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mischiefesmischiefs

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

Puritas changed it
1,161 times in 495 works
Consistency
97.2% (1,161 of 1,194)
Reach if approved
~1,255 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: mischiefs
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,194 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,161 changes in 495 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,161)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … retaine the same minds, they shall not haue the same meanes to execute their mischiefesmischiefs: so the rebellious spirites impotency giues most security to his Soueraigne: whiles Hee sees …
    With rule
    … retaine the same minds, they shall not haue the same meanes to execute their mischiefesmischiefs: so the rebellious spirites impotency giues most security to his Soueraigne: whiles Hee sees …

    Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … religious. There regneth Simony, Sacrilege, Usury, fraud, ambition, mallice, glotony, auaryce, pryde, filthynes, & all mischiefesmischiefs beysde.
    With rule
    … religious. There regneth Simony, Sacrilege, Usury, fraud, ambition, mallice, glotony, auaryce, pryde, filthynes, & all mischiefesmischiefs beysde.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and this Realme hath ben cares fully conducted and maintained: Shewing to thē the mischiefesmischiefs and calamities which haue happened in this Realme, since these newe opinions haue entred …
    With rule
    … and this Realme hath ben cares fully conducted and maintained: Shewing to thē the mischiefesmischiefs and calamities which haue happened in this Realme, since these newe opinions haue entred …

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CXXXI · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    1 Firſt, for the avoiding of theſe miſchiefesmischiefs; we muſt make it our greateſt care to abide in the favour of God …
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    1 Firſt, for the avoiding of theſe miſchiefesmischiefs; we muſt make it our greateſt care to abide in the favour of God …

    Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of it, becauſe ſhe vſed to drinke it. And as the prouerbe ſayth: knowen miſchiefesmischiefs are beſt. We muſt not therefore ſo flye, and abhorre aduerſities, conſidering we know …
    With rule
    … of it, becauſe ſhe vſed to drinke it. And as the prouerbe ſayth: knowen miſchiefesmischiefs are beſt. We muſt not therefore ſo flye, and abhorre aduerſities, conſidering we know …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … if the water of life do harden the hearts of Pharaohs, and exasperate the mischiefesmischiefs of a malicious Elimas, let the imputation of fault light where it is deserued …
    With rule
    … if the water of life do harden the hearts of Pharaohs, and exasperate the mischiefesmischiefs of a malicious Elimas, let the imputation of fault light where it is deserued …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … wee admire our owne happines! Those murders and massacres, rapes and constuprations, and other mischiefesmischiefs, that bee there as common as nights, be rare with vs. I will not …
    With rule
    … wee admire our owne happines! Those murders and massacres, rapes and constuprations, and other mischiefesmischiefs, that bee there as common as nights, be rare with vs. I will not …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … zeale. The Diuell hauing an entrance to ſow tares, and to bring in many miſchiefesmischiefs; Act. 20.29. as the Apoſtle Paul found by experience.
    With rule
    … zeale. The Diuell hauing an entrance to ſow tares, and to bring in many miſchiefesmischiefs; Act. 20.29. as the Apoſtle Paul found by experience.

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 138 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

25 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    … mala sunt grauiora. Vnexpected ioyes are more gracious, but vnexpected euils are more grieuous. MischiefesMischiefs come most commonly without warning.
    With rule
    … mala sunt grauiora. Vnexpected ioyes are more gracious, but vnexpected euils are more grieuous. MischiefesMischiefs come most commonly without warning.

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 353 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    MischiefesMischiefs are like the Cocatrices eye,
    With rule
    MischiefesMischiefs are like the Cocatrices eye,

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 354 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

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    … heathenish, lewde, ungodly Spectacles, and most pernicious Corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable MischiefesMischiefs to Churches, to Republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that …
    With rule
    … heathenish, lewde, ungodly Spectacles, and most pernicious Corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable MischiefesMischiefs to Churches, to Republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

  • Printed
    Those many growing MischiefesMischiefs to preuent,
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    Those many growing MischiefesMischiefs to preuent,

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VVhose Mercies are but MischiefesMischiefs bloody Seed.
    With rule
    VVhose Mercies are but MischiefesMischiefs bloody Seed.

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

  • Printed
    And, seeke not MischiefesMischiefs, but their Remedies.
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    And, seeke not MischiefesMischiefs, but their Remedies.

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

  • Printed
    Nor other, MiſchiefesMischiefs, that Miſchance can doe thee,
    With rule
    Nor other, MiſchiefesMischiefs, that Miſchance can doe thee,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Whereby, wee ſhall with MiſchiefesMischiefs meet; unleſſe,
    With rule
    Whereby, wee ſhall with MiſchiefesMischiefs meet; unleſſe,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    But, likewiſe, labours, MiſchiefesMischiefs to prevent,
    With rule
    But, likewiſe, labours, MiſchiefesMischiefs to prevent,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 163 · Open in the reader

Withers Motto A15662

  • Printed
    A world of MischiefesMischiefs: They abuse the State;
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    A world of MischiefesMischiefs: They abuse the State;

    George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader

The Grammar School A16865

  • Printed
    MischiefesMischiefs of getting a bad hand first.
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    MischiefesMischiefs of getting a bad hand first.

