Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11378 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ambassadoursambassadors

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

Puritas changed it: 1,431 times in 523 works
Consistency: 100% (1,431 of 1,431)
Reach if approved: ~1,504 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ambassadors
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,431 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,431 changes in 523 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,431)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for ſhewing ambitiouſly and vaine-gloriouſly all the treaſures of his kingdome to the AmbaſſadoursAmbassadors of Babilon, and alſo threatning the iudgements of God vpon him in his poſteritie …
With rule
… for ſhewing ambitiouſly and vaine-gloriouſly all the treaſures of his kingdome to the AmbaſſadoursAmbassadors of Babilon, and alſo threatning the iudgements of God vpon him in his poſteritie …
Thomas Granger · The Application of Scripture · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by miracle; to the end it might plainely appeare that they were the Lords AmbassadoursAmbassadors, vnto whose Soueraigne power for all flesh to stoope, for all the kingdomes of …
With rule
… by miracle; to the end it might plainely appeare that they were the Lords AmbassadoursAmbassadors, vnto whose Soueraigne power for all flesh to stoope, for all the kingdomes of …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, the honour vouchſafed to them, to be God his AmbaſſadoursAmbassadors.
With rule
Firſt, the honour vouchſafed to them, to be God his AmbaſſadoursAmbassadors.
Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of Wirtemberge, preſented by the AmbaſſadoursAmbassadors of Chriſtopher Duke of Wirtemberge, and Tecca, Earle of Mountbelgard, preſented to the Councell …
With rule
Of Wirtemberge, preſented by the AmbaſſadoursAmbassadors of Chriſtopher Duke of Wirtemberge, and Tecca, Earle of Mountbelgard, preſented to the Councell …
Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by their names and promising vnto them life euerlasting in Christ. 2. Cor. 5.20. We as ambassadoursambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you through vs, pray you in Christs …
With rule
… by their names and promising vnto them life euerlasting in Christ. 2. Cor. 5.20. We as ambassadoursambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you through vs, pray you in Christs …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 842 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to vilifie: yea, hee loseth the desired fruite of his Gospel, his Sacraments, his AmbassadoursAmbassadors, and of all his trauell, whereby hee doeth sollicite, and wooe vs to come …
With rule
… to vilifie: yea, hee loseth the desired fruite of his Gospel, his Sacraments, his AmbassadoursAmbassadors, and of all his trauell, whereby hee doeth sollicite, and wooe vs to come …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purpoſe exceeding great alſo? The honour that hee putteth vpon vs to be his ambaſſadoursambassadors, and to bring the meſſage of ſo great a king, and the meſſage it …
With rule
… purpoſe exceeding great alſo? The honour that hee putteth vpon vs to be his ambaſſadoursambassadors, and to bring the meſſage of ſo great a king, and the meſſage it …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it betwixt God and their consciences, let them take heed how they abuse Gods AmbassadoursAmbassadors, and cause us to come on foolish occasions, to feed their owne fancies.
With rule
… it betwixt God and their consciences, let them take heed how they abuse Gods AmbassadoursAmbassadors, and cause us to come on foolish occasions, to feed their owne fancies.
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 61 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.