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suffresuffer

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

Puritas changed it
611 times in 101 works
Consistency
99.1% (611 of 616)
Reach if approved
~647 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: suffer
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
616 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (611 changes in 101 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 611)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Christ dyd and suffred all thynges for vs: so likewise we shold gladly do & suffresuffer al things for the wordes sake. Whyche twoo thynges are to bee taughte in …
    With rule
    … Christ dyd and suffred all thynges for vs: so likewise we shold gladly do & suffresuffer al things for the wordes sake. Whyche twoo thynges are to bee taughte in …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … be enformed, and styred to al honestie, it is our nurtonre whiche woll not suffresuffer vs to renne to moche at large in our selfe wyll and luste.
    With rule
    … be enformed, and styred to al honestie, it is our nurtonre whiche woll not suffresuffer vs to renne to moche at large in our selfe wyll and luste.

    Richard Taverner · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … clym and subdue all vnder them and mainteyne their ryght and such as wyll suffresuffer of no man / so yt he which was yesterday taken from the donghyll and …
    With rule
    … clym and subdue all vnder them and mainteyne their ryght and such as wyll suffresuffer of no man / so yt he which was yesterday taken from the donghyll and …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … theyr bablyng & capcyos disceyght ful wordes and folissh and wicked questyons / & he wil not suffresuffer us to moue one hear brede out of the scripture to cople or reason …
    With rule
    … theyr bablyng & capcyos disceyght ful wordes and folissh and wicked questyons / & he wil not suffresuffer us to moue one hear brede out of the scripture to cople or reason …

    Alexander Alesius · The Authority of the Word of God Against the Bishop of London · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … cōtynuall affliccions and labours for the Gospell. Circumducere mulierē sororē (yow say) is to suffresuffer ryche womē to go about with them in theyr progresse of preachynge, to beare …
    With rule
    … cōtynuall affliccions and labours for the Gospell. Circumducere mulierē sororē (yow say) is to suffresuffer ryche womē to go about with them in theyr progresse of preachynge, to beare …

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

  6. Printed
    … hypocrites gloses. Neyther will ye entre into the kyngedome of God youreselues / nor yet suffresuffer anye other that wolde gladlye entre. All youre stodye is to vpholde those mytred …
    With rule
    … hypocrites gloses. Neyther will ye entre into the kyngedome of God youreselues / nor yet suffresuffer anye other that wolde gladlye entre. All youre stodye is to vpholde those mytred …

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

  7. Printed
    Why the disciples should suffresuffer that great daūger, feare & anguishe. S. Marke in his Gospel. plainly sheweth, saying: that …
    With rule
    Why the disciples should suffresuffer that great daūger, feare & anguishe. S. Marke in his Gospel. plainly sheweth, saying: that …

    John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſaye: What myght it hurte, that men kept the worde of God, and did ſuffresuffer beſydes that, all theſe peeces, or at the leaſte ſome of them that myght …
    With rule
    … ſaye: What myght it hurte, that men kept the worde of God, and did ſuffresuffer beſydes that, all theſe peeces, or at the leaſte ſome of them that myght …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … abolysh theyr names wyth the name of theyr fyrst founder the byshopp of Rome. SuffreSuffer not the tytle of a priest to remayne wythin your christen domynion, nor yet …
    With rule
    … abolysh theyr names wyth the name of theyr fyrst founder the byshopp of Rome. SuffreSuffer not the tytle of a priest to remayne wythin your christen domynion, nor yet …

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

  • Printed
    … wryte in your Chronicles, that Etheldrede and Edwarde remayned styll byrgins after longe marriage. SuffreSuffer maidenhede than, rather to dwell vndre marryage than vndre your doubtful vowe, for so …
    With rule
    … wryte in your Chronicles, that Etheldrede and Edwarde remayned styll byrgins after longe marriage. SuffreSuffer maidenhede than, rather to dwell vndre marryage than vndre your doubtful vowe, for so …

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

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

  • Printed
    … For whyls yow are a ſlepe, the enemye ſoweth tares amonge the good ſede. SuffreSuffer not the peple of God to peryſhe amonge theſe proude gloryouſe glottons of So …
    With rule
    … For whyls yow are a ſlepe, the enemye ſoweth tares amonge the good ſede. SuffreSuffer not the peple of God to peryſhe amonge theſe proude gloryouſe glottons of So …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony A17171

  • Printed
    … nyght without thy lycence: and take a rekening of theyr behauyoure in thyne absence. SuffreSuffer thē not to come into any lyght wantō cōpany.
    With rule
    … nyght without thy lycence: and take a rekening of theyr behauyoure in thyne absence. SuffreSuffer thē not to come into any lyght wantō cōpany.

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

The Lords Supper A68658

  • Printed
    … of thee, geue them also (we beseche thee) ye knowlage of thy blessed will. SuffreSuffer not thē (O Lorde) blyndlye to be ledde, for to stryue against thee as …
    With rule
    … of thee, geue them also (we beseche thee) ye knowlage of thy blessed will. SuffreSuffer not thē (O Lorde) blyndlye to be ledde, for to stryue against thee as …

    Nicholas Ridley · The Lords Supper · Open in the reader