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peicepiece

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

Puritas changed it
759 times in 370 works
Consistency
95.8% (759 of 792)
Reach if approved
~854 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: piece
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
813 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (759 changes in 370 works, 95.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 759)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Lord doth giue vs the bleſſing. If one doe for mee any ſuch peicepiece of worke, which by agreement hath due to it any wages, or reward vpon …
    With rule
    … the Lord doth giue vs the bleſſing. If one doe for mee any ſuch peicepiece of worke, which by agreement hath due to it any wages, or reward vpon …

    Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … God he speaks unto them, having not yet the patience to stay till that peicepiece of the hour be ended. Certainly, David had learned more reverence to the Lords …
    With rule
    … God he speaks unto them, having not yet the patience to stay till that peicepiece of the hour be ended. Certainly, David had learned more reverence to the Lords …

    Edward Reynolds · Sermon Touching Peace and Edification of the Church · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … prouide agaynst theyr ovvne brydeling. And it is lyke ynough, though Monsieur knowes a peicepiece of theyr purpose: yet knowes he not the depth of thys mischieuous practise. For …
    With rule
    … prouide agaynst theyr ovvne brydeling. And it is lyke ynough, though Monsieur knowes a peicepiece of theyr purpose: yet knowes he not the depth of thys mischieuous practise. For …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hurt by him: but if we turne back, then ſhall we haue not any peicepiece of armour to ſaue vs from danger. They are princes, but we haue the …
    With rule
    … hurt by him: but if we turne back, then ſhall we haue not any peicepiece of armour to ſaue vs from danger. They are princes, but we haue the …

    John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · p. 393 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … grosse as you, to beleue that Christ would thrust his natural bodi into a peicepiece of bread, that thei might without grudge of stomack eat it. You declare your …
    With rule
    … grosse as you, to beleue that Christ would thrust his natural bodi into a peicepiece of bread, that thei might without grudge of stomack eat it. You declare your …

    Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Now becauſe this is a great peicepiece of the Government of the heart, and of great difficulty, I ſhall direct you …
    With rule
    Now becauſe this is a great peicepiece of the Government of the heart, and of great difficulty, I ſhall direct you …

    Richard Alleine · Instructions About Heart-Work · p. 224 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … never were, Orthodox Divines antient and moderne have ever oppoſed them; In gaining a peicepiece of a witneſſe ſuch an one that hath his reaſons to beleeve Baptiſme of …
    With rule
    … never were, Orthodox Divines antient and moderne have ever oppoſed them; In gaining a peicepiece of a witneſſe ſuch an one that hath his reaſons to beleeve Baptiſme of …

    Thomas Blake · The Birth Privilege · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … paruo slipite ligni descendere, qui descendit a coelorum altitudine? to come downe from a peicepiece of wood, that came downe from heauē? Nunquid tua vincula illū possunt te…ere …
    With rule
    … paruo slipite ligni descendere, qui descendit a coelorum altitudine? to come downe from a peicepiece of wood, that came downe from heauē? Nunquid tua vincula illū possunt te…ere …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 298 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    That thay may haue lang PeicePiece to gidder
    With rule
    That thay may haue lang PeicePiece to gidder

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Policie and PeicePiece begynnis to plant,
    With rule
    Policie and PeicePiece begynnis to plant,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Keip ay twa Realmes, in PeicePiece and Amite.
    With rule
    Keip ay twa Realmes, in PeicePiece and Amite.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation A27606

  • Printed
    … and are willing enough to know, we know it, when all is of a PeicePiece; to go on in ſin: But when a Man finds himſelf coming, as a …
    With rule
    … and are willing enough to know, we know it, when all is of a PeicePiece; to go on in ſin: But when a Man finds himſelf coming, as a …

    Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

  • Printed
    … with the Canonier, up to the Walls, and desired him to Charge such a PeicePiece of Canon, and Shoot; for God would direct that Shot, and cause it to …
    With rule
    … with the Canonier, up to the Walls, and desired him to Charge such a PeicePiece of Canon, and Shoot; for God would direct that Shot, and cause it to …

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 212 · Open in the reader

A Testimony to the Doctrine and Government of the Church of Scotland A35932

  • Printed
    … Juſtifiable; but that your Preſſing the ſame with ſo much Vigour, is of a PeicePiece with the Reſt of your Fightings againſt our Bleſſed LORD.
    With rule
    … Juſtifiable; but that your Preſſing the ſame with ſo much Vigour, is of a PeicePiece with the Reſt of your Fightings againſt our Bleſſed LORD.

    John Dick · A Testimony to the Doctrine and Government of the Church of Scotland · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A37035

  • Printed
    … many others, to whom we refer the Reader: and in particular, to that accurate PeicePiece of the Ministers of the Province of London, called Ius Divinum Ministerii Evangelici, and …
    With rule
    … many others, to whom we refer the Reader: and in particular, to that accurate PeicePiece of the Ministers of the Province of London, called Ius Divinum Ministerii Evangelici, and …

    James Durham · Commentary on Revelation · p. 229 · Open in the reader

Antidote Against Error Concerning Justification A42457

  • Printed
    THE PUBLISHER Of this Posthumous PeicePiece of Work, TO THE READER.
    With rule
    THE PUBLISHER Of this Posthumous PeicePiece of Work, TO THE READER.

    Thomas Gataker · Antidote Against Error Concerning Justification · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … not his time, could neither fore-see, nor put off. And now this unfinished PeicePiece of his must stand, as an imperfect Table begun to be wrought by Apelles …
    With rule
    … not his time, could neither fore-see, nor put off. And now this unfinished PeicePiece of his must stand, as an imperfect Table begun to be wrought by Apelles …

    Thomas Gataker · Antidote Against Error Concerning Justification · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes A52356

  • Printed
    … of the Author of this enſuing Treatiſe, thou wilt readily be convinced that this PeicePiece of his needs no Letters of Recommendation; theſe former Labours of his having been …
    With rule
    … of the Author of this enſuing Treatiſe, thou wilt readily be convinced that this PeicePiece of his needs no Letters of Recommendation; theſe former Labours of his having been …

    Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſcrewed up to the greateſt height. And it may rationally be ſuppoſed that this PeicePiece of his is not leſs Elaborat, conſequently, will not be leſs Acceptable than the …
    With rule
    … ſcrewed up to the greateſt height. And it may rationally be ſuppoſed that this PeicePiece of his is not leſs Elaborat, conſequently, will not be leſs Acceptable than the …

    Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Spiritual Legacy A52818

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    … out of Gods Mint, (in his ſtate of Innocency) he was a curious Silver-PeicePiece, which ſhone moſt gloriouſly, Pſal. 8.5. Eccles. 7.29, &c. But now ſince the Fall, he is …
    With rule
    … out of Gods Mint, (in his ſtate of Innocency) he was a curious Silver-PeicePiece, which ſhone moſt gloriouſly, Pſal. 8.5. Eccles. 7.29, &c. But now ſince the Fall, he is …

    Christopher Ness · A Spiritual Legacy · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

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    … of London, and in other Dioceſſes, eſpecially by Biſhop Mountague, Biſhop Wren, and Biſhop PeicePiece; as appeares by their Articles and proceedings. Thirdly: orders for Combination Lectures. Fourthly, the …
    With rule
    … of London, and in other Dioceſſes, eſpecially by Biſhop Mountague, Biſhop Wren, and Biſhop PeicePiece; as appeares by their Articles and proceedings. Thirdly: orders for Combination Lectures. Fourthly, the …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 536 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

  • Printed
    … for Miracles of Mercy, except of a Total Reſtoration; For All had been One PeicePiece of Wrath, and ſo muſt be wholly Reſtor'd, or not at all: Or if …
    With rule
    … for Miracles of Mercy, except of a Total Reſtoration; For All had been One PeicePiece of Wrath, and ſo muſt be wholly Reſtor'd, or not at all: Or if …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … all Miracle; Every Miracle therefore that hath been in this World, is but a PeicePiece, a Parcel, a Portion of that ſo vaſt, and entire Sum.
    With rule
    … all Miracle; Every Miracle therefore that hath been in this World, is but a PeicePiece, a Parcel, a Portion of that ſo vaſt, and entire Sum.

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … not exceeding great; The ſeventh year among the Jews was a Symbol, was a PeicePiece, Parcel, Portion of the World to Come, whereof we ſpeak, and of the great …
    With rule
    … not exceeding great; The ſeventh year among the Jews was a Symbol, was a PeicePiece, Parcel, Portion of the World to Come, whereof we ſpeak, and of the great …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … many years, and was not; For God took him, Gen. 5. 22, 23, 24. This was an Eminent PeicePiece of that World to come; Enoch was tranſlated without ſeeing Death; As the Apoſtle …
    With rule
    … many years, and was not; For God took him, Gen. 5. 22, 23, 24. This was an Eminent PeicePiece of that World to come; Enoch was tranſlated without ſeeing Death; As the Apoſtle …

    Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 48 · Open in the reader