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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11338 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fixtfixed

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

Puritas changed it
1,527 times in 715 works
Consistency
97.3% (1,527 of 1,568)
Reach if approved
~1,710 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fixed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,627 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,527 changes in 715 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,527)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … I will say which the Pope would bring in,) or the Images which are fixtfixed in the mind of them which worship God with Phydias's or Policletus's, or whom …
    With rule
    … I will say which the Pope would bring in,) or the Images which are fixtfixed in the mind of them which worship God with Phydias's or Policletus's, or whom …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 374 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … exceeding short, and we are readie to crie out, as it is in the fixtfixed of this Booke; How long, Lord, holy and true? How long? Why he answers …
    With rule
    … exceeding short, and we are readie to crie out, as it is in the fixtfixed of this Booke; How long, Lord, holy and true? How long? Why he answers …

    Richard Sibbes · The Brides Longing for her Bridegrooms Second Coming · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … also a ridiculous Monke, obstinately defended the Heresie of the Monoth…tes in the fixtfixed Generall Councill, and offered to confirme that doctrine with a miraculous worke: but with …
    With rule
    … also a ridiculous Monke, obstinately defended the Heresie of the Monoth…tes in the fixtfixed Generall Councill, and offered to confirme that doctrine with a miraculous worke: but with …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … into you, that you may be receiued into it. O that your hearts were fixtfixed vpon it, and that ye would ſeeke after the fountaine of eternall happineſſe. Then …
    With rule
    … into you, that you may be receiued into it. O that your hearts were fixtfixed vpon it, and that ye would ſeeke after the fountaine of eternall happineſſe. Then …

    John Wall · The Seraphims Wings to Raise Us Unto Heaven · p. 114 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … larger uſe of this contemplation, and it is of uſe indeed. His eyes were fixtfixed upon that out-court, beholding the excellent beauty thereof; upon which contemplation thus he …
    With rule
    … larger uſe of this contemplation, and it is of uſe indeed. His eyes were fixtfixed upon that out-court, beholding the excellent beauty thereof; upon which contemplation thus he …

    Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And fixtfixed in's hollow sight, deepe drenched stood
    With rule
    And fixtfixed in's hollow sight, deepe drenched stood

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … if thou be God, to thy ſelfe; the eyes of all men are now fixtfixed vpon thee, there cannot be deuiſed a more ready way to ſpred thy glory …
    With rule
    … if thou be God, to thy ſelfe; the eyes of all men are now fixtfixed vpon thee, there cannot be deuiſed a more ready way to ſpred thy glory …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 404 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … will appeare that Christ might bee crucified at the third houre and about the fixtfixed.
    With rule
    … will appeare that Christ might bee crucified at the third houre and about the fixtfixed.

    William Perkins · The Art of Prophesying · p. 84 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (41)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    FixtFixed in the hollow Stithe, there fast abides:
    With rule
    FixtFixed in the hollow Stithe, there fast abides:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Virtues History A11081

  • Printed
    FixtFixed on th'ldea of his heauenly mold,
    With rule
    FixtFixed on th'ldea of his heauenly mold,

    Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock A25202

  • Printed
    … or what, is meant by the Son; and when we have Settled and well FixtFixed the Notion of that, to try what further Light we may get into the …
    With rule
    … or what, is meant by the Son; and when we have Settled and well FixtFixed the Notion of that, to try what further Light we may get into the …

    Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 308 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of Gospel History A33990

  • Printed
    FixtFixed on a Croſs moſt ponderous,
    With rule
    FixtFixed on a Croſs moſt ponderous,

    Hercules Collins · The Marrow of Gospel History · p. 43 · Open in the reader

The History of Joseph A35338

  • Printed
    FixtFixed Joſeph as a ſtar to guide the reſt.
    With rule
    FixtFixed Joſeph as a ſtar to guide the reſt.

    Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FixtFixed ſtar? nay rather planet, ſince his fate
    With rule
    FixtFixed ſtar? nay rather planet, ſince his fate

    Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar A39998

  • Printed
    … will not deny, that this Limited Ministry flowed from the very Nature of their FixtFixed and Limited Office: But will he dare to say, that any one of the …
    With rule
    … will not deny, that this Limited Ministry flowed from the very Nature of their FixtFixed and Limited Office: But will he dare to say, that any one of the …

    Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 113 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    That is, FixtFixed thy Pale [with intent to sence out his water] in Severn, Severn will be …
    With rule
    That is, FixtFixed thy Pale [with intent to sence out his water] in Severn, Severn will be …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

  • Printed
    FixtFixed to no form, but ſtill the old forſakes,
    With rule
    FixtFixed to no form, but ſtill the old forſakes,

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 415 · Open in the reader

The Lawfulness of Tithes A46714

  • Printed
    … be more juſt, and equal than this, and no leſs certain and ſtedfaſt? A FixtFixed-Miniſtry, ſuch as that of the Goſpel is, muſt have alſo a FixtFixed-Maintenance …
    With rule
    … be more juſt, and equal than this, and no leſs certain and ſtedfaſt? A FixtFixed-Miniſtry, ſuch as that of the Goſpel is, muſt have alſo a FixtFixed-Maintenance …

