Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12362 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thrisethrice

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

Puritas changed it: 685 times in 267 works
Consistency: 96.3% (685 of 711)
Reach if approved: ~747 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thrice
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 711 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (685 changes in 267 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 685)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he sinneth against vs. Matth. 18. so we may not restore our brother, twise, or thrisethrice onely, but toties, quoties: as often as he shall sinne against vs. Matth. 18. If …
With rule
… he sinneth against vs. Matth. 18. so we may not restore our brother, twise, or thrisethrice onely, but toties, quoties: as often as he shall sinne against vs. Matth. 18. If …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 460 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and one bodie, for we all partake of the one breade. Here bread being thrisethrice named (saith hee) is put to expresse one and the same mysterie. But that …
With rule
… and one bodie, for we all partake of the one breade. Here bread being thrisethrice named (saith hee) is put to expresse one and the same mysterie. But that …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 635 · Open in the reader
Printed
The bread God is thriſethrice miſerable. fol. clviij
With rule
The bread God is thriſethrice miſerable. fol. clviij
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… He appointed to fast foure times in the yeare, whereas before it was but thrisethrice, and said it was not lawfull to fast anye otherwise then accordinge as the …
With rule
… He appointed to fast foure times in the yeare, whereas before it was but thrisethrice, and said it was not lawfull to fast anye otherwise then accordinge as the …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſundrie times. For there it is ſaide, that GOD will worke thus twiſe or thriſethrice with a man, that he may turne back his ſoule from the pit. For …
With rule
… ſundrie times. For there it is ſaide, that GOD will worke thus twiſe or thriſethrice with a man, that he may turne back his ſoule from the pit. For …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 248 · Open in the reader
Printed
… valour to give the onsett, weakeneth the force of the strongest reasons. But as thrisethrice noble Nehemias said to that false Bellie-God, betraying Priest Semaiah, should such a …
With rule
… valour to give the onsett, weakeneth the force of the strongest reasons. But as thrisethrice noble Nehemias said to that false Bellie-God, betraying Priest Semaiah, should such a …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for his falſe impriſonment. Iohn of London is not dumb / becauſe he preacheth ſomtimes thriſethrice a yeare at Pauls croſſe. Then we ſhall neuer make our money of it …
With rule
… for his falſe impriſonment. Iohn of London is not dumb / becauſe he preacheth ſomtimes thriſethrice a yeare at Pauls croſſe. Then we ſhall neuer make our money of it …
Martin Marprelate · Work for a Cooper 2 · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thoſe places the Spirit of God noteth the three perſons in the Trinity, by thriſethrice repeating the word Holy. I knowe that many of the ancient, and ſome of …
With rule
… thoſe places the Spirit of God noteth the three perſons in the Trinity, by thriſethrice repeating the word Holy. I knowe that many of the ancient, and ſome of …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 98 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Treatise of True Fortitude A01738

Printed
… in deathes often. Of the Iewes receiued I fiue times forty ſtripes ſaue one. ThriſeThrice was I beate with rods, once ſtoned, thriſethrice I ſuffered ſhipwracke, night and day …
With rule
… in deathes often. Of the Iewes receiued I fiue times forty ſtripes ſaue one. ThriſeThrice was I beate with rods, once ſtoned, thriſethrice I ſuffered ſhipwracke, night and day …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader

The Brutish Thunderbolt A03718

Printed
… ſtrumpet, to make hir deſolate & naked, to eate hir fleſh & conſume hir with fire. ThriſeThrice bleſſed are they, that band themſelues togither, & bend their whole forces to execute theſe …
With rule
… ſtrumpet, to make hir deſolate & naked, to eate hir fleſh & conſume hir with fire. ThriſeThrice bleſſed are they, that band themſelues togither, & bend their whole forces to execute theſe …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · Open in the reader

Appeal to the Parliament A05285

Printed
ThriseThrice noble Nehemiah undertooke a great work; had very weake meanes, much opposition: not onely …
With rule
ThriseThrice noble Nehemiah undertooke a great work; had very weake meanes, much opposition: not onely …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 267 · Open in the reader

