Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11425 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shepheardsshepherds

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

Puritas changed it: 2,090 times in 769 works
Consistency: 99.7% (2,090 of 2,095)
Reach if approved: ~2,201 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: shepherd's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,095 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,090 changes in 769 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,090)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… men, as in our doctrine. If with Amos wee bee called to preach to ShepheardsShepherds, we must creepe on the ground in vulgar termes; if with Isay to the …
With rule
… men, as in our doctrine. If with Amos wee bee called to preach to ShepheardsShepherds, we must creepe on the ground in vulgar termes; if with Isay to the …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conſider this and tremble, yee that forget God; yee have no intereſt in this ShepheardsShepherds death: looke to your ſelves in time, antequam exeat ira apprehendite diſciplinam, oſculamini filium …
With rule
… conſider this and tremble, yee that forget God; yee have no intereſt in this ShepheardsShepherds death: looke to your ſelves in time, antequam exeat ira apprehendite diſciplinam, oſculamini filium …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 421 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and all our anger bent against our owne corruptions. Let our wrath, like the ShepheardsShepherds dogge, sleepe till the Wolfe comes. Be we at peace with God by repentāce …
With rule
… and all our anger bent against our owne corruptions. Let our wrath, like the ShepheardsShepherds dogge, sleepe till the Wolfe comes. Be we at peace with God by repentāce …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they did earneſtly deſire it and long for it, God would ſend them faithfull ſhepheardsshepherds which ſhould feede them vnto life eternall.
With rule
… they did earneſtly deſire it and long for it, God would ſend them faithfull ſhepheardsshepherds which ſhould feede them vnto life eternall.
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… So Iſhai had diuers ſonnes, whom he placed in ſeuerall callings, ſome ſoldiers, ſome ſhepheardsshepherds: a calling of eſteeme in countries.
With rule
… So Iſhai had diuers ſonnes, whom he placed in ſeuerall callings, ſome ſoldiers, ſome ſhepheardsshepherds: a calling of eſteeme in countries.
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Faith, whereby a man euen ſteps vp into heauen, the Apoſtle, and all faithfull ShepheardsShepherds, haue great cauſe of reioycing (as the Angells in Heauen alſo haue) and of …
With rule
… Faith, whereby a man euen ſteps vp into heauen, the Apoſtle, and all faithfull ShepheardsShepherds, haue great cauſe of reioycing (as the Angells in Heauen alſo haue) and of …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
When Christ was first reuealed to poore ShepheardsShepherds, hee was not without a Qu…re of Angels singing his Glorie. Let him …
With rule
When Christ was first reuealed to poore ShepheardsShepherds, hee was not without a Qu…re of Angels singing his Glorie. Let him …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of this calling, doe betoken labour; Seers , Watchmen , Embaſſadours , Labourers , Diſpoſers , Husbandmen , Seedeſ men , ShepheardsShepherds , Cryers . There is no title giuen them, but implieth action, yea and induſtry very …
With rule
… of this calling, doe betoken labour; Seers , Watchmen , Embaſſadours , Labourers , Diſpoſers , Husbandmen , Seedeſ men , ShepheardsShepherds , Cryers . There is no title giuen them, but implieth action, yea and induſtry very …
Samuel Hieron · The Spiritual Fishing · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Faithful Shepherd A09092

Printed
THE FAITHFVLL SHEPHEARD: OR THE SHEPHEARDSSHEPHERDS Faithfulneſſe: Wherein is for the matter largely, but for the maner, in few words …
With rule
THE FAITHFVLL SHEPHEARD: OR THE SHEPHEARDSSHEPHERDS Faithfulneſſe: Wherein is for the matter largely, but for the maner, in few words …
Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · Open in the reader
Printed
THE FAITHFVLL SHEPHEARD: Or THE SHEPHEARDSSHEPHERDS Faithfulneſſe.
With rule
THE FAITHFVLL SHEPHEARD: Or THE SHEPHEARDSSHEPHERDS Faithfulneſſe.
Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
THE SHEPHEARDSSHEPHERDS HVNTING: Being certaine Eglogues written during the time of the Authors Impriſonment in the …
With rule
THE SHEPHEARDSSHEPHERDS HVNTING: Being certaine Eglogues written during the time of the Authors Impriſonment in the …
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader