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stuffestuff

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

Puritas changed it
2,320 times in 943 works
Consistency
98.0% (2,320 of 2,366)
Reach if approved
~2,486 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: stuff
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,366 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,320 changes in 943 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,320)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in truth. As building, wares, apparell, and the like, are all of the ſleighteſt ſtuffestuff, but with the faireſt gloſſe and ſhew that may be; ſo our religion and …
    With rule
    … in truth. As building, wares, apparell, and the like, are all of the ſleighteſt ſtuffestuff, but with the faireſt gloſſe and ſhew that may be; ſo our religion and …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 142 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … receaved / and dwelleth in vs. Is not this) if they wil haue their written stuffestuff to be held and vsed as prayer) to bind the holy Ghost to the …
    With rule
    … receaved / and dwelleth in vs. Is not this) if they wil haue their written stuffestuff to be held and vsed as prayer) to bind the holy Ghost to the …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … wee; you haue beene told that this expence in feaſting, in building, in houſhould-ſtuffestuff, brauery for your ſelues and children, abuſe of plenty would beggar you; beleeue it …
    With rule
    … wee; you haue beene told that this expence in feaſting, in building, in houſhould-ſtuffestuff, brauery for your ſelues and children, abuſe of plenty would beggar you; beleeue it …

    Robert Harris · Davids Comfort at Ziklag · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … look after pure gold, becauſe ſome ignorant Merchant hath beene cheated with ſophiſticated alchymie ſtuffestuff for gold: or if a skilfull Jeweller ſhould offer nothing for an orient Diamond …
    With rule
    … look after pure gold, becauſe ſome ignorant Merchant hath beene cheated with ſophiſticated alchymie ſtuffestuff for gold: or if a skilfull Jeweller ſhould offer nothing for an orient Diamond …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 342 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … founde but meere Sophistrie and cavillation; so as they have to bring more solide stuffestuff, if they would spoile our Pastours of all lawful calling, and vs of any …
    With rule
    … founde but meere Sophistrie and cavillation; so as they have to bring more solide stuffestuff, if they would spoile our Pastours of all lawful calling, and vs of any …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … tongues? O brasen foreheads of shameles Papistes. But heare more yet of this impudent stuffestuff.
    With rule
    … tongues? O brasen foreheads of shameles Papistes. But heare more yet of this impudent stuffestuff.

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … too much; because so much cleane beside the matter. And here nothing but vnsauoury stuffestuff, vnworthy to be answered.
    With rule
    … too much; because so much cleane beside the matter. And here nothing but vnsauoury stuffestuff, vnworthy to be answered.

    Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 241 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … For, how wilt thou eſcape damnatiō, if thou haſt hidden ſtolne gooddes among thy ſtuffestuff? If thou haſt not repented, how wilt thou be ſaued? If thou reſerue that …
    With rule
    … For, how wilt thou eſcape damnatiō, if thou haſt hidden ſtolne gooddes among thy ſtuffestuff? If thou haſt not repented, how wilt thou be ſaued? If thou reſerue that …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (46)

31 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

New Englands Plantation A03330

  • Printed
    … time, I doe now goe as thin clad as any, onely wearing a light StuffeStuff Cassocke vpon my Shirt and StuffeStuff Breeches of one thicknesse without Linings. Besides, I …
    With rule
    … time, I doe now goe as thin clad as any, onely wearing a light StuffeStuff Cassocke vpon my Shirt and StuffeStuff Breeches of one thicknesse without Linings. Besides, I …

    Francis Higginson · New Englands Plantation · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … thin clad as any, onely wearing a light StuffeStuff Cassocke vpon my Shirt and StuffeStuff Breeches of one thicknesse without Linings. Besides, I haue one of my Children that …
    With rule
    … thin clad as any, onely wearing a light StuffeStuff Cassocke vpon my Shirt and StuffeStuff Breeches of one thicknesse without Linings. Besides, I haue one of my Children that …

    Francis Higginson · New Englands Plantation · Open in the reader

Appeal to the Parliament A05285

  • Printed
    … more for preferment then caring for the soules; they feede them with some froathie StuffeStuff (as noble Prince Henrie well observed) whereby not onelie much loosenes, but also perplexitie …
    With rule
    … more for preferment then caring for the soules; they feede them with some froathie StuffeStuff (as noble Prince Henrie well observed) whereby not onelie much loosenes, but also perplexitie …

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 123 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … that went afore him, he deliuereth vs thrée first grounds; namely, Matter, Substance, or StuffeStuff, forme, shape, or fashion, and Priuation, Want, or berea…ing; and his Schooles are …
    With rule
    … that went afore him, he deliuereth vs thrée first grounds; namely, Matter, Substance, or StuffeStuff, forme, shape, or fashion, and Priuation, Want, or berea…ing; and his Schooles are …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

  • Printed
    … stuffestuff that keepeth not the colour: And a bad colour that changeth euery day: StuffeStuff and colour of so changeable a stampe agree well together: But the renewed man …
    With rule
    … stuffestuff that keepeth not the colour: And a bad colour that changeth euery day: StuffeStuff and colour of so changeable a stampe agree well together: But the renewed man …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

  • Printed
    2. StuffeStuff.
    With rule
    2. StuffeStuff.

