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souldiersoldier

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

Puritas changed it: 5,372 times in 1,628 works
Consistency: 99.7% (5,372 of 5,387)
Reach if approved: ~5,661 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: soldier
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,388 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,372 changes in 1,628 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,372)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
I anſwere, if hee ſhould come indeede, as Ignatius Loyala that prophane and bloudy ſouldiersoldier, a Spaniard, the Father of the Ieſuites, * came to Pope Paulus the third, deuoting …
With rule
I anſwere, if hee ſhould come indeede, as Ignatius Loyala that prophane and bloudy ſouldiersoldier, a Spaniard, the Father of the Ieſuites, * came to Pope Paulus the third, deuoting …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe this thing. Who can but bee aſtoniſhed at this change, to ſee a SouldierSoldier auſtere, and a Prophet wanton? And how doth that Souldiers auſterity, ſhame the Prophets …
With rule
… doe this thing. Who can but bee aſtoniſhed at this change, to ſee a SouldierSoldier auſtere, and a Prophet wanton? And how doth that Souldiers auſterity, ſhame the Prophets …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deliuerance out of their ciuell hands, but for prayes, and rewards to the tormenting SouldierSoldier, and proude tyrannicall Spaniard.
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… deliuerance out of their ciuell hands, but for prayes, and rewards to the tormenting SouldierSoldier, and proude tyrannicall Spaniard.
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was Paul a ſouldiersoldier, that he ſpeakes here of fighting? yes, hee was a ſouldiersoldier, and the ſame no freſh-water, or white-liuered ſouldiersoldier, but a valiant, experienced …
With rule
… was Paul a ſouldiersoldier, that he ſpeakes here of fighting? yes, hee was a ſouldiersoldier, and the ſame no freſh-water, or white-liuered ſouldiersoldier, but a valiant, experienced …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Beadle should denie him his Scarlet Hoode: or when the Captaine hath admitted a souldiersoldier into his band, any vnder officer should forbid him to weare his colours. As …
With rule
… Beadle should denie him his Scarlet Hoode: or when the Captaine hath admitted a souldiersoldier into his band, any vnder officer should forbid him to weare his colours. As …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… paſt, vnder the tyrannie of the Egyptians: Peter, the ſonne of Caſsiodore, a Catholick ſouldiersoldier, and deuoute Champion of Chriſt, ſendeth greeting, and wiſheth to caſt of the yoke …
With rule
… paſt, vnder the tyrannie of the Egyptians: Peter, the ſonne of Caſsiodore, a Catholick ſouldiersoldier, and deuoute Champion of Chriſt, ſendeth greeting, and wiſheth to caſt of the yoke …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mans souldiersoldier, and by an other name the next day, as an other mans souldiersoldier, a gun-man (it may be) to day, and a pike-man to morrow …
With rule
… mans souldiersoldier, and by an other name the next day, as an other mans souldiersoldier, a gun-man (it may be) to day, and a pike-man to morrow …
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his owne accord, as the expreſſion there imports; even as a foiled and diſgraced ſouldiersoldier. And this we may ſee in his cariage in thoſe his tēptations of Chriſt …
With rule
… his owne accord, as the expreſſion there imports; even as a foiled and diſgraced ſouldiersoldier. And this we may ſee in his cariage in thoſe his tēptations of Chriſt …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 67 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Unconquerable All-Conquering A53292

Printed
THE UNCONQUERABLE, ALL-CONQUERING, & more-then-CONQUERING SOULDIERSOLDIER: Or. The successful WARRE which a Believer Wageth with the Enemies of his Soul …
With rule
THE UNCONQUERABLE, ALL-CONQUERING, & more-then-CONQUERING SOULDIERSOLDIER: Or. The successful WARRE which a Believer Wageth with the Enemies of his Soul …
Urian Oakes · The Unconquerable All-Conquering · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 A56162

Printed
… whoſe Society was firſt erected by Ignatius Loyola (a Spaniard by Birth, but A SOULDIERSOLDIER by Profeſſion) and confirmed by Pope Paul the 3. Anno 1540… which Order conſiſting onely of …
With rule
… whoſe Society was firſt erected by Ignatius Loyola (a Spaniard by Birth, but A SOULDIERSOLDIER by Profeſſion) and confirmed by Pope Paul the 3. Anno 1540… which Order conſiſting onely of …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were Souldiers) after ſome yeers wars being defeated, thereupon their Father Ignatius being a SOULDIERSOLDIER, and they his Military ſons, not a few of them ſecretly inſinuated themſelves as …
With rule
… were Souldiers) after ſome yeers wars being defeated, thereupon their Father Ignatius being a SOULDIERSOLDIER, and they his Military ſons, not a few of them ſecretly inſinuated themſelves as …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers A56170

