of the olde ſerpēt there aroſe in Iſrael all maner of ſec …

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

  6. Printed
    … without a Pastour the first and chiefe Officer, and yet you set up such, mochmuch more may you be without Widdowes for some yeares, and yet hold them, and …
    With rule
    … without a Pastour the first and chiefe Officer, and yet you set up such, mochmuch more may you be without Widdowes for some yeares, and yet hold them, and …

    Thomas Edwards · Full Answer to Apologetical Narration · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the one by the other, if it were hys dede, as I doubt it mochmuch, as your selfe were whan ye proued prestes chastyte, by the chastyte of women …
    With rule
    … the one by the other, if it were hys dede, as I doubt it mochmuch, as your selfe were whan ye proued prestes chastyte, by the chastyte of women …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lxxiiii · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Yea, in my fauer, so mochmuch thu dedyst excell.
    With rule
    Yea, in my fauer, so mochmuch thu dedyst excell.

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … very meane gentilman, euen he that seketh whome he maye denouee. i. Pet. v. MochMuch boast is made of virginite, and yet they which bragge most of it, knoweth …
    With rule
    … very meane gentilman, euen he that seketh whome he maye denouee. i. Pet. v. MochMuch boast is made of virginite, and yet they which bragge most of it, knoweth …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. c · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … lawe saith, Neyther geldynges, eunukes, nor yet dysmēbred mē, may be receyued to presthode. MochMuch lesse the wydowes whych neuer yet had those members. The great priapus of rome …
    With rule
    … lawe saith, Neyther geldynges, eunukes, nor yet dysmēbred mē, may be receyued to presthode. MochMuch lesse the wydowes whych neuer yet had those members. The great priapus of rome …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … wolde wyshe wyth all my harte, if any good men wolde take suche labours. MochMuch fault ye fynde, wyth that ye neuer toke paynes in, neither can ye any …
    With rule
    … wolde wyshe wyth all my harte, if any good men wolde take suche labours. MochMuch fault ye fynde, wyth that ye neuer toke paynes in, neither can ye any …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

  • Printed
    MochMuch doth prouoke me. But if God set to hande,
    With rule
    MochMuch doth prouoke me. But if God set to hande,

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    MochMuch are they to blame, that ther bretherne so report
    With rule
    MochMuch are they to blame, that ther bretherne so report

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

  • Printed
    MochMuch thu acceptedest, thy seruaunt Iosue,
    With rule
    MochMuch thu acceptedest, thy seruaunt Iosue,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

  • Printed
    … vii. deadlye ſynnes after the olde wonte, your ceremonye myght ape …e more ſolempne. MochMuch is Sa…urnus beholden vnto yow (whych ys one of the olde goddes) to …
    With rule
    … vii. deadlye ſynnes after the olde wonte, your ceremonye myght ape …e more ſolempne. MochMuch is Sa…urnus beholden vnto yow (whych ys one of the olde goddes) to …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

  • Printed
    … as mochmuch saith Paul as while we were yet synners / Christ died for vs. MochMuch moare now / saith he (seinge we are iustified by his bloude) shall we be …
    With rule
    … as mochmuch saith Paul as while we were yet synners / Christ died for vs. MochMuch moare now / saith he (seinge we are iustified by his bloude) shall we be …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. cxxij · Open in the reader

The Sacrament of the Lords Supper A17659

  • Printed
    … mochmuch more greuously we feele our selues oppressed wyth the magnytude of y• disease. MochMuch lesse ought it to be an impedimēt vnto vs. For if we do lay …
    With rule
    … mochmuch more greuously we feele our selues oppressed wyth the magnytude of y• disease. MochMuch lesse ought it to be an impedimēt vnto vs. For if we do lay …

    John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader