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vsurpedusurped

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

Puritas changed it
947 times in 304 works
Consistency
99.2% (947 of 954)
Reach if approved
~1,003 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: usurped
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
955 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (947 changes in 304 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 947)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and ſucceſſion, though with greater tyranny and vſurpation. For after Boniface the third had vſurpedusurped the Monarchy of the Church; and Gregory the ſecond and third, had wrung from …
    With rule
    … and ſucceſſion, though with greater tyranny and vſurpation. For after Boniface the third had vſurpedusurped the Monarchy of the Church; and Gregory the ſecond and third, had wrung from …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … stronglie soever grounded, is reduced to due examination thereby: that, then, albeit it hath vsurpedusurped even the holy citie & court of the tempel, yet, by the true measuring reed …
    With rule
    … stronglie soever grounded, is reduced to due examination thereby: that, then, albeit it hath vsurpedusurped even the holy citie & court of the tempel, yet, by the true measuring reed …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … not bene, although in some sorte it wer, but should be restored in the vsurpedusurped autority of the Pope, that claimeth al the world to be his Diocesse: Which …
    With rule
    … not bene, although in some sorte it wer, but should be restored in the vsurpedusurped autority of the Pope, that claimeth al the world to be his Diocesse: Which …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of England acknowledge no ſubiection to the Pope, but by an oath renounce his vſurpedusurped power & tyranny. The Biſhops of Engl. are not ordeined to maintain or defend ye …
    With rule
    … of England acknowledge no ſubiection to the Pope, but by an oath renounce his vſurpedusurped power & tyranny. The Biſhops of Engl. are not ordeined to maintain or defend ye …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Tyrant whom wee resist, and performe no obedience to him, because he commeth with vsurpedusurped authoritie, who would inforce vs whether we will or no, and caryeth vs violently …
    With rule
    … Tyrant whom wee resist, and performe no obedience to him, because he commeth with vsurpedusurped authoritie, who would inforce vs whether we will or no, and caryeth vs violently …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 530 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the supremacie of Rome, till the tyme that the Bishoppes of Rome inuaded and vsurpedusurped the impyre and tirāny aboue their brethren.
    With rule
    … the supremacie of Rome, till the tyme that the Bishoppes of Rome inuaded and vsurpedusurped the impyre and tirāny aboue their brethren.

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … other things: and make your ſelues ſlaues to the popes, and ſee the world vſurpedusurped by them infinite waies, and do not ſeeke to remedie theſe things: bicauſe you …
    With rule
    … other things: and make your ſelues ſlaues to the popes, and ſee the world vſurpedusurped by them infinite waies, and do not ſeeke to remedie theſe things: bicauſe you …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … mens precepts, vayne inventions, new ministrations, false doctrines, straunge worship, voluntary Religions, counterfett holynes, vsurpedusurped tyranny, Antichris…ian Lordlynes, and such like?
    With rule
    … mens precepts, vayne inventions, new ministrations, false doctrines, straunge worship, voluntary Religions, counterfett holynes, vsurpedusurped tyranny, Antichris…ian Lordlynes, and such like?

    Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 84 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Seven Vials A17307

  • Printed
    … c. Therein every man may see this fift Viall punctually poured out vpon the VsurpedUsurped Throne of the Papacy. Had it beene but a declaration of the state of …
    With rule
    … c. Therein every man may see this fift Viall punctually poured out vpon the VsurpedUsurped Throne of the Papacy. Had it beene but a declaration of the state of …

    Henry Burton · The Seven Vials · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Not Lawful to Hear of Have Spiritual Communion With the Church of England A68281

  • Printed
    They execute an VſurpedUsurped power over the Church.
    With rule
    They execute an VſurpedUsurped power over the Church.

    Francis Johnson · Not Lawful to Hear of Have Spiritual Communion With the Church of England · p. 111 · Open in the reader