Printed
… and Souldiers too, (Ignatius Loyola their Father and founder of their Order, being a SOULDIERSOLDIER by his profeſsion, as diverſe of his Diſciples are now amongſt us, as many …
With rule
… and Souldiers too, (Ignatius Loyola their Father and founder of their Order, being a SOULDIERSOLDIER by his profeſsion, as diverſe of his Diſciples are now amongſt us, as many …
William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 2 A91269

Printed
… whoſe Society was firſt erected by Ignatius Loyola, (a Spaniard by Birth, but A SOULDIERSOLDIER by Profeſſion) and confirmed by Pope Paul the 3. Anno 1640, which Order conſiſting onely of …
With rule
… whoſe Society was firſt erected by Ignatius Loyola, (a Spaniard by Birth, but A SOULDIERSOLDIER by Profeſſion) and confirmed by Pope Paul the 3. Anno 1640, which Order conſiſting onely of …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were Souldiers) after ſome yeers Wars being defeated, thereupon their Father Ignatius being a SOULDIERSOLDIER, and they his Military ſons not a few of them ſecretly inſinuated themſelves as …
With rule
… were Souldiers) after ſome yeers Wars being defeated, thereupon their Father Ignatius being a SOULDIERSOLDIER, and they his Military ſons not a few of them ſecretly inſinuated themſelves as …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… people: We ought to have ſome Ehud, whether it be A MONKE, or A SOULDIERSOLDIER, or a Varlet, or at leaſt a C…w-herd. For it is neceſſary …
With rule
… people: We ought to have ſome Ehud, whether it be A MONKE, or A SOULDIERSOLDIER, or a Varlet, or at leaſt a C…w-herd. For it is neceſſary …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commend, but abſolve from all ſin the other Ieſuited Popiſh Conſpirators, and Faux THE SOULDIERSOLDIER, who were their inſtruments to effect it. Yea, the Ieſuitical Prieſts were ſo Atheiſtical …
With rule
… commend, but abſolve from all ſin the other Ieſuited Popiſh Conſpirators, and Faux THE SOULDIERSOLDIER, who were their inſtruments to effect it. Yea, the Ieſuitical Prieſts were ſo Atheiſtical …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Jeſuites, Anno 1584. in theſe words: The Father of our Society OUGHT TO BE A SOULDIERSOLDIER; becauſe as it is the part of a SOULDIERSOLDIER, to ruſh upon the Enemy …
With rule
… Jeſuites, Anno 1584. in theſe words: The Father of our Society OUGHT TO BE A SOULDIERSOLDIER; becauſe as it is the part of a SOULDIERSOLDIER, to ruſh upon the Enemy …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader

Soldiery Spiritualized N00138

Printed
SOULDIERY SPIRITUALIZED, OR the CHRISTIAN SOULDIERSOLDIER Orderly, and Strenuously Engaged in the SPIRITUAL WARRE, And SO fighting the good Fight …
With rule
SOULDIERY SPIRITUALIZED, OR the CHRISTIAN SOULDIERSOLDIER Orderly, and Strenuously Engaged in the SPIRITUAL WARRE, And SO fighting the good Fight …
Joshua Moodey · Soldiery Spiritualized · Open in the reader

The Heart Garrisoned N00168

Printed
THE HEART GARRISONED OR, The Wisdome, and Care of the SPIRITUAL SOULDIERSOLDIER above all things to safeguard his HEART.
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THE HEART GARRISONED OR, The Wisdome, and Care of the SPIRITUAL SOULDIERSOLDIER above all things to safeguard his HEART.
Samuel Willard · The Heart Garrisoned · Open in the reader

The Soldier Defended and Directed N00844

Printed
THE SOULDIERSOLDIER Defended and Directed.
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THE SOULDIERSOLDIER Defended and Directed.
Ebenezer Pemberton · The Soldier Defended and Directed · p. 1 · Open in the reader