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sortesort

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
4,809 times in 581 works
Consistency
99.6% (4,809 of 4,824)
Reach if approved
~5,069 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sort
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,824 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,809 changes in 581 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,809)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … admitted to the holy supper: I answere, that it is most true in a sortesort with M. Somes distinction, vz. which are knowne to be vnbaptized, for those be …
    With rule
    … admitted to the holy supper: I answere, that it is most true in a sortesort with M. Somes distinction, vz. which are knowne to be vnbaptized, for those be …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … their abbayes / Chanons in their couentes / and fryers in their cloysters must after their sortesort do the same. Thys rewle hath bene alwayes for the cōmodyte of that kingedome …
    With rule
    … their abbayes / Chanons in their couentes / and fryers in their cloysters must after their sortesort do the same. Thys rewle hath bene alwayes for the cōmodyte of that kingedome …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … foſter-mother vnto Moſes. Concerning all actions of like quallity I conclude in this ſortesort with the ſame, Epiphanius foreign. It is not meete to honor ſaints beyond that which …
    With rule
    … foſter-mother vnto Moſes. Concerning all actions of like quallity I conclude in this ſortesort with the ſame, Epiphanius foreign. It is not meete to honor ſaints beyond that which …

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … it, by vvhich vvhatſoeuer is promiſed, is made more ſtronge: ſo God by this ſortesort of ſpeech doth ſhevv vs, that not only, he hath giuen Chriſt to be …
    With rule
    … it, by vvhich vvhatſoeuer is promiſed, is made more ſtronge: ſo God by this ſortesort of ſpeech doth ſhevv vs, that not only, he hath giuen Chriſt to be …

    John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … And to declare that more p…ninely, bicause all reuelations are not of one sortesort, let vs deuyde theim into two kyndes: for some are geuen of good angels …
    With rule
    … And to declare that more p…ninely, bicause all reuelations are not of one sortesort, let vs deuyde theim into two kyndes: for some are geuen of good angels …

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … successors, but then much decayed, as if it had not bene, although in some sortesort it wer, but should be restored in the vsurped autority of the Pope, that …
    With rule
    … successors, but then much decayed, as if it had not bene, although in some sortesort it wer, but should be restored in the vsurped autority of the Pope, that …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Thus haue we ſéene one ſortesort of men that plague themſelues: now followeth another. I behelde a vanitie vnder the …
    With rule
    Thus haue we ſéene one ſortesort of men that plague themſelues: now followeth another. I behelde a vanitie vnder the …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 114 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the ayre. Shall we then walcke ſtyll in the fruyte of our imaginacions? One ſortesort in fleſhlye pleaſures, deliting in wicked womenne, and madde mariages made for worldlye purpoſes …
    With rule
    … the ayre. Shall we then walcke ſtyll in the fruyte of our imaginacions? One ſortesort in fleſhlye pleaſures, deliting in wicked womenne, and madde mariages made for worldlye purpoſes …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pageant of Popes A02895

  • Printed
    THE SECONDE SORTESORT OF ROMAINE BIshops, from Syluester to Boniface the thirde.
    With rule
    THE SECONDE SORTESORT OF ROMAINE BIshops, from Syluester to Boniface the thirde.

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass A14460

  • Printed
    SorteSort tamen inaequali,
    With rule
    SorteSort tamen inaequali,

    Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · p. 130 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

  • Printed
    SorteSort patet miserâ quae sit dilectio vera.
    With rule
    SorteSort patet miserâ quae sit dilectio vera.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SorteSort vltima in furorem animus impellitur. Sen. lib. 9. Declam.
    With rule
    SorteSort vltima in furorem animus impellitur. Sen. lib. 9. Declam.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Accedence Commenced A50880

  • Printed
    … an Ablative; as Frigidior glacie. Multo doctior. Uno pede altior. Dignus honore. Virtute praeditus. SorteSort sua contentus. Asse charum.
    With rule
    … an Ablative; as Frigidior glacie. Multo doctior. Uno pede altior. Dignus honore. Virtute praeditus. SorteSort sua contentus. Asse charum.

    John Milton · Accedence Commenced · p. 47 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Turtle A89518

  • Printed
    … Ovid. We are content with our ſtate or condition. Status ex diſpoſitione Dei pendens. SorteSort tua contentus abito. SorteSort tori gaudens Ovid. Rejoycing that ſhee was nobly married, for …
    With rule
    … Ovid. We are content with our ſtate or condition. Status ex diſpoſitione Dei pendens. SorteSort tua contentus abito. SorteSort tori gaudens Ovid. Rejoycing that ſhee was nobly married, for …

    Edward Marbury · The Voice of the Turtle · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … with our ſtate or condition. Status ex diſpoſitione Dei pendens. SorteSort tua contentus abito. SorteSort tori gaudens Ovid. Rejoycing that ſhee was nobly married, for the ſoboles divinitùs data …
    With rule
    … with our ſtate or condition. Status ex diſpoſitione Dei pendens. SorteSort tua contentus abito. SorteSort tori gaudens Ovid. Rejoycing that ſhee was nobly married, for the ſoboles divinitùs data …

    Edward Marbury · The Voice of the Turtle · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    6 SorteSort accipio, I receive and accept by Lot.
    With rule
    6 SorteSort accipio, I receive and accept by Lot.

    Edward Marbury · The Voice of the Turtle · p. 8 · Open in the reader