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    1. Seruice, for StuffeStuff, and ſeruice.
    With rule
    1. Seruice, for StuffeStuff, and ſeruice.

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2. StuffeStuff, for ſeruice and ſtuffestuff, according to that ſpeech, do vt des, do vt facias …
    With rule
    2. StuffeStuff, for ſeruice and ſtuffestuff, according to that ſpeech, do vt des, do vt facias …

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 195 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    6 StuffeStuff or matter, needfull to builde withall. Prou. 24, 27. Prepare thy Worke without.
    With rule
    6 StuffeStuff or matter, needfull to builde withall. Prou. 24, 27. Prepare thy Worke without.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 546 · Open in the reader

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

  • Printed
    Money, by Cutpurses, &c. StuffeStuff and apparell, for stealing whereof, those which conuey themselues into houses, are called Directarij.
    With rule
    Money, by Cutpurses, &c. StuffeStuff and apparell, for stealing whereof, those which conuey themselues into houses, are called Directarij.

    George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

Micro-Cosmography A21075

  • Printed
    … in blacke. He is a kind of walking Mercers Shop, and shewes you one StuffeStuff to day, and another tomorrow; an ornament to the roomes he comes in, as …
    With rule
    … in blacke. He is a kind of walking Mercers Shop, and shewes you one StuffeStuff to day, and another tomorrow; an ornament to the roomes he comes in, as …

    John Earle · Micro-Cosmography · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of Matthew A35949

  • Printed
    … and the Learned and Able may be stirred up to help thee with more StuffeStuff of this kinde.
    With rule
    … and the Learned and Able may be stirred up to help thee with more StuffeStuff of this kinde.

    David Dickson · A Brief Exposition of Matthew · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

  • Printed
    … man's necessities as to his own humour, and makes choise of that Cloath or StuffeStuff which may please God hereafter upon the Beggar's back, more then what he knowes …
    With rule
    … man's necessities as to his own humour, and makes choise of that Cloath or StuffeStuff which may please God hereafter upon the Beggar's back, more then what he knowes …

    Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … end he chuses rather to swaggar it in Gold then Tinsell, in Cloath then StuffeStuff: that so it may be sullied before it be torne, and unfit for him …
    With rule
    … end he chuses rather to swaggar it in Gold then Tinsell, in Cloath then StuffeStuff: that so it may be sullied before it be torne, and unfit for him …

    Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … clapt on the back with an ague, which sometimes lasts them longer then a StuffeStuff Suit. The best is when such prisoners have paid the Bailiffs Fees and Garnish …
    With rule
    … clapt on the back with an ague, which sometimes lasts them longer then a StuffeStuff Suit. The best is when such prisoners have paid the Bailiffs Fees and Garnish …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 238 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … occasions; so a pretty pleasing name, complying with the Byers fancy, much befriendeth a StuffeStuff in the sale thereof.
    With rule
    … occasions; so a pretty pleasing name, complying with the Byers fancy, much befriendeth a StuffeStuff in the sale thereof.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 274 · Open in the reader

Works A50522

  • Printed
    … choice of strange Texts, in Leviticus and elsewhere, and out of them vent such StuffeStuff as no modest Ear could endure to hear.
    With rule
    … choice of strange Texts, in Leviticus and elsewhere, and out of them vent such StuffeStuff as no modest Ear could endure to hear.

