Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19583 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thieuesthieves

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

Puritas changed it: 104 times in 45 works
Consistency: 81.8% (104 of 127)
Reach if approved: ~133 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: thiefs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 127 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (104 changes in 45 works, 81.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 104)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Ienkinson with his company trauelled from hence towards Boghar, they were assailed with forty thieuesthieves: of whome they had intelligence somewhat before, and therefore certaine holie men (for so …
With rule
… Ienkinson with his company trauelled from hence towards Boghar, they were assailed with forty thieuesthieves: of whome they had intelligence somewhat before, and therefore certaine holie men (for so …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 355 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of ſinners, publicanes, and vile men: neither diſdained he to call vnto hym thieuesthieves and harlots. In all which men, what conſideration, I beſech you, was there to …
With rule
… out of ſinners, publicanes, and vile men: neither diſdained he to call vnto hym thieuesthieves and harlots. In all which men, what conſideration, I beſech you, was there to …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… is to draw them into fellowship of sinne; so hereby not onely they become thieuesthieves to their families, but draw downe the iudgements of God vpon them, as famine …
With rule
… is to draw them into fellowship of sinne; so hereby not onely they become thieuesthieves to their families, but draw downe the iudgements of God vpon them, as famine …
Thomas Cooper · The Art of Giving · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a thiefe, a traytour, a deuill, therefore the whole company, is a colledge of thieuesthieves, traytours and deuills; Amongſt the Angels in heauen, there were legions of Deuills, therefore …
With rule
… a thiefe, a traytour, a deuill, therefore the whole company, is a colledge of thieuesthieves, traytours and deuills; Amongſt the Angels in heauen, there were legions of Deuills, therefore …
Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… treaſures in heauen, viz. that There, neither the moth nor canker doth corrupt, nor thieuesthieves digge through and ſteale: Mat. 6. 30. may be ſaid of all perſons in heauen, that …
With rule
… treaſures in heauen, viz. that There, neither the moth nor canker doth corrupt, nor thieuesthieves digge through and ſteale: Mat. 6. 30. may be ſaid of all perſons in heauen, that …
Thomas Stoughton · The Dignity of Gods Children · p. 448 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is called the house of prayer, but yee haue made it a den of thieuesthieves. 3. Vel in Rem, when things dedicated to holy vses are peruerted. You haue robbed …
With rule
… is called the house of prayer, but yee haue made it a den of thieuesthieves. 3. Vel in Rem, when things dedicated to holy vses are peruerted. You haue robbed …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the ouer-much pronesse of the people to naughtinesse; of the increase of thieuesthieves and murderers. The parents, of their childrens vnnaturalnesse, disobedience, and riot. The master, of …
With rule
… of the ouer-much pronesse of the people to naughtinesse; of the increase of thieuesthieves and murderers. The parents, of their childrens vnnaturalnesse, disobedience, and riot. The master, of …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt betweene them, and death before thē: nay the worſe thiefe had the good thieuesthieves rebuke & admonition to warne him of his wickedneſs, and to ceaſe to ſin; yet …
With rule
… Chriſt betweene them, and death before thē: nay the worſe thiefe had the good thieuesthieves rebuke & admonition to warne him of his wickedneſs, and to ceaſe to ſin; yet …
Richard Bernard · The Sinners Safety if Here He Look for Assurance · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 6 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
… care not so much for the safety of their soules, are their bodies secure? ThieuesThieves, homicides, fires deny it. But if they scape all these fires, yet not the …
With rule
… care not so much for the safety of their soules, are their bodies secure? ThieuesThieves, homicides, fires deny it. But if they scape all these fires, yet not the …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families A03694

Printed
… Prophet so abhorreth, that he threatneth destruction to it. Such vnauthorised Relators, and secret ThieuesThieves of a mans name in the world, who abuse the eares of persons in …
With rule
… Prophet so abhorreth, that he threatneth destruction to it. Such vnauthorised Relators, and secret ThieuesThieves of a mans name in the world, who abuse the eares of persons in …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

Printed
… all the ſinnes of the Elect. And as He goes out with the two ThieuesThieves, Hee bare the burthen of one of them, and relieued him of his ſinnes …
With rule
… all the ſinnes of the Elect. And as He goes out with the two ThieuesThieves, Hee bare the burthen of one of them, and relieued him of his ſinnes …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… betweene them both. They crucifie not the Lord Ieſus Himſelfe alone but betwixt two ThieuesThieves: and not at the ſide, but one of them at each ſide, and Him …
With rule
… betweene them both. They crucifie not the Lord Ieſus Himſelfe alone but betwixt two ThieuesThieves: and not at the ſide, but one of them at each ſide, and Him …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaue thy ſelfe, and come downe from the Croſſe. And laſt, one of the ThieuesThieves, vvho vvas hanged vvith Him, falles out in rayling, If thou bee that CHRIST …
With rule
… ſaue thy ſelfe, and come downe from the Croſſe. And laſt, one of the ThieuesThieves, vvho vvas hanged vvith Him, falles out in rayling, If thou bee that CHRIST …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heard the laſt day (Beloued in Ieſus) of the repentance of one of the ThieuesThieves that hung on the Croſſe with Chriſt: in a moment, wonderfully hee begins to …
With rule
… heard the laſt day (Beloued in Ieſus) of the repentance of one of the ThieuesThieves that hung on the Croſſe with Chriſt: in a moment, wonderfully hee begins to …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaid, They pearced mine hands, and my feete: The hanging of Him betwixt two ThieuesThieves was fore-tolde, They reckon me (ſaies the Prophet) amo…g the vnjust: The …
With rule
… ſaid, They pearced mine hands, and my feete: The hanging of Him betwixt two ThieuesThieves was fore-tolde, They reckon me (ſaies the Prophet) amo…g the vnjust: The …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 192 · Open in the reader

The Mischief and Misery of Scandals A21049

Printed
… wee may ſee, 1. Cor. 6. 10. Neither fornicators, nor Idolaters, nor Adulterers, nor effeminate, &c. nor ThieuesThieves, nor Couetous, nor Drunkards, &c. And ſuch were ſome of you. Namely, when they …
With rule
… wee may ſee, 1. Cor. 6. 10. Neither fornicators, nor Idolaters, nor Adulterers, nor effeminate, &c. nor ThieuesThieves, nor Couetous, nor Drunkards, &c. And ſuch were ſome of you. Namely, when they …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

Printed
… wee may ſee, 1. Cor. 6. 10. Neither fornicators, nor Idolaters, nor Adulterers, nor effeminate, &c. nor ThieuesThieves, nor Couetous, nor Drunkards, &c. And ſuch were ſome of you. Namely, when they …
With rule
… wee may ſee, 1. Cor. 6. 10. Neither fornicators, nor Idolaters, nor Adulterers, nor effeminate, &c. nor ThieuesThieves, nor Couetous, nor Drunkards, &c. And ſuch were ſome of you. Namely, when they …
Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… the godly Articles of vnitie in religion, & for the wholesome Homelies, what doe these ThieuesThieves place in the stead of them, but the Popes Lawes and Decrees, lying Legends …
With rule
… the godly Articles of vnitie in religion, & for the wholesome Homelies, what doe these ThieuesThieves place in the stead of them, but the Popes Lawes and Decrees, lying Legends …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1772 · Open in the reader