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aboueabove

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

Puritas changed it
24,186 times in 1,443 works
Consistency
99.9% (24,186 of 24,188)
Reach if approved
~25,416 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: above
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
24,189 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (24,186 changes in 1,443 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 24,186)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … wrapped with the guilte of sinne, and of their owne destruction: yet those men aboueabove all others, for their eminente wicked…es, were properly to be called the men …
    With rule
    … wrapped with the guilte of sinne, and of their owne destruction: yet those men aboueabove all others, for their eminente wicked…es, were properly to be called the men …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not to hoouer vppon the table, but to flie vp into heauen, or rather aboueabove heauen. Wherefore must wee flie into heauen or aboueabove heauen? because Christ is there …
    With rule
    … not to hoouer vppon the table, but to flie vp into heauen, or rather aboueabove heauen. Wherefore must wee flie into heauen or aboueabove heauen? because Christ is there …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 489 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſwine, will yet have that office, that the glorie, honor, and power of, is aboueabove the Angels, let all men judge now of this concluſion. The Prieſts of the …
    With rule
    … ſwine, will yet have that office, that the glorie, honor, and power of, is aboueabove the Angels, let all men judge now of this concluſion. The Prieſts of the …

    George Gifford · Treatise Against the Priesthood and Sacrifice of the Church of Rome · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … counted no more holy then other, onely God hath appointed it to holy vses aboueabove others and would haue vs vsed therunto now followeth the fur ther declaration of …
    With rule
    … counted no more holy then other, onely God hath appointed it to holy vses aboueabove others and would haue vs vsed therunto now followeth the fur ther declaration of …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … mans brain, And that the prime Fathers of moſt eminent note in the Church aboueabove 1200. yeares agoe, at the firſt birth of thoſe miſhapen Brats, daſhed them againſt ſtones …
    With rule
    … mans brain, And that the prime Fathers of moſt eminent note in the Church aboueabove 1200. yeares agoe, at the firſt birth of thoſe miſhapen Brats, daſhed them againſt ſtones …

    Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … an abhominable man, taketh vpon him the office of God, yea and to bee aboueabove him and his word, Christ humbled himselfe, and put him selfe as it vvere …
    With rule
    … an abhominable man, taketh vpon him the office of God, yea and to bee aboueabove him and his word, Christ humbled himselfe, and put him selfe as it vvere …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Preseruer of men, as well as of Fowles and flowers: that hee respects man aboueabove those, and his owne aboueabove other men. Therefore hee throwes all his cares vpon …
    With rule
    … Preseruer of men, as well as of Fowles and flowers: that hee respects man aboueabove those, and his owne aboueabove other men. Therefore hee throwes all his cares vpon …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … yéers. Wherin it was concluded (as before at Conſtance) that the general councels were aboueabove the Pope.
    With rule
    … yéers. Wherin it was concluded (as before at Conſtance) that the general councels were aboueabove the Pope.

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 361 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell B00104

  • Printed
    ABoueAbove three Yeares agoe, this Popish Demaund, in the Iesuite's owne Hand-wryting, being given …
    With rule
    ABoueAbove three Yeares agoe, this Popish Demaund, in the Iesuite's owne Hand-wryting, being given …

    William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 3 · Open in the reader