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boundesbounds

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

Puritas changed it
821 times in 234 works
Consistency
98.4% (821 of 834)
Reach if approved
~876 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bounds
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
834 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (821 changes in 234 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 821)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … tyme, the nōbre of hys monethes ſtandeth wyth the: thou haſt appoynted him hys boundesbounds, whyche he ſhall not ouerpaſſe.
    With rule
    … tyme, the nōbre of hys monethes ſtandeth wyth the: thou haſt appoynted him hys boundesbounds, whyche he ſhall not ouerpaſſe.

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … holde or place of importance, and ſo conceiuing ſome hope of further extending the boundesbounds of their empire: and eſpecially knowing their name to bee growne terrible amongſt their …
    With rule
    … holde or place of importance, and ſo conceiuing ſome hope of further extending the boundesbounds of their empire: and eſpecially knowing their name to bee growne terrible amongſt their …

    Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … for confidence in creatures, but for obedience: that we tempt not God paſſing the boundesbounds of our vocation, or deſpiſing the meanes which are inſtrumentes of the diuine prouidence …
    With rule
    … for confidence in creatures, but for obedience: that we tempt not God paſſing the boundesbounds of our vocation, or deſpiſing the meanes which are inſtrumentes of the diuine prouidence …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vs a little, and kéepe vs in the feare of GOD, and our owne boundesbounds? Herehence it is that fewe of vs are carefull to reforme our owne manners …
    With rule
    … vs a little, and kéepe vs in the feare of GOD, and our owne boundesbounds? Herehence it is that fewe of vs are carefull to reforme our owne manners …

    John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … to drowne all. But God hath ſet the ſhoare, hee hath appoynted them their boundesbounds and limittes, which they cannot paſſe. Hether ſhalt yu come, and not further, here …
    With rule
    … to drowne all. But God hath ſet the ſhoare, hee hath appoynted them their boundesbounds and limittes, which they cannot paſſe. Hether ſhalt yu come, and not further, here …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … who recall the Church vnto that which was at the first, must necessarily set boundesbounds and limits vnto their speeches. If any thing haue bene receiued repugnant vnto that …
    With rule
    … who recall the Church vnto that which was at the first, must necessarily set boundesbounds and limits vnto their speeches. If any thing haue bene receiued repugnant vnto that …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to lief, and some to death, but reteineth him self within the limites and boundesbounds of the mater, which the… he intreated. Which was to assure the Iewes that …
    With rule
    … to lief, and some to death, but reteineth him self within the limites and boundesbounds of the mater, which the… he intreated. Which was to assure the Iewes that …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 143 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … conſidered ſimply and vniuerſally in it owne latitude, but comparatiuely, in conference with the boundesbounds of Iudea and Iſrael; wherein the preaching of the Goſpell had bene lockt vp …
    With rule
    … conſidered ſimply and vniuerſally in it owne latitude, but comparatiuely, in conference with the boundesbounds of Iudea and Iſrael; wherein the preaching of the Goſpell had bene lockt vp …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

  • Printed
    … alreadie heard of the beautie of that Citie, nowe let mee heare of its BoundesBounds: None as I thinke shall bee there troubled for want of Elbow-roome.
    With rule
    … alreadie heard of the beautie of that Citie, nowe let mee heare of its BoundesBounds: None as I thinke shall bee there troubled for want of Elbow-roome.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 812 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    The BoundesBounds and borders which God had promised his people. 479. b 10. and how long it was …
    With rule
    The BoundesBounds and borders which God had promised his people. 479. b 10. and how long it was …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    God hath appointed euery people their BoundesBounds.
    With rule
    God hath appointed euery people their BoundesBounds.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BoundesBounds haue beene ordeined in the worlde by God from the beginning.
    With rule
    BoundesBounds haue beene ordeined in the worlde by God from the beginning.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The benefite of the BoundesBounds of mens landes, and that such are cursed as remoue them.
    With rule
    The benefite of the BoundesBounds of mens landes, and that such are cursed as remoue them.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The cause why men incroch vpon their neighbours BoundesBounds.
    With rule
    The cause why men incroch vpon their neighbours BoundesBounds.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    … by the way wee muſte marke alſo howe it is ſayde heere, that the BoundesBounds, Meeres, or Buttelles were remoued, whiche is a very greate diſorder For boundesbounds, meeres …
    With rule
    … by the way wee muſte marke alſo howe it is ſayde heere, that the BoundesBounds, Meeres, or Buttelles were remoued, whiche is a very greate diſorder For boundesbounds, meeres …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 467 · Open in the reader