    John Brinsley · The Grammar School · p. 316 · Open in the reader

A Censure of Simony A17294

  • Printed
    … Simon is the Father of all Simonists: So Simonie is the Mother of all MischiefesMischiefs in the Church. For Simonie doth vsually poyson and corrupt two Well-heads, whence …
    With rule
    … Simon is the Father of all Simonists: So Simonie is the Mother of all MischiefesMischiefs in the Church. For Simonie doth vsually poyson and corrupt two Well-heads, whence …

    Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

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    … no Tale-receiuer, there would bee no Tale-bearer. Againſt all theſe Maladies and MiſchiefesMischiefs, an approued and often tried Medicine, is true Charity; for if there bee in …
    With rule
    … no Tale-receiuer, there would bee no Tale-bearer. Againſt all theſe Maladies and MiſchiefesMischiefs, an approued and often tried Medicine, is true Charity; for if there bee in …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 428 · Open in the reader

A Door of Hope A28659

  • Printed
    1. By Stoppage,] I meane, the ſtanching or ſtopping of MiſchiefesMischiefs begun in Church and State.
    With rule
    1. By Stoppage,] I meane, the ſtanching or ſtopping of MiſchiefesMischiefs begun in Church and State.

    John Bond · A Door of Hope · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 A42015

  • Printed
    … confuſion. You may remember what diſcoveries God hath made of Treaſons, Murthers, Plots, and MiſchiefesMischiefs in our dayes. Things have b…en brought to light that lay in deep …
    With rule
    … confuſion. You may remember what diſcoveries God hath made of Treaſons, Murthers, Plots, and MiſchiefesMischiefs in our dayes. Things have b…en brought to light that lay in deep …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 339 · Open in the reader

Reply to Observations and Anti-Queries 2 A56167

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    … Morality. Principijs obstare: Venienti occurrere morbo, to withstand the very beginnings of Errors, Heresies, MischiefesMischiefs; Schismes: to crush these Cockatrices in the shell; rather to keep then cast them …
    With rule
    … Morality. Principijs obstare: Venienti occurrere morbo, to withstand the very beginnings of Errors, Heresies, MischiefesMischiefs; Schismes: to crush these Cockatrices in the shell; rather to keep then cast them …

    William Prynne · Reply to Observations and Anti-Queries 2 · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

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    … SAID PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT THEREOF TO MAKE REMEDY, AND THE LAW OF VOIDING THE MISCHIEFESMISCHIEFS and dammages which thereof commeth, that it may please him thereupon to ordain remedie …
    With rule
    … SAID PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT THEREOF TO MAKE REMEDY, AND THE LAW OF VOIDING THE MISCHIEFESMISCHIEFS and dammages which thereof commeth, that it may please him thereupon to ordain remedie …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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    MischiefesMischiefs, arising by restrayning of mariage. 29
    With rule
    MischiefesMischiefs, arising by restrayning of mariage. 29

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

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    … land; one waue falling vpon another, ere the former haue wrought all his ſpight. MiſchiefesMischiefs ſtriue for places, as if they feared to loſe their roome if they haſted …
    With rule
    … land; one waue falling vpon another, ere the former haue wrought all his ſpight. MiſchiefesMischiefs ſtriue for places, as if they feared to loſe their roome if they haſted …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 81 · Open in the reader

The Principles of Christian Practice A68805

  • Printed
    MischiefesMischiefs of not beginning in this dutie. 25
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    MischiefesMischiefs of not beginning in this dutie. 25

    Thomas Taylor · The Principles of Christian Practice · Open in the reader

A Fast Sermon A85013

  • Printed
    12 But all theſe MiſchiefesMischiefs are nothing in reſpect of the laſt, namely the ſcandal and diſhonour which hereby …
    With rule
    12 But all theſe MiſchiefesMischiefs are nothing in reſpect of the laſt, namely the ſcandal and diſhonour which hereby …

    Thomas Fuller · A Fast Sermon · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Reply to Observations and Anti-Queries A91190

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    … Morality. Principijs obſtare: Venienti occurrere morbo, to withſtand the very beginnings of Errors, Hereſies, MiſchiefesMischiefs; Schiſmes: to cruſh theſe Cockatrices in the ſhell; rather to keep then caſt them …
    With rule
    … Morality. Principijs obſtare: Venienti occurrere morbo, to withſtand the very beginnings of Errors, Hereſies, MiſchiefesMischiefs; Schiſmes: to cruſh theſe Cockatrices in the ſhell; rather to keep then caſt them …

    William Prynne · Reply to Observations and Anti-Queries · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    All MiſchiefesMischiefs, Murders, Warres, Sinnes, each ill thing:
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    All MiſchiefesMischiefs, Murders, Warres, Sinnes, each ill thing:

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    All Evills, MiſchiefesMischiefs, woes we heare, ſee, know!
    With rule
    All Evills, MiſchiefesMischiefs, woes we heare, ſee, know!

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Them in great MiſchiefesMischiefs ere they be aware.
    With rule
    Them in great MiſchiefesMischiefs ere they be aware.

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 31 · Open in the reader