Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12159 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

counsellercounselor

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

Puritas changed it: 595 times in 355 works
Consistency: 100% (595 of 595)
Reach if approved: ~625 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 595 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (595 changes in 355 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 595)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Maieſtick Thrones, he brought the States of the world before them. Firſt comes a CounſellerCounselor of State, with this Motto, I Aduiſe you two: then a Courtier I Flatter …
With rule
… Maieſtick Thrones, he brought the States of the world before them. Firſt comes a CounſellerCounselor of State, with this Motto, I Aduiſe you two: then a Courtier I Flatter …
Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by meanes of money, or some other vnknowen meanes part. 7. Conf. 13. Such a noble counsellercounselor was Staphylus, hauing some knowledge in the lawes, being preferred to that title by …
With rule
… by meanes of money, or some other vnknowen meanes part. 7. Conf. 13. Such a noble counsellercounselor was Staphylus, hauing some knowledge in the lawes, being preferred to that title by …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Guide: to them that are in diſtreſſe, a Comfort: to them that doubt, a CounſellerCounselor: to the vnlearned a Teacher: And what is it not? it is all things …
With rule
… Guide: to them that are in diſtreſſe, a Comfort: to them that doubt, a CounſellerCounselor: to the vnlearned a Teacher: And what is it not? it is all things …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 325 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with his laſt, the Tradeſman with his ſhop, the Student with his booke, the CounſellerCounselor with State, the Prince with the Scepter, and each Creature liues in his owne …
With rule
… with his laſt, the Tradeſman with his ſhop, the Student with his booke, the CounſellerCounselor with State, the Prince with the Scepter, and each Creature liues in his owne …
Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… obedience vnto him, moſt glad that they haue ſuch a wiſe, carefull, and vigilant counſellercounselor within them.
With rule
… obedience vnto him, moſt glad that they haue ſuch a wiſe, carefull, and vigilant counſellercounselor within them.
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there are ſuch vnthriftes and naughty perſons, as diſturbe all thinges. There is a counſellercounselor ſtādeth vp and ſpeaketh for peace, ſtraight way a thraſonicall mate & lubber daſheth all …
With rule
… there are ſuch vnthriftes and naughty perſons, as diſturbe all thinges. There is a counſellercounselor ſtādeth vp and ſpeaketh for peace, ſtraight way a thraſonicall mate & lubber daſheth all …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
34. For who hath knowne the mind of the Lord, or who hath beene his counſellercounselor?
With rule
34. For who hath knowne the mind of the Lord, or who hath beene his counſellercounselor?
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in his bed ſick euē to death, who had bene during his lyfe y^e counſellercounselor of all theſe ſtrayed ones, coulde neuer be perſuaded y^e God would forgiue him …
With rule
… in his bed ſick euē to death, who had bene during his lyfe y^e counſellercounselor of all theſe ſtrayed ones, coulde neuer be perſuaded y^e God would forgiue him …
Theodore Beza · The Life and Death of John Calvin · 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.