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peicespieces

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

Puritas changed it
707 times in 316 works
Consistency
95.2% (707 of 742)
Reach if approved
~780 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pieces
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
742 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (707 changes in 316 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 707)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … It is recorded in the booke of Maccabees, how that king Antiochus cut in peicespieces, and burnt al the bookes of che law which he could find, and followed …
    With rule
    … It is recorded in the booke of Maccabees, how that king Antiochus cut in peicespieces, and burnt al the bookes of che law which he could find, and followed …

    Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of a messe of pottage with Esau, then of their birth right: and of 30 peicespieces of siluer than of Christ▪
    With rule
    … of a messe of pottage with Esau, then of their birth right: and of 30 peicespieces of siluer than of Christ▪

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … congregation. And he shall flay the Burnt-offring: and shall cut it, into the peicespieces therof. And the sons of Aaron the priest, shall put fire, upon the Altar …
    With rule
    … congregation. And he shall flay the Burnt-offring: and shall cut it, into the peicespieces therof. And the sons of Aaron the priest, shall put fire, upon the Altar …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ye not able to win your wages. Yea, ſuppoſe he would riue you in peicespieces and make your houſe a iakes vnles ye did it, as the wiſemen of …
    With rule
    … ye not able to win your wages. Yea, ſuppoſe he would riue you in peicespieces and make your houſe a iakes vnles ye did it, as the wiſemen of …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the gun-pouder brake the stove together with the windows of the room, in peicespieces; and that was imputed by some to the Idol, or Saint, and by others …
    With rule
    … the gun-pouder brake the stove together with the windows of the room, in peicespieces; and that was imputed by some to the Idol, or Saint, and by others …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 513 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … his unthankful Enemies, and will break them with his Iron rod, and dash in peicespieces as a potters vessel, Psal. 2.
    With rule
    … his unthankful Enemies, and will break them with his Iron rod, and dash in peicespieces as a potters vessel, Psal. 2.

    Richard Baxter · Compassionate Counsel to All Young Men · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to make an univerſal change, and all contrary Aſſ…ciations ſhall be broken in peicespieces.
    With rule
    … to make an univerſal change, and all contrary Aſſ…ciations ſhall be broken in peicespieces.

    Thomas Beverley · The Late Great Revolution in this Nation · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … a prey to the juſtice of God, that will rent and tear them in peicespieces as the Pſalmiſt ſpeaks, Pſal. 50.22. Wo, wo, to that ſoul that fights againſt God …
    With rule
    … a prey to the juſtice of God, that will rent and tear them in peicespieces as the Pſalmiſt ſpeaks, Pſal. 50.22. Wo, wo, to that ſoul that fights againſt God …

    Thomas Brooks · Apples of Gold · p. 343 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (35)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 are listed here. 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation A27606

  • Printed
    … their Books of curious arts, and burnt them publickly, even to the value of 50000 PeicesPieces of Silver, ſo ſhall the curious arts of Idolatry, Sorcery and Impurity be expos'd …
    With rule
    … their Books of curious arts, and burnt them publickly, even to the value of 50000 PeicesPieces of Silver, ſo ſhall the curious arts of Idolatry, Sorcery and Impurity be expos'd …

    Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 105 · Open in the reader

Review of What God Hath Been Pleased to Do This Year A27622

  • Printed
    … Image upon his Feet, which were of Iron and Clay, and Brake Them to PeicesPieces: And again, v. 35. Then was the Iron and the Clay Firſt) and All the …
    With rule
    … Image upon his Feet, which were of Iron and Clay, and Brake Them to PeicesPieces: And again, v. 35. Then was the Iron and the Clay Firſt) and All the …

    Thomas Beverley · Review of What God Hath Been Pleased to Do This Year · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ A30130

  • Printed
    … and burned them; though in another Man's Eye, they were counted worth Fifty-Thousand PeicesPieces of Silver: Acts 19. 18, 19, 20.
    With rule
    … and burned them; though in another Man's Eye, they were counted worth Fifty-Thousand PeicesPieces of Silver: Acts 19. 18, 19, 20.

    John Bunyan · Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ · p. 274 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … Stanley Arg. on a Bend Az. 3 Bucks-h.O. 7 Willielmus Payto Chesterto…. Barry of 6 PeicesPieces Ar. and G. per 8 Nichol. Ruggeley pale Indented & counterchanged 9 Humphr. Stafford ut prius 10 W …
    With rule
    … Stanley Arg. on a Bend Az. 3 Bucks-h.O. 7 Willielmus Payto Chesterto…. Barry of 6 PeicesPieces Ar. and G. per 8 Nichol. Ruggeley pale Indented & counterchanged 9 Humphr. Stafford ut prius 10 W …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Nichol. Ruggeley pale Indented & counterchanged 9 Humphr. Stafford ut prius 10 W. Mountford, m Bendee of 10 PeicesPieces, Or and Az. 11 Rich. Hastings, m. ut prius 12 Thom. Foulhurst 13 Thom. Ardin…on 14 Willielmus …
    With rule
    … Nichol. Ruggeley pale Indented & counterchanged 9 Humphr. Stafford ut prius 10 W. Mountford, m Bendee of 10 PeicesPieces, Or and Az. 11 Rich. Hastings, m. ut prius 12 Thom. Foulhurst 13 Thom. Ardin…on 14 Willielmus …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … an Eagle displayed Argent. 4 T. Wilough…y, m. Eresby Az. a Fret of eight PeicesPieces, Or▪ 5 6 Thomas Hanlay 7 Henr. Redford, m. 8 Rad. Rochford, m. ut prius 9 T. Chauworth, m …
    With rule
    … an Eagle displayed Argent. 4 T. Wilough…y, m. Eresby Az. a Fret of eight PeicesPieces, Or▪ 5 6 Thomas Hanlay 7 Henr. Redford, m. 8 Rad. Rochford, m. ut prius 9 T. Chauworth, m …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Satans Temptations in Three Parts A42781

