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behalfebehalf

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

Puritas changed it
6,228 times in 1,388 works
Consistency
99.9% (6,228 of 6,233)
Reach if approved
~6,549 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: behalf
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6,233 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,228 changes in 1,388 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,228)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … much is cleere by that which he would haue them pray for in his behalfebehalf, namely vtterance, and liberty to preach the Goſpell.
    With rule
    … much is cleere by that which he would haue them pray for in his behalfebehalf, namely vtterance, and liberty to preach the Goſpell.

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 509 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … it being a kind of revenge, that God takes upon their enemies, in their behalfebehalf: ſo there is no ſuch Tragedie to the wicked, as to be made ſpectatours …
    With rule
    … it being a kind of revenge, that God takes upon their enemies, in their behalfebehalf: ſo there is no ſuch Tragedie to the wicked, as to be made ſpectatours …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … they know not what they doe; and wept for them, offering ſupplications in their behalfebehalf with prayers & ſtrong cries. Greater love than this can no man ſhew, to lay …
    With rule
    … they know not what they doe; and wept for them, offering ſupplications in their behalfebehalf with prayers & ſtrong cries. Greater love than this can no man ſhew, to lay …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 511 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … his letters to the Sheriffes, Baylifes, Officers, &c. to ayde the Biſhop in that behalfebehalf. Whereupon, a great number abiured, anno 1521. in the Dioces of Lincolne, and did ſharpe …
    With rule
    … his letters to the Sheriffes, Baylifes, Officers, &c. to ayde the Biſhop in that behalfebehalf. Whereupon, a great number abiured, anno 1521. in the Dioces of Lincolne, and did ſharpe …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 412 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … foorth direct the heade to your singuler benefite, quietnes, and commoditie: And in this behalfebehalf wee haue earnestly to pray to the Lorde for the preseruation of our soueraigne …
    With rule
    … foorth direct the heade to your singuler benefite, quietnes, and commoditie: And in this behalfebehalf wee haue earnestly to pray to the Lorde for the preseruation of our soueraigne …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of Kings, and that in a speciall manner, and unto Kings there in their behalfebehalf: as the Ancients generally expound it. Doth thy conscience then tell thee; that such …
    With rule
    … of Kings, and that in a speciall manner, and unto Kings there in their behalfebehalf: as the Ancients generally expound it. Doth thy conscience then tell thee; that such …

    Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … thy ſinnes, ſo farre as the keies of the Church doe extend in this behalfebehalf by the authoritie of theſe Apoſtolique Letters, ſo that thou be abſolued before the …
    With rule
    … thy ſinnes, ſo farre as the keies of the Church doe extend in this behalfebehalf by the authoritie of theſe Apoſtolique Letters, ſo that thou be abſolued before the …

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … infinite Iuſtice, and thereunto to preſent what Himſelfe hath done, and ſuffered in our behalfebehalf, Heb. 8.1. and 9.24. and of theſe two, that is His Kingdome, and His Prieſt-hood …
    With rule
    … infinite Iuſtice, and thereunto to preſent what Himſelfe hath done, and ſuffered in our behalfebehalf, Heb. 8.1. and 9.24. and of theſe two, that is His Kingdome, and His Prieſt-hood …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Speech in Behalf of the Clergy 2 A11169

  • Printed
    SIR BENIAMIN RVDIERD HIS SPEECH IN BEHALFEBEHALF OF THE CLERGIE, AND OF Pariſhes miſerably deſtitute of Inſtruction, through want of Maintenance.
    With rule
    SIR BENIAMIN RVDIERD HIS SPEECH IN BEHALFEBEHALF OF THE CLERGIE, AND OF Pariſhes miſerably deſtitute of Inſtruction, through want of Maintenance.

    Benjamin Rudyerd · Speech in Behalf of the Clergy 2 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    … of his Sonne the new King. Thereupon Sir William Trussell the Speaker, ON THE BEHALFEBEHALF OF THE WHOLE REALM, renounced all homage and allegiance to the said Edward of …
    With rule
    … of his Sonne the new King. Thereupon Sir William Trussell the Speaker, ON THE BEHALFEBEHALF OF THE WHOLE REALM, renounced all homage and allegiance to the said Edward of …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

  • Printed
    … ſo left him, ACCORDING TO THE LAWES AND CANONICALL SANCTIONS SET FORTH IN THIS BEHALFEBEHALF. () We therefore BEING ZEALOVS IN RELIGION, and REVEREND LOVERS OF THE CATHOLIKE FAITH (and …
    With rule
    … ſo left him, ACCORDING TO THE LAWES AND CANONICALL SANCTIONS SET FORTH IN THIS BEHALFEBEHALF. () We therefore BEING ZEALOVS IN RELIGION, and REVEREND LOVERS OF THE CATHOLIKE FAITH (and …

    William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations B15410

  • Printed
    … GRANT OR GRANTES MADE BY ƲS ƲNTO THEM, OR ANY OF THEM, IN THAT BEHALFEBEHALF. The Statute of Martmon… or any other Statute or Statutes made to the contrary …
    With rule
    … GRANT OR GRANTES MADE BY ƲS ƲNTO THEM, OR ANY OF THEM, IN THAT BEHALFEBEHALF. The Statute of Martmon… or any other Statute or Statutes made to the contrary …

    William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 127 · Open in the reader