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devouredevour

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

Puritas changed it
1,692 times in 684 works
Consistency
99.5% (1,692 of 1,699)
Reach if approved
~1,785 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devour
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,699 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,692 changes in 684 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,692)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … goſpel, that is of the free liberalitie off the Saincts: thoſe Paſtors would not devouredevour the flock, but feed it. And wee pray that the Lord would put into …
    With rule
    … goſpel, that is of the free liberalitie off the Saincts: thoſe Paſtors would not devouredevour the flock, but feed it. And wee pray that the Lord would put into …

    Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … I know, that Satan goes about like a roaring lion, ſeeking whom hee may devouredevour; and you are little lambs, weake, and feeble, and unable to withſtand him: but …
    With rule
    … I know, that Satan goes about like a roaring lion, ſeeking whom hee may devouredevour; and you are little lambs, weake, and feeble, and unable to withſtand him: but …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 594 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of 22000. or there about, what a huge deal of meanes will so many Sharks devouredevour.
    With rule
    … of 22000. or there about, what a huge deal of meanes will so many Sharks devouredevour.

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the theefe: is it not then high time to take heed either that Lyon devouredevour vs, or this houre come vpon vs vnawares?
    With rule
    … the theefe: is it not then high time to take heed either that Lyon devouredevour vs, or this houre come vpon vs vnawares?

    Robert Mandevill · Timothys Task · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Your aduersarie the diuell goeth about like a roaring lyon, seeking whom he may devouredevour. Eph. 6.12. You striue not against flesh and blood but against Principalities, and powers, and …
    With rule
    … Your aduersarie the diuell goeth about like a roaring lyon, seeking whom he may devouredevour. Eph. 6.12. You striue not against flesh and blood but against Principalities, and powers, and …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … adversary the devill, as a a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom hee may devouredevour: the same shall be my argument of perswasion unto all of you, to beware …
    With rule
    … adversary the devill, as a a roaring Lion walketh about seeking whom hee may devouredevour: the same shall be my argument of perswasion unto all of you, to beware …

    John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 145 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … upon us in our seed times, and lie by shoals upon our Lands to devouredevour the good seed, which is cast into the …urrow; so these foule spirits then …
    With rule
    … upon us in our seed times, and lie by shoals upon our Lands to devouredevour the good seed, which is cast into the …urrow; so these foule spirits then …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſelf to receive rain, or ſeed, or extraordinarily, aswhen it opened it ſelfe to devouredevour Dathan and his aſſociates.) To the engraving of ſtones, metals, or any like thing …
    With rule
    … ſelf to receive rain, or ſeed, or extraordinarily, aswhen it opened it ſelfe to devouredevour Dathan and his aſſociates.) To the engraving of ſtones, metals, or any like thing …

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 224 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

  • Printed
    DevoureDevour thy sons and daughters; if there be
    With rule
    DevoureDevour thy sons and daughters; if there be

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 213 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    DevoureDevour them. When (oh England!) thou shalt see
    With rule
    DevoureDevour them. When (oh England!) thou shalt see

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Twenty-Six Sermons A36308

  • Printed
    … the ſame ſtate of the ſaints of Gods deſcribed. That the Devil labours to DevoureDevour, That he walks about, and ſeeks, Thoſe who are without the pale, without the …
    With rule
    … the ſame ſtate of the ſaints of Gods deſcribed. That the Devil labours to DevoureDevour, That he walks about, and ſeeks, Thoſe who are without the pale, without the …

    John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 165 · Open in the reader

The Holy Life and Happy Death of John Bruen A43854

  • Printed
    3. DevoureDevour the moſt, of his ſubſtance.
    With rule
    3. DevoureDevour the moſt, of his ſubſtance.

    William Hinde · The Holy Life and Happy Death of John Bruen · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 A66774

  • Printed
    DevoureDevour them. When (oh England!) thou ſhalt ſee
    With rule
    DevoureDevour them. When (oh England!) thou ſhalt ſee

    George Wither · A Prophecy Written for the Year 1641 · p. 71 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

  • Printed
    And gnaſh their teeth, and ſay, DevoureDevour wee this,
    With rule
    And gnaſh their teeth, and ſay, DevoureDevour wee this,

    John Donne · Poems · p. 312 · Open in the reader