    William Jeffery · The Lawfulness of Tithes · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … A FixtFixed-Miniſtry, ſuch as that of the Goſpel is, muſt have alſo a FixtFixed-Maintenance. As Princes and Rulers are God's Miniſters in things of Juſtice, ſo are …
    With rule
    … A FixtFixed-Miniſtry, ſuch as that of the Goſpel is, muſt have alſo a FixtFixed-Maintenance. As Princes and Rulers are God's Miniſters in things of Juſtice, ſo are …

    William Jeffery · The Lawfulness of Tithes · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Of Christian Communion A47305

  • Printed
    … as they might do in a free and quiet Time. If Meetings then, are FixtFixed, and of free Recourse, and open̄, and Numerous, they will miss of their End …
    With rule
    … as they might do in a free and quiet Time. If Meetings then, are FixtFixed, and of free Recourse, and open̄, and Numerous, they will miss of their End …

    John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Year of Christ 36…. 'tis left to these Periodeutas, to supply the want of FixtFixed Bishops, in those places and Countries, that were not thought considerable enough to have …
    With rule
    … the Year of Christ 36…. 'tis left to these Periodeutas, to supply the want of FixtFixed Bishops, in those places and Countries, that were not thought considerable enough to have …

    John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

  • Printed
    FixtFixed Fate, … will, fore knowledge absolute,
    With rule
    FixtFixed Fate, … will, fore knowledge absolute,

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FixtFixed on the Fruit she gaz'd, which to behold
    With rule
    FixtFixed on the Fruit she gaz'd, which to behold

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

  • Printed
    FixtFixed Times;
    With rule
    FixtFixed Times;

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    a door-keeper] FixtFixed▪ and a servant, verse 10 in the meanest office there; then to be free, and …
    With rule
    a door-keeper] FixtFixed▪ and a servant, verse 10 in the meanest office there; then to be free, and …

    John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Miscellaneous Discourses A58173

  • Printed
    … of the Spots of the Sun by Scheiner, and the appearing and diſappearing of FixtFixed Stars and Comets, and the excurſions of theſe laſt, do argue it more than …
    With rule
    … of the Spots of the Sun by Scheiner, and the appearing and diſappearing of FixtFixed Stars and Comets, and the excurſions of theſe laſt, do argue it more than …

    John Ray · Miscellaneous Discourses · p. 133 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … we live upon, and the moſt pure, as the Sun, and probably too the FixtFixed Stars, ſuffer Alterations; maculae or opaque Concretions being commonly generated and diſſolved in them …
    With rule
    … we live upon, and the moſt pure, as the Sun, and probably too the FixtFixed Stars, ſuffer Alterations; maculae or opaque Concretions being commonly generated and diſſolved in them …

    John Ray · Miscellaneous Discourses · p. 189 · Open in the reader

Three Physico-Theological Discourses A58184

  • Printed
    … of the Spots of the Sun by Scheiner, and the appearing and disappearing of FixtFixed Stars and Comets, and the excursions of these last, do argue it more than …
    With rule
    … of the Spots of the Sun by Scheiner, and the appearing and disappearing of FixtFixed Stars and Comets, and the excursions of these last, do argue it more than …

    John Ray · Three Physico-Theological Discourses · p. 314 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … a Star, or great Globe of Fire, like the Sun, or one of the FixtFixed Stars, situate in the Center of a Vortex continually whirling round with it. That …
    With rule
    … a Star, or great Globe of Fire, like the Sun, or one of the FixtFixed Stars, situate in the Center of a Vortex continually whirling round with it. That …

    John Ray · Three Physico-Theological Discourses · p. 316 · Open in the reader

Poems on Several Occasions A63969

  • Printed
    FixtFixed as your Bolts, it never shall remove,
    With rule
    FixtFixed as your Bolts, it never shall remove,

    John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Remains A65835

  • Printed
    FixtFixed as the meaſure to be guided by;
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    FixtFixed as the meaſure to be guided by;

    Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FixtFixed in ſelf-conſtancy.
    With rule
    FixtFixed in ſelf-conſtancy.

    Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 156 · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

  • Printed
    FixtFixed Stars, (and ſo by many are eſteem'd)
    With rule
    FixtFixed Stars, (and ſo by many are eſteem'd)

    George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The Grove of Beatitudes A89495

  • Printed
    FixtFixed to a wall.
    With rule
    FixtFixed to a wall.

    Edward Manning · The Grove of Beatitudes · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    FixtFixed to no Certaine Clime, and that their home
    With rule
    FixtFixed to no Certaine Clime, and that their home

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Dark Lantern A96745

  • Printed
    FixtFixed ſtars, and been by many ſo eſteem'd,
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    FixtFixed ſtars, and been by many ſo eſteem'd,

    George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains N03209

  • Printed
    (4) FixtFixed in his Religion, a conſtant Attender on the publick Worſhip, and who appears not …
    With rule
    (4) FixtFixed in his Religion, a conſtant Attender on the publick Worſhip, and who appears not …

    Benjamin Colman · The Fathers Tears over his Daughters Remains · p. 77 · Open in the reader