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prouisoproviso

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

Puritas changed it
84 times in 60 works
Consistency
81.5% (84 of 103)
Reach if approved
~108 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: proviso
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
103 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 60 works, 81.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … P. This is needlesse; for if it be not absurd, which was the first prouisoproviso, it is already seneted from superstition.
    With rule
    … P. This is needlesse; for if it be not absurd, which was the first prouisoproviso, it is already seneted from superstition.

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 403 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … But if we marke the fiftieth Canon of the Apoſtles wherein there is a prouiſoproviso, that none ſhoulde abſtaine from mariage becauſe hee thinketh it to bee euill, it …
    With rule
    … But if we marke the fiftieth Canon of the Apoſtles wherein there is a prouiſoproviso, that none ſhoulde abſtaine from mariage becauſe hee thinketh it to bee euill, it …

    Francis Bunny · Truth and Falsehood · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſaluatiō offered vnto you by bearing of Children indeed, but it is with a prouiſoproviso if, if you continue in the faith, and loue, and holineſſe with modeſty: you …
    With rule
    … ſaluatiō offered vnto you by bearing of Children indeed, but it is with a prouiſoproviso if, if you continue in the faith, and loue, and holineſſe with modeſty: you …

    Thomas Carter · Christian Commonwealth · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … parents to take care for the mariage of their children, he putteth in this prouiſoproviso, if they paſſe the floure of their age. Child-hood is counted the floure …
    With rule
    … parents to take care for the mariage of their children, he putteth in this prouiſoproviso, if they paſſe the floure of their age. Child-hood is counted the floure …

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to part with our right, yet on the forenamed grounds, and with the forenamed prouiſoproviso, it is both lawfull and expedient to ſeeke the helpe of Law: the ends …
    With rule
    … to part with our right, yet on the forenamed grounds, and with the forenamed prouiſoproviso, it is both lawfull and expedient to ſeeke the helpe of Law: the ends …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 191 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſpeaketh of his mercie, grace, and ſlownes to wrath, yet with a reſeruation and prouiſoproviso of taking his iuſtice vnto him when he ſeeth time: for, he addeth, that …
    With rule
    … ſpeaketh of his mercie, grace, and ſlownes to wrath, yet with a reſeruation and prouiſoproviso of taking his iuſtice vnto him when he ſeeth time: for, he addeth, that …

    Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 367 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … prouisoproviso, if he would beleiue and apply it to his owne eternall good; which prouisoproviso and condition he hath not yet fulfilled: and therefore he cannot blame the Lord …
    With rule
    … prouisoproviso, if he would beleiue and apply it to his owne eternall good; which prouisoproviso and condition he hath not yet fulfilled: and therefore he cannot blame the Lord …

    William Prynne · God No Impostor Nor Deluder · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … being violate is therefore lawfull, and may lawfully be attempted out, yet with this prouisoproviso, that it is better, if the matter may otherwise be apeased at home, not …
    With rule
    … being violate is therefore lawfull, and may lawfully be attempted out, yet with this prouisoproviso, that it is better, if the matter may otherwise be apeased at home, not …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

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

Law A00741

  • Printed
    … expreſſe words he inſert in the Deed of the grant of a Rent-charge, ProuiſoProviso quod non extendat ad oner andam perſonam meam per breue de annuitate, &c.
    With rule
    … expreſſe words he inſert in the Deed of the grant of a Rent-charge, ProuiſoProviso quod non extendat ad oner andam perſonam meam per breue de annuitate, &c.

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 161 · Open in the reader

The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures A01074

  • Printed
    … hath warrant from God to go with the kings messengers: but with Gods former ProuisoProviso, verse 31. to the end of the 35. verse.
    With rule
    … hath warrant from God to go with the kings messengers: but with Gods former ProuisoProviso, verse 31. to the end of the 35. verse.

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … people liberty to eate any kind of flesh which they desire: but with this ProuisoProviso, that they eate not the bloud thereof, vers. 15.16.
    With rule
    … people liberty to eate any kind of flesh which they desire: but with this ProuisoProviso, that they eate not the bloud thereof, vers. 15.16.

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 158 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Go to God A01975

  • Printed
    … as Abraham, Dauid, the Prophets, Apoſtles, and other Saints haue done: but with this ProuiſoProviso that thou endeuour to be ſuch as they were, and ſo to call on …
    With rule
    … as Abraham, Dauid, the Prophets, Apoſtles, and other Saints haue done: but with this ProuiſoProviso that thou endeuour to be ſuch as they were, and ſo to call on …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 316 · Open in the reader

The Whole Armor of God A01979

  • Printed
    … We heard that the Prayer of a righteous man auatleth much, but with this ProuiſoProviso, If it be feruent.
    With rule
    … We heard that the Prayer of a righteous man auatleth much, but with this ProuiſoProviso, If it be feruent.

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 353 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

  • Printed
    … be iuſt or vniuſt, becauſe commanded or forbidden, and that in theſe lyes that ProuiſoProviso, Till God command otherwiſe.
    With rule
    … be iuſt or vniuſt, becauſe commanded or forbidden, and that in theſe lyes that ProuiſoProviso, Till God command otherwiſe.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 175 · Open in the reader

The Question of Tithes A11601

  • Printed
    … may be changed into another kind of maintenance, and no care taken of your ProuiſoProviso, for ſubſtitution of an aequiualent.
    With rule
    … may be changed into another kind of maintenance, and no care taken of your ProuiſoProviso, for ſubſtitution of an aequiualent.

    William Sclater · The Question of Tithes · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Sermon 18 February 1620 2 A14237

  • Printed
    … before any declaratory ſentence of a Iudge. And that we may vnderſtand that the ProuiſoProviso which hee inſerteth of hauing ſtrength ſufficient, is very materiall; he putteth vs in …
    With rule
    … before any declaratory ſentence of a Iudge. And that we may vnderſtand that the ProuiſoProviso which hee inſerteth of hauing ſtrength ſufficient, is very materiall; he putteth vs in …

    James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 2 · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Sermon 18 February 1620 A14239

  • Printed
    … before any declaratory sentence of a Iudge. And that we may vnderstand that the ProuisoProviso which hee inserteth of hauing strength sufficient, is very materiall; he putteth vs in …
    With rule
    … before any declaratory sentence of a Iudge. And that we may vnderstand that the ProuisoProviso which hee inserteth of hauing strength sufficient, is very materiall; he putteth vs in …

    James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 · p. 44 · Open in the reader