The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises A07988

Printed
ThriſeThrice from her lips did wordes redounde, which moueth ſleepe and ſlummering ſound.
With rule
ThriſeThrice from her lips did wordes redounde, which moueth ſleepe and ſlummering ſound.
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
… the Adamant stone, that death it self cā neuer be able to vndo it. ThriseThrice happie are thei (ꝙ Horace) yea, more then thrisethrice happie are thei, whom these …
With rule
… the Adamant stone, that death it self cā neuer be able to vndo it. ThriseThrice happie are thei (ꝙ Horace) yea, more then thrisethrice happie are thei, whom these …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
… to haue the handes of those that stood by him to bee his witnesses. ThriseThrice ridicolous are the Papistes who gather auriculer confession thence. Christe (say they) after that …
With rule
… to haue the handes of those that stood by him to bee his witnesses. ThriseThrice ridicolous are the Papistes who gather auriculer confession thence. Christe (say they) after that …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 274 · Open in the reader

The Balm of Gilead Prepared for the Sick A16535

Printed
… man that liveth well he…re: Blessed is he whose GOD is the Lord: ThriseThrice happy is hee that hath faith in Christ, for in the very graue he …
With rule
… man that liveth well he…re: Blessed is he whose GOD is the Lord: ThriseThrice happy is hee that hath faith in Christ, for in the very graue he …
Zacharie Boyd · The Balm of Gilead Prepared for the Sick · p. 222 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
Man in himselfe is but dust and ashes, a cage of corruptiō: ThriseThrice with one breath is he called, Earth, earth, earth! Earth by creation, sustentation and …
With rule
Man in himselfe is but dust and ashes, a cage of corruptiō: ThriseThrice with one breath is he called, Earth, earth, earth! Earth by creation, sustentation and …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 549 · Open in the reader
Printed
… paine in the one and loathing in the other, that Soule cannot bee well: ThriseThrice a day Dauid was wont to pray, at morning, euening▪ and at noone: This …
With rule
… paine in the one and loathing in the other, that Soule cannot bee well: ThriseThrice a day Dauid was wont to pray, at morning, euening▪ and at noone: This …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1024 · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

Printed
… are wonderfully layde downe by the heauenly Father, teachyng vs as babes be taught. ThriſeThrice they are reckoned: how olde they were when they begate their ſonne: how long …
With rule
… are wonderfully layde downe by the heauenly Father, teachyng vs as babes be taught. ThriſeThrice they are reckoned: how olde they were when they begate their ſonne: how long …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… of long tyme it vvere vſed, can neuer be rightly defended. 3741 Of the Romanes. ThriſeThrice in Daniel be the Romanes ſpoken of: once, where the diſcomfiture of Megas is …
With rule
… of long tyme it vvere vſed, can neuer be rightly defended. 3741 Of the Romanes. ThriſeThrice in Daniel be the Romanes ſpoken of: once, where the diſcomfiture of Megas is …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

Printed
… ſo their Latin goeth, ſo their tranſlations, ſo their checking of the Hebrew text: ThriſeThrice hauing the maſculine gendre: ſo againſt all Hebrewes and Greekes: ſo againſt all prophets …
With rule
… ſo their Latin goeth, ſo their tranſlations, ſo their checking of the Hebrew text: ThriſeThrice hauing the maſculine gendre: ſo againſt all Hebrewes and Greekes: ſo againſt all prophets …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 246 · Open in the reader

Confutation of the Popes Bull A17167

Printed
… their faith and obedience towardes him: was wounded to death the selfe same yeare. ThriseThrice before, had he traiterously fought with Henry to his owne losse: and now trusting …
With rule
… their faith and obedience towardes him: was wounded to death the selfe same yeare. ThriseThrice before, had he traiterously fought with Henry to his owne losse: and now trusting …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · Open in the reader

Twenty Sermons A62137

Printed
… according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. ThriseThrice blessed therefore is that Magistrate, or other man who ever he be, that hath …
With rule
… according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. ThriseThrice blessed therefore is that Magistrate, or other man who ever he be, that hath …
Robert Sanderson · Twenty Sermons · p. 367 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… when Canaan cannot. In outward things, Gods enemies may fare better then his friends: ThriſeThrice had Aegypt preſerued the Church of God, in Abraham, in Iacob, in Chriſt; God …
With rule
… when Canaan cannot. In outward things, Gods enemies may fare better then his friends: ThriſeThrice had Aegypt preſerued the Church of God, in Abraham, in Iacob, in Chriſt; God …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 831 · Open in the reader