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foulesfowls

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

Puritas changed it
696 times in 360 works
Consistency
91.4% (696 of 761)
Reach if approved
~800 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: fool's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
761 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (696 changes in 360 works, 91.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 696)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … lytell whome they geue their benefyce vnto, or whom they admit to cure the foulesfowls they haue charge of. A notable example. Chryste prayed all nighte, or he woulde …
    With rule
    … lytell whome they geue their benefyce vnto, or whom they admit to cure the foulesfowls they haue charge of. A notable example. Chryste prayed all nighte, or he woulde …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Lords & rulers ouer the beasts of the fielde, the fishes of the sea, the foulesfowls of the ayre, &c: the gouernment whereof God hath committed vnto man (Gen. 2.): but …
    With rule
    … Lords & rulers ouer the beasts of the fielde, the fishes of the sea, the foulesfowls of the ayre, &c: the gouernment whereof God hath committed vnto man (Gen. 2.): but …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the field: which is to be vnderstood, Christen men, Iewes, Turks, & Moores. And the foulesfowls of the aire, that is, The Saints departed. And the fishes in the sea …
    With rule
    … the field: which is to be vnderstood, Christen men, Iewes, Turks, & Moores. And the foulesfowls of the aire, that is, The Saints departed. And the fishes in the sea …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … downe from the Heaven to the earth, conſider the flowers of the field, the foulesfowls of the aire, and the leaſt living creatures that be, if he will but …
    With rule
    … downe from the Heaven to the earth, conſider the flowers of the field, the foulesfowls of the aire, and the leaſt living creatures that be, if he will but …

    Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … man is ruler ouer all liuinge creatures, the Eagle is called the chiefe of foulesfowls, vnder these foure shapes this vision doth comprehende all other liuing creatures.
    With rule
    … man is ruler ouer all liuinge creatures, the Eagle is called the chiefe of foulesfowls, vnder these foure shapes this vision doth comprehende all other liuing creatures.

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vs. For sinne is like a bemired dog; if it fawnes on vs, it foulesfowls vs. And the least sinne is like a little leake in a shippe, which …
    With rule
    … vs. For sinne is like a bemired dog; if it fawnes on vs, it foulesfowls vs. And the least sinne is like a little leake in a shippe, which …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 396 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    and flight of foulesfowls do showe,
    With rule
    and flight of foulesfowls do showe,

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Hezekiah, The King my Maſter can deny you nothing. So in Matth. 6.26. Conſider the foulesfowls of the aire, for they ſow not, neither doe they reape, nor gather into …
    With rule
    … Hezekiah, The King my Maſter can deny you nothing. So in Matth. 6.26. Conſider the foulesfowls of the aire, for they ſow not, neither doe they reape, nor gather into …

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 301 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (65)

38 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 23 are listed here. 27 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

  • Printed
    … ariseth no obiection, to wit, where Christ saith, Foxes haue their dennes, and the FoulesFowls of the aire haue their nestes, but the Sonne of man hath not whereon …
    With rule
    … ariseth no obiection, to wit, where Christ saith, Foxes haue their dennes, and the FoulesFowls of the aire haue their nestes, but the Sonne of man hath not whereon …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 181 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … they make triall of their forwardnes, by setting them on the backes of certaine FoulesFowls, on which if they sit in their flying, without feare, they bring them vp …
    With rule
    … they make triall of their forwardnes, by setting them on the backes of certaine FoulesFowls, on which if they sit in their flying, without feare, they bring them vp …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 553 · Open in the reader

A Sinners Indictment A14766

  • Printed
    … therein shall be cut off, with the Beastes of the Field, and with the FoulesFowls of the Heauen: and also the Fishes of the Sea, shall be taken away.
    With rule
    … therein shall be cut off, with the Beastes of the Field, and with the FoulesFowls of the Heauen: and also the Fishes of the Sea, shall be taken away.

    William Ward · A Sinners Indictment · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

  • Printed
    FoulesFowls.
    With rule
    FoulesFowls.

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THe FoulesFowls of Heauen are good proofes of Gods prouidence: for notwithstanding they make no prouision …
    With rule
    THe FoulesFowls of Heauen are good proofes of Gods prouidence: for notwithstanding they make no prouision …

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his prouidence. If any corn be spilt or shed in any common way, the FoulesFowls presently fall vpon it & deuour it, and suffer it not to remain ther any …
    With rule
    … his prouidence. If any corn be spilt or shed in any common way, the FoulesFowls presently fall vpon it & deuour it, and suffer it not to remain ther any …

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Grounds of Divinity Study A17000

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    … they ſhowted: No leſſe at Sunne, Moone and Starres, and plantes, trees & hearbes: at FoulesFowls from Eagle to Wren, and fiſh, from Whale to ſhrimpe: and beaſtes with Crepers …
    With rule
    … they ſhowted: No leſſe at Sunne, Moone and Starres, and plantes, trees & hearbes: at FoulesFowls from Eagle to Wren, and fiſh, from Whale to ſhrimpe: and beaſtes with Crepers …

    Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Christians Heavenly Treasure A17320

  • Printed
    There is no liuing Creature without war. Fishes, FoulesFowls, wilde Beasts, Serpents, Men, one kinde of these persecuteth another, none are at quiet …
    With rule
    There is no liuing Creature without war. Fishes, FoulesFowls, wilde Beasts, Serpents, Men, one kinde of these persecuteth another, none are at quiet …

    William Burton · The Christians Heavenly Treasure · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A18052

  • Printed
    … with a note of attention prefixed to awaken vs from our drouſineſſe, Behold the FoulesFowls of the Aire, for they ſowe not, neither doe they reape, nor gather into …
    With rule
    … with a note of attention prefixed to awaken vs from our drouſineſſe, Behold the FoulesFowls of the Aire, for they ſowe not, neither doe they reape, nor gather into …

    John Carter · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 81 · Open in the reader

Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral A21266

  • Printed
    … them, by the helpe of the Deuill, to reueale secrets by the flying of FoulesFowls, and the intralls of Beasts, and the like.
    With rule
    … them, by the helpe of the Deuill, to reueale secrets by the flying of FoulesFowls, and the intralls of Beasts, and the like.

    Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Answ. Celestiall and heauenly bodies, as the Sunne, Moone and Starres, and FoulesFowls, and Birds.
    With rule
    Answ. Celestiall and heauenly bodies, as the Sunne, Moone and Starres, and FoulesFowls, and Birds.

    Edward Elton · Gods Holy Mind Touching Matters Moral · p. 27 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

  • Printed
    … pisse against the wall: Doggs did eate those that dyed in the Citie: and FoulesFowls such as dyed in the fields of all that were of his seed.
    With rule
    … pisse against the wall: Doggs did eate those that dyed in the Citie: and FoulesFowls such as dyed in the fields of all that were of his seed.

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 111 · Open in the reader

A Dissuasive from the Errors of the time A29432

  • Printed
    … muſt be deſtroyed; That the earth wherein they are to reigne, that the Beaſts, FoulesFowls, Fiſhes, Trees and all other creatures they are to make uſe of in their …
    With rule
    … muſt be deſtroyed; That the earth wherein they are to reigne, that the Beaſts, FoulesFowls, Fiſhes, Trees and all other creatures they are to make uſe of in their …

    Robert Baillie · A Dissuasive from the Errors of the time · p. 243 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

  • Printed
    … is Chriſt, mounted on a white horſe: The Inſtrument, his ſword. The Miniſters, the FoulesFowls, filled with the fleſh of the Adverſaries, Verſe 21.
    With rule
    … is Chriſt, mounted on a white horſe: The Inſtrument, his ſword. The Miniſters, the FoulesFowls, filled with the fleſh of the Adverſaries, Verſe 21.

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 474 · Open in the reader

The Rule of Faith A69028

  • Printed
    … of Seas, Riuers, Ponds, Springs, or creatures in them: or count the number of FoulesFowls or Flyes in the Ayre, or Starres in Heauen? And this variety is the …
    With rule
    … of Seas, Riuers, Ponds, Springs, or creatures in them: or count the number of FoulesFowls or Flyes in the Ayre, or Starres in Heauen? And this variety is the …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … wiſedome is not in them, Iob 28. 21. and in that God hath planted in the FoulesFowls a natural feare of man more then any other creature, Gen. 9. 2.
    With rule
    … wiſedome is not in them, Iob 28. 21. and in that God hath planted in the FoulesFowls a natural feare of man more then any other creature, Gen. 9. 2.

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … their liues: and therefore it is noted as a iudgement, to haue the very FoulesFowls of the Ayre taken away, Ier. 4. 25 & 9. 10. Eſpecially God hath giuen to the Kings of …
    With rule
    … their liues: and therefore it is noted as a iudgement, to haue the very FoulesFowls of the Ayre taken away, Ier. 4. 25 & 9. 10. Eſpecially God hath giuen to the Kings of …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … thankfulneſſe to acknowledge Gods goodneſſe to vs, that hath made vs wiſer then the FoulesFowls of the Ayre, Iob 35. 11. and giues vs power ouer them, Pſal. 8. 8. and that hee …
    With rule
    … thankfulneſſe to acknowledge Gods goodneſſe to vs, that hath made vs wiſer then the FoulesFowls of the Ayre, Iob 35. 11. and giues vs power ouer them, Pſal. 8. 8. and that hee …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 169 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that if he ſinne againſt God, that God that gaue the carcaſes of the FoulesFowls for meat to man, will giue the carcaſes of men for meat to the …
    With rule
    … that if he ſinne againſt God, that God that gaue the carcaſes of the FoulesFowls for meat to man, will giue the carcaſes of men for meat to the …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

  • Printed
    FoulesFowls they purſue not, nor do undertake
    With rule
    FoulesFowls they purſue not, nor do undertake

    John Donne · Poems · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 A69234

  • Printed
    … his Couenant not onely with Noah and his ſonnes, but with all liuing creatures, FoulesFowls, Cattle and Beaſts, becauſe theſe creatures were giuen vnto man for his profit and …
    With rule
    … his Couenant not onely with Noah and his ſonnes, but with all liuing creatures, FoulesFowls, Cattle and Beaſts, becauſe theſe creatures were giuen vnto man for his profit and …

    John Downame · Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … vſeth Witchcraft, or a regarder of times, or a marker of the flying of FoulesFowls, or a Sorcerer, or a Charmer, or that counſaileth with ſpirits, or a Southſayer …
    With rule
    … vſeth Witchcraft, or a regarder of times, or a marker of the flying of FoulesFowls, or a Sorcerer, or a Charmer, or that counſaileth with ſpirits, or a Southſayer …

    John Downame · Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 · p. 239 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

  • Printed
    Roe-buck and FoulesFowls for each day of the yeer
    With rule
    Roe-buck and FoulesFowls for each day of the yeer

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 191 · Open in the reader