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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12546 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

theevesthieves

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

Puritas changed it
2,076 times in 793 works
Consistency
100% (2,076 of 2,076)
Reach if approved
~2,183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: thieves
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,078 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,076 changes in 793 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,076)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that came to receive their Maisters rent, Mat. 21.33, &c. They did not kill the theevesthieves, or the robbers, and spoylers of the vineyard; but the Servants, yea and the …
    With rule
    … that came to receive their Maisters rent, Mat. 21.33, &c. They did not kill the theevesthieves, or the robbers, and spoylers of the vineyard; but the Servants, yea and the …

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſenſe wil anſwere them, that then they are wicked intruders; that they are Lawleſſe theevesthieves; that they are falſe Prophets; nay that they are Anabaptiſts, and that we may …
    With rule
    … ſenſe wil anſwere them, that then they are wicked intruders; that they are Lawleſſe theevesthieves; that they are falſe Prophets; nay that they are Anabaptiſts, and that we may …

    John Penry · The History of Korah · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as Pauls was, Acts 20.22. he knew what bands did waite for him, as for theevesthieves it was no matter, he was bound in the spirit, All is nothng: I …
    With rule
    … as Pauls was, Acts 20.22. he knew what bands did waite for him, as for theevesthieves it was no matter, he was bound in the spirit, All is nothng: I …

    John Preston · Life Eternal · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … husbād is pūishmēt of her sinn: as hāging with vs is a pūishmēt of theevesthieves, of cutpurses, & burning through the eare of rogues. So that Bell. reasō cōcluding the …
    With rule
    … husbād is pūishmēt of her sinn: as hāging with vs is a pūishmēt of theevesthieves, of cutpurses, & burning through the eare of rogues. So that Bell. reasō cōcluding the …

    John Rainolds · Defense of Divorce and Remarriage · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Iesus, and Saints by calling: and again advertising them, that neyther fornica…ours, nor theevesthieves, nor covetous, nor drunckards, nor raylers, nor extortioners should inherit the kingdō of heaven …
    With rule
    … Iesus, and Saints by calling: and again advertising them, that neyther fornica…ours, nor theevesthieves, nor covetous, nor drunckards, nor raylers, nor extortioners should inherit the kingdō of heaven …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to distinguish betwixt a Thiefe without, and a Thiefe within. And againe, of inward TheevesThieves, betwixt a Thiefe detected, notore, noted, and proclaimed to be a Thiefe, and a …
    With rule
    … to distinguish betwixt a Thiefe without, and a Thiefe within. And againe, of inward TheevesThieves, betwixt a Thiefe detected, notore, noted, and proclaimed to be a Thiefe, and a …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Divels Chappell, Bethel may become Bethaven; the house of prayer, a den of theevesthieves. Secondly, The theevesthieves and robbers who make it so, are principally the Priests, but …
    With rule
    … the Divels Chappell, Bethel may become Bethaven; the house of prayer, a den of theevesthieves. Secondly, The theevesthieves and robbers who make it so, are principally the Priests, but …

    Walter Balcanquhall · The Honor of Christian Churches · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … forbidden we muſt not rob the poore, becauſe he is poore. Good ſport for theevesthieves, if therefore it may be thought to follow, that it is a lawfull matter …
    With rule
    … forbidden we muſt not rob the poore, becauſe he is poore. Good ſport for theevesthieves, if therefore it may be thought to follow, that it is a lawfull matter …

    Nathanael Homes · Usury is Injury Cleared · p. 22 · 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.