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cleauecleave

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
2,237 times in 643 works
Consistency
99.1% (2,237 of 2,257)
Reach if approved
~2,371 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cleave
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,257 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,237 changes in 643 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,237)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and that many of them in th' agonies and conflictes of death, did wholly cleauecleave to the crosse of Christ, & that numbers of them forsooth held the foundation that …
    With rule
    … and that many of them in th' agonies and conflictes of death, did wholly cleauecleave to the crosse of Christ, & that numbers of them forsooth held the foundation that …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … The true loue of God is whan with all our ſoule, ſtrēgth. &c. we cleauecleave to the Lord aboue all, Matt. 22. 36. Hence is commanded to deſire his preſence more …
    With rule
    … The true loue of God is whan with all our ſoule, ſtrēgth. &c. we cleauecleave to the Lord aboue all, Matt. 22. 36. Hence is commanded to deſire his preſence more …

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … full of dead mens bones, and a fooles bable. To testifie them fooles, which cleauecleave to the world: and at last all their hopes shall bee rewarded with a …
    With rule
    … full of dead mens bones, and a fooles bable. To testifie them fooles, which cleauecleave to the world: and at last all their hopes shall bee rewarded with a …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vncertayn deserue not to bee obserued, for what cause, I praye you, doo you cleauecleave to the do…yng of Astrologie? If that whiche deserueth not so muche as …
    With rule
    … vncertayn deserue not to bee obserued, for what cause, I praye you, doo you cleauecleave to the do…yng of Astrologie? If that whiche deserueth not so muche as …

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and somewhat deformed in bodie, thought him some sorry fellow, and set him to cleauecleave wood. Whereat Magyas (being returned) wondering, he receiued from him this answere; Expendo poenas …
    With rule
    … and somewhat deformed in bodie, thought him some sorry fellow, and set him to cleauecleave wood. Whereat Magyas (being returned) wondering, he receiued from him this answere; Expendo poenas …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … keepe our ſelues pure and chaſte vnto GOD in his woorſhippe: which is to cleauecleave to euerye poynt of that, which hee hath in his woorde preſcribed: and to …
    With rule
    … keepe our ſelues pure and chaſte vnto GOD in his woorſhippe: which is to cleauecleave to euerye poynt of that, which hee hath in his woorde preſcribed: and to …

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the earth. And the hils ſhall melte vnder hys feete, the valaies ſhal cleauecleave in ſonder, euē as the waxe melteth againſt the fyre and as the waters …
    With rule
    … of the earth. And the hils ſhall melte vnder hys feete, the valaies ſhal cleauecleave in ſonder, euē as the waxe melteth againſt the fyre and as the waters …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and fall into them; they breake vp hedges, and are ſtung of ſerpents; they cleauecleave wood, and cut their owne legs, and trees…all on their necks, they remoue …
    With rule
    … and fall into them; they breake vp hedges, and are ſtung of ſerpents; they cleauecleave wood, and cut their owne legs, and trees…all on their necks, they remoue …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 260 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

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

Hymns or Sacred Songs A03826

  • Printed
    CleaueCleave… to the skin quh…le they be full of blud,
    With rule
    CleaueCleave… to the skin quh…le they be full of blud,

    Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 53 · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

  • Printed
    … Bishop thither with the archbishop of Collē, and the embassadours of the Duke of CleaueCleave with him, two daies after they were exhorted by godlie admonitions to conuert from …
    With rule
    … Bishop thither with the archbishop of Collē, and the embassadours of the Duke of CleaueCleave with him, two daies after they were exhorted by godlie admonitions to conuert from …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 440 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

  • Printed
    … promoted; and after sent by King Henry the eight, Ambassador to the Duke of CleaueCleave, for the marriage of the Lady Anne of CleaueCleave, betwéene the King and her …
    With rule
    … promoted; and after sent by King Henry the eight, Ambassador to the Duke of CleaueCleave, for the marriage of the Lady Anne of CleaueCleave, betwéene the King and her …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 199 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Ambassador to the Duke of CleaueCleave, for the marriage of the Lady Anne of CleaueCleave, betwéene the King and her; and was well accepted vntill Gardiner came out of …
    With rule
    … Ambassador to the Duke of CleaueCleave, for the marriage of the Lady Anne of CleaueCleave, betwéene the King and her; and was well accepted vntill Gardiner came out of …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 199 · Open in the reader

Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies A09002

  • Printed
    … by them: that this holdeth not in malis culpae, but in malis poenae onely. CleaueCleave we (then) without ſeparation to that which we knowe is good, and doe wee …
    With rule
    … by them: that this holdeth not in malis culpae, but in malis poenae onely. CleaueCleave we (then) without ſeparation to that which we knowe is good, and doe wee …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 190 · Open in the reader

A Grain of Mustard Seed A09436

  • Printed
    19. CleaueCleave not by inordinate affection to any creature, but aboue all things quiet & rest thy …
    With rule
    19. CleaueCleave not by inordinate affection to any creature, but aboue all things quiet & rest thy …

    William Perkins · A Grain of Mustard Seed · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Judges A10933

  • Printed
    … drinke, before they ſhall periſh euen here, vnleſſe he doe better things for them. CleaueCleave wee therefore to him inſeparably, and be we not remoued from our ſtedfaſt confidence …
    With rule
    … drinke, before they ſhall periſh euen here, vnleſſe he doe better things for them. CleaueCleave wee therefore to him inſeparably, and be we not remoued from our ſtedfaſt confidence …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 723 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    … and maintaine, what vpon triall ſhall be found good: ſo are the precepts frequent. CleaueCleave vnto that which is good; be in a ſort glued thereto. Hold faſt the …
    With rule
    … and maintaine, what vpon triall ſhall be found good: ſo are the precepts frequent. CleaueCleave vnto that which is good; be in a ſort glued thereto. Hold faſt the …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 547 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    to CleaueCleave. sig:
    With rule
    to CleaueCleave. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 57 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

  • Printed
    … in your Sauiour, whose mercies haue beene the Bane of all your sinfull miseries: CleaueCleave still fast vnto your Sauiour: Let not him goe whom your soule loueth, till …
    With rule
    … in your Sauiour, whose mercies haue beene the Bane of all your sinfull miseries: CleaueCleave still fast vnto your Sauiour: Let not him goe whom your soule loueth, till …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1175 · Open in the reader

The Grammar School A16865

  • Printed
    3. CleaueCleave it strait vp the backe; first with a cleft, made with your pen-knife …
    With rule
    3. CleaueCleave it strait vp the backe; first with a cleft, made with your pen-knife …

    John Brinsley · The Grammar School · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

  • Printed
    … to his ouerthrow, not much leſſe then we doe. And now the Dukedome of CleaueCleave, will make him weake in Germanie; If Geneueans would leaue their Gehēnean torment; and …
    With rule
    … to his ouerthrow, not much leſſe then we doe. And now the Dukedome of CleaueCleave, will make him weake in Germanie; If Geneueans would leaue their Gehēnean torment; and …

    Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 132 · Open in the reader

The Converts First Love A19287

  • Printed
    8. CleaueCleave wee ſtill to the power of the word, and ſtriue we to encreaſe in …
    With rule
    8. CleaueCleave wee ſtill to the power of the word, and ſtriue we to encreaſe in …

    Thomas Cooper · The Converts First Love · p. 12 · Open in the reader

A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience A19293

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    3. CleaueCleave wee ſtill to the power of the worde, and ſtriue wee to increaſe in …
    With rule
    3. CleaueCleave wee ſtill to the power of the worde, and ſtriue wee to increaſe in …

    Thomas Cooper · A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    … thy ſelfe in this booke alſo, and in all other bookes of the Scripture. CleaueCleave vnto ye texte and playne ſtorie, and endeuour thy ſelfe to ſearche out the …
    With rule
    … thy ſelfe in this booke alſo, and in all other bookes of the Scripture. CleaueCleave vnto ye texte and playne ſtorie, and endeuour thy ſelfe to ſearche out the …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead B15555

  • Printed
    … and powers?) Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. CleaueCleave vnto him, call vpon him for auxiliatie forces; acquaint him with thine enemies, their …
    With rule
    … and powers?) Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. CleaueCleave vnto him, call vpon him for auxiliatie forces; acquaint him with thine enemies, their …

    Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 259 · Open in the reader