Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12055 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

countreyscountries

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

Puritas changed it: 2,322 times in 789 works
Consistency: 100% (2,322 of 2,322)
Reach if approved: ~2,440 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: countries'
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,322 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,322 changes in 789 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,322)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Apoſtle of the Gentiles, and being ſent out of Iudea, he traueled through y^e countreyscountries of the Gentiles. Now were the Iewes diſperſed almoſt throughout y^e whole world, and …
With rule
… Apoſtle of the Gentiles, and being ſent out of Iudea, he traueled through y^e countreyscountries of the Gentiles. Now were the Iewes diſperſed almoſt throughout y^e whole world, and …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… light ſhould ſhine ſo, as that the fog of Popery ſhould vaniſh in many countreyscountries, and that the truth ſhould be ſo powerfully preached, that Babels wals ſhould bee …
With rule
… light ſhould ſhine ſo, as that the fog of Popery ſhould vaniſh in many countreyscountries, and that the truth ſhould be ſo powerfully preached, that Babels wals ſhould bee …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 443 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſend if you may to comforte the brethren in the weſt, and North countreyscountries, that they faint not in theſe troubles, and, that alſoe you may have of …
With rule
… to ſend if you may to comforte the brethren in the weſt, and North countreyscountries, that they faint not in theſe troubles, and, that alſoe you may have of …
John Penry · Witness of John Penry · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… profeſſing the religion of Chriſt diſtinguiſhed from the bodies of Scotland, France, Germany, & other CountreysCountries: So by the Church of England in either acception, ceremonies are not eſteemed, impoſed …
With rule
… profeſſing the religion of Chriſt diſtinguiſhed from the bodies of Scotland, France, Germany, & other CountreysCountries: So by the Church of England in either acception, ceremonies are not eſteemed, impoſed …
John Sprint · Showing the Necessity of Conformity · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him departed, that sends his pawnes, his sonnes and daughters, for education in Popish countreyscountries.
With rule
… him departed, that sends his pawnes, his sonnes and daughters, for education in Popish countreyscountries.
Thomas Taylor · Two Sermons · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are many lawes in the policie, whiche if they were accepted generally in all countreyscountries, were as vnmete & would as greatly hurte in ſome, as they do profite in …
With rule
… are many lawes in the policie, whiche if they were accepted generally in all countreyscountries, were as vnmete & would as greatly hurte in ſome, as they do profite in …
Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ver. 1. We agree with Augustine against the Donatists, that no heresie was in all countreyscountries & in all ages. For Papistrie which is the greatest heresie & apostasye, was neuer in …
With rule
… ver. 1. We agree with Augustine against the Donatists, that no heresie was in all countreyscountries & in all ages. For Papistrie which is the greatest heresie & apostasye, was neuer in …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of wiſedom, which ſhined in Ieruſalem, might yeeld alſo ſome beames to the nations, countreyscountries and people, which were ſubiect to her ſcepter …egall crowne & dignity in the prouinces …
With rule
… of wiſedom, which ſhined in Ieruſalem, might yeeld alſo ſome beames to the nations, countreyscountries and people, which were ſubiect to her ſcepter …egall crowne & dignity in the prouinces …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · 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.