  • Printed
    … our Eſtimation, as if they were Jewels not to be gazed at, or curious PeicesPieces, not fit to be expoſed to common view. Secondly, By this Art he makes …
    With rule
    … our Eſtimation, as if they were Jewels not to be gazed at, or curious PeicesPieces, not fit to be expoſed to common view. Secondly, By this Art he makes …

    Richard Gilpin · Satans Temptations in Three Parts · p. 153 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

  • Printed
    … and Adequate End, and Reaſon of Miracles is; That they are Portions and Pledges, PeicesPieces and Parcels and Portions of the Kingdom of Chriſt, or of the World to …
    With rule
    … and Adequate End, and Reaſon of Miracles is; That they are Portions and Pledges, PeicesPieces and Parcels and Portions of the Kingdom of Chriſt, or of the World to …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    5. Miracles muſt, being Parts, and PeicesPieces of the World to come, give greateſt Aſſurance of themſelves to be the mighty …
    With rule
    5. Miracles muſt, being Parts, and PeicesPieces of the World to come, give greateſt Aſſurance of themſelves to be the mighty …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … have not yet Introduced it; Therefore they can be no more then Parts or PeicesPieces, and Portions, and not the entire ſum; Pawns, and Pledges, and not the very …
    With rule
    … have not yet Introduced it; Therefore they can be no more then Parts or PeicesPieces, and Portions, and not the entire ſum; Pawns, and Pledges, and not the very …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and Adequate End, and Reaſon of Miracle is, that they are Portions and Parcels, PeicesPieces and Pledges of the Kingdom of Chriſt, or of the World to come, and …
    With rule
    … and Adequate End, and Reaſon of Miracle is, that they are Portions and Parcels, PeicesPieces and Pledges of the Kingdom of Chriſt, or of the World to come, and …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Events Anſwering in not only thoſe Subſtantials, but thoſe Extraordinaries, as it were, PeicesPieces of Art, in the Frame of Prophecy; They muſt needs give ſometimes even Raviſhing …
    With rule
    … the Events Anſwering in not only thoſe Subſtantials, but thoſe Extraordinaries, as it were, PeicesPieces of Art, in the Frame of Prophecy; They muſt needs give ſometimes even Raviſhing …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 34 · Open in the reader

The Discoverer Part 2 A79828

  • Printed
    … it: They complaine for bringing the Army to the City, breaking the Houſe in PeicesPieces, removing the King by ſuch an extra-judiciall proceedings and Court of Juſtice, as …
    With rule
    … it: They complaine for bringing the Army to the City, breaking the Houſe in PeicesPieces, removing the King by ſuch an extra-judiciall proceedings and Court of Juſtice, as …

    John Canne · The Discoverer Part 2 · p. 43 · Open in the reader

The Whole Faith of Man A87514

  • Printed
    Theſe Principles or foundations PeicesPieces, or Pillars upon which wiſdome builds her houſe, (Prov. 9.1.) are the Doctrine or commandement …
    With rule
    Theſe Principles or foundations PeicesPieces, or Pillars upon which wiſdome builds her houſe, (Prov. 9.1.) are the Doctrine or commandement …

    William Jeffery · The Whole Faith of Man · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Principle peicespieces laid down, and according to the rule of theſe Foundations, or principle PeicesPieces, the builders of a Temporall houſe go up as farre as the Principles guid …
    With rule
    … Principle peicespieces laid down, and according to the rule of theſe Foundations, or principle PeicesPieces, the builders of a Temporall houſe go up as farre as the Principles guid …

    William Jeffery · The Whole Faith of Man · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … we are to go up to perfection, according to the rule of the Foundation PeicesPieces in the Doctrine of Chriſt, Jeſus Chriſt being the cheife Corner Stone, on which …
    With rule
    … we are to go up to perfection, according to the rule of the Foundation PeicesPieces in the Doctrine of Chriſt, Jeſus Chriſt being the cheife Corner Stone, on which …

    William Jeffery · The Whole Faith of Man · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … if they do not build according to the rule of the Principles or Foundation PeicesPieces laid down; ſo alſo in the ſpiritual houſe, if we go not up according …
    With rule
    … if they do not build according to the rule of the Principles or Foundation PeicesPieces laid down; ſo alſo in the ſpiritual houſe, if we go not up according …

    William Jeffery · The Whole Faith of Man · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … And alſo, in a temporal houſe, if they leave out any of the Foundation PeicesPieces, they cannot build up to perfection; then how can any in the ſpiritual building …
    With rule
    … And alſo, in a temporal houſe, if they leave out any of the Foundation PeicesPieces, they cannot build up to perfection; then how can any in the ſpiritual building …

    William Jeffery · The Whole Faith of Man · p. 82 · Open in the reader

Englands Parliamentary Chronicle A95892

  • Printed
    … Colonells, 14 Leivtenant Colonells, and Sergeant Majors, 100 Captains, Leivtenants, and other Officers, 40 Gentlemen of note, 42 PeicesPieces of Ordnance, one of which was the Lord Generalls Warning-peice, taken in Cornwall …
    With rule
    … Colonells, 14 Leivtenant Colonells, and Sergeant Majors, 100 Captains, Leivtenants, and other Officers, 40 Gentlemen of note, 42 PeicesPieces of Ordnance, one of which was the Lord Generalls Warning-peice, taken in Cornwall …

    John Vicars · Englands Parliamentary Chronicle · p. 200 · Open in the reader