    Joseph Mede · Works · p. XXXIX · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

  • Printed
    … of which used trades of Spinning, W…aving, Knitting, and making of Cloth, and StuffeStuff, Stockings, and other manufactures of Woolls, that is to say, Daniel Sunning, Michael Metcalfe …
    With rule
    … of which used trades of Spinning, W…aving, Knitting, and making of Cloth, and StuffeStuff, Stockings, and other manufactures of Woolls, that is to say, Daniel Sunning, Michael Metcalfe …

    William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 272 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    StuffeStuff]
    With rule
    StuffeStuff]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 625 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ;;6. StuffeStuff or matter needfull to build withall. Prov. 24. 27. Prepare … work without.
    With rule
    ;;6. StuffeStuff or matter needfull to build withall. Prov. 24. 27. Prepare … work without.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 738 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

  • Printed
    … the Femall Glory, as full fraught thoughout with the most grosse, blasphemous, Idolatrous Popish StuffeStuff, as it can hold; and this in plain English, allowed by one of your …
    With rule
    … the Femall Glory, as full fraught thoughout with the most grosse, blasphemous, Idolatrous Popish StuffeStuff, as it can hold; and this in plain English, allowed by one of your …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

  • Printed
    StuffeStuff well diſpos'd▪ and which would faine be gold,
    With rule
    StuffeStuff well diſpos'd▪ and which would faine be gold,

    John Donne · Poems · p. 125 · Open in the reader

The Casting Down of the Last and Strongest Hold of Satan A83437

  • Printed
    … if your Teachers, yea your great Rabbi and Oracle bring ſuch poore and weak StuffeStuff for their Tenets and way, you had need to take heed and beware of …
    With rule
    … if your Teachers, yea your great Rabbi and Oracle bring ſuch poore and weak StuffeStuff for their Tenets and way, you had need to take heed and beware of …

    Thomas Edwards · The Casting Down of the Last and Strongest Hold of Satan · p. 197 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and horrible pride of the man in boaſting and glorying in ſuch poore weak StuffeStuff, and that ſtollen out of Minus C…ſu… S…ſis, behaving himſelfe like à …
    With rule
    … and horrible pride of the man in boaſting and glorying in ſuch poore weak StuffeStuff, and that ſtollen out of Minus C…ſu… S…ſis, behaving himſelfe like à …

    Thomas Edwards · The Casting Down of the Last and Strongest Hold of Satan · p. 197 · Open in the reader

Arithmetic A88112

  • Printed
    IF one yard of StuffeStuff coſt 6 s. 8 d. and I ſell the ſame again for 8 s. 6 d. what ſhall …
    With rule
    IF one yard of StuffeStuff coſt 6 s. 8 d. and I ſell the ſame again for 8 s. 6 d. what ſhall …

    William Leybourn · Arithmetic · p. 285 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    If one yard of StuffeStuff which is ſold for 8 s. 6 d. there was gained 27 li. 10 s. in laying out …
    With rule
    If one yard of StuffeStuff which is ſold for 8 s. 6 d. there was gained 27 li. 10 s. in laying out …

    William Leybourn · Arithmetic · p. 286 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … are a Decimal fraction repreſenting 6 s. 8 d. and ſo much did the yard of StuffeStuff coſt at the firſt hand.
    With rule
    … are a Decimal fraction repreſenting 6 s. 8 d. and ſo much did the yard of StuffeStuff coſt at the firſt hand.

    William Leybourn · Arithmetic · p. 287 · Open in the reader

Sermon before Houses of Parliament A90065

  • Printed
    … And they have diſſembled alſo, and they have put it even amongſt their owne StuffeStuff.
    With rule
    … And they have diſſembled alſo, and they have put it even amongſt their owne StuffeStuff.

    Matthew Newcomen · Sermon before Houses of Parliament · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … worſe ſtill, they have alſo diſſembled, and they have put it even among the StuffeStuff. According to this forme God drawes up a Charge and Inditement againſt David, 2 Sam …
    With rule
    … worſe ſtill, they have alſo diſſembled, and they have put it even among the StuffeStuff. According to this forme God drawes up a Charge and Inditement againſt David, 2 Sam …

    Matthew Newcomen · Sermon before Houses of Parliament · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Song of Solomon A91908

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    … deſired, not for their outward beauty or comelineſſe, being made of Goats-haire, a StuffeStuff very courſe and black: but for the moſt precious Jewells, and precious Stones, for …
    With rule
    … deſired, not for their outward beauty or comelineſſe, being made of Goats-haire, a StuffeStuff very courſe and black: but for the moſt precious Jewells, and precious Stones, for …

    John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 89 · Open in the reader

A Voyage to East India A95658

  • Printed
    … in the Engliſh Coach, there was in the room thereof put a very rich StuffeStuff, the ground ſilver, wrought all over in ſpaces with variety of flowers of ſilk …
    With rule
    … in the Engliſh Coach, there was in the room thereof put a very rich StuffeStuff, the ground ſilver, wrought all over in ſpaces with variety of flowers of ſilk …

    Edward Terry · A Voyage to East India · p. 386 · Open in the reader