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drawesdraws

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

Puritas changed it
2,337 times in 883 works
Consistency
99.4% (2,337 of 2,349)
Reach if approved
~2,468 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: draws
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,349 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,337 changes in 883 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,337)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … diſpoſition, dulneſſe and backwardneſſe to Chriſtian duties: for w… carry fleſh about vs, which drawesdraws back… like a Beare comming to the ſtake.
    With rule
    … diſpoſition, dulneſſe and backwardneſſe to Chriſtian duties: for w… carry fleſh about vs, which drawesdraws back… like a Beare comming to the ſtake.

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … if we loue a thing excessiuely, our loue groweth to lust, and our lust drawesdraws on to the often vse, and brings on custome, custome at the length brings …
    With rule
    … if we loue a thing excessiuely, our loue groweth to lust, and our lust drawesdraws on to the often vse, and brings on custome, custome at the length brings …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 672 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the Spirit, by which euery good heart being conglutinate and graffed into Chriſt, drawesdraws daily from him ſuch ſpirituall ſtrength, as inables him to the practice of good …
    With rule
    … of the Spirit, by which euery good heart being conglutinate and graffed into Chriſt, drawesdraws daily from him ſuch ſpirituall ſtrength, as inables him to the practice of good …

    Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … not ſerve him. The Lord lights his candle for man to labour by, he drawesdraws his curtaine for man to reſt by, the creatures lift us up to God …
    With rule
    … not ſerve him. The Lord lights his candle for man to labour by, he drawesdraws his curtaine for man to reſt by, the creatures lift us up to God …

    Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    All labourers drawesdraws haue at even,
    With rule
    All labourers drawesdraws haue at even,

    Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … peace for vs, for thou haſt wrought all our workes for vs: Faith here drawesdraws an argument of aſſurance for time to come from time paſt.
    With rule
    … peace for vs, for thou haſt wrought all our workes for vs: Faith here drawesdraws an argument of aſſurance for time to come from time paſt.

    Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    A Daintie maid, that drawesdraws her double name
    With rule
    A Daintie maid, that drawesdraws her double name

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … In his Quiver some Arrowes are blunt, some sharpe, and of these some he drawesdraws halfe way, some to the head. And the Reason is, because there are divers …
    With rule
    … In his Quiver some Arrowes are blunt, some sharpe, and of these some he drawesdraws halfe way, some to the head. And the Reason is, because there are divers …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 76 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Saints Sacrifice A01981

  • Printed
    DrawesDraws that diſeaſe unto her, therefore wiſelie
    With rule
    DrawesDraws that diſeaſe unto her, therefore wiſelie

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    4. DrawesDraws with it too foule neglect of our ſelues, till wee bee ouergrowne in iniquitie …
    With rule
    4. DrawesDraws with it too foule neglect of our ſelues, till wee bee ouergrowne in iniquitie …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 273 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

  • Printed
    DrawesDraws vnto pleasure, and prouokes to lust:
    With rule
    DrawesDraws vnto pleasure, and prouokes to lust:

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

  • Printed
    DrawesDraws me to a dearer louing.
    With rule
    DrawesDraws me to a dearer louing.

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Right Way to Heaven A20958

  • Printed
    … promiſed never to leave us, and never to forſake us, whence Saint Paul, Heb. 15. DrawesDraws an argument to bid us to be content with things preſent, we turn our …
    With rule
    … promiſed never to leave us, and never to forſake us, whence Saint Paul, Heb. 15. DrawesDraws an argument to bid us to be content with things preſent, we turn our …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Right Way to Heaven · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Review and Examination of the Doctrine A39999

  • Printed
    … not, let others judge) in his translation of this sentence, the inference which Ambrose DrawesDraws from this identity of the office, viz, that they have both one ordination. He …
    With rule
    … not, let others judge) in his translation of this sentence, the inference which Ambrose DrawesDraws from this identity of the office, viz, that they have both one ordination. He …

    Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · p. 268 · Open in the reader

Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 A47642

  • Printed
    … he applyes it to this cutting and dividing. The word calls, but the Spirit DrawesDraws, not sever'd from that word, but working in it, and by it.
    With rule
    … he applyes it to this cutting and dividing. The word calls, but the Spirit DrawesDraws, not sever'd from that word, but working in it, and by it.

    Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Malachi A71123

  • Printed
    … of Nagaſh, To drawe neare, Or, To come neare; (that which is offred it DrawesDraws neare unto God,) and to the uſe of Incenſing. Onely the Ʋulg. Lat. tranſlates …
    With rule
    … of Nagaſh, To drawe neare, Or, To come neare; (that which is offred it DrawesDraws neare unto God,) and to the uſe of Incenſing. Onely the Ʋulg. Lat. tranſlates …

    Richard Stock · Commentary on Malachi · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Malachi 2 A93917

  • Printed
    … of Nagaſh, To drawe neare, Or, To come neare; (that which is offred it DrawesDraws neare unto God,) and to the uſe of Incenſing. Onely the Ʋulg. Lat. tranſlates …
    With rule
    … of Nagaſh, To drawe neare, Or, To come neare; (that which is offred it DrawesDraws neare unto God,) and to the uſe of Incenſing. Onely the Ʋulg. Lat. tranſlates …

    Richard Stock · Commentary on Malachi 2 · p. 24 · Open in the reader

A Timely Expostulation A96743

  • Printed
    DrawesDraws now ſo neer, that none ſhall need fore-ſhow
    With rule
    DrawesDraws now ſo neer, that none ſhall need fore-ſhow

    George Wither · A Timely Expostulation · Open in the reader