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vnrulyunruly

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

Puritas changed it
674 times in 274 works
Consistency
98.1% (674 of 687)
Reach if approved
~722 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unruly
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
687 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (674 changes in 274 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 674)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the ſcope of S. Iames here, is to ſhew that the tongue is more vnrulyunruly than any thing. Whereas he obiecteth, if it ſhould be read poſitiuely, it were …
    With rule
    … the ſcope of S. Iames here, is to ſhew that the tongue is more vnrulyunruly than any thing. Whereas he obiecteth, if it ſhould be read poſitiuely, it were …

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … plead that private houſes and palaces of Papiſts were to be deſtroyed, becauſe the vnrulyunruly Souldiers in the heat of war, did ſometimes deſtroy them alſo. Againe for the …
    With rule
    … plead that private houſes and palaces of Papiſts were to be deſtroyed, becauſe the vnrulyunruly Souldiers in the heat of war, did ſometimes deſtroy them alſo. Againe for the …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 247 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … estate, he hath clog'd his conscience, and it must be purged. Binde vp his vnrulyunruly hands, so lauish and letting flye. Pull off from his eyes that filme of …
    With rule
    … estate, he hath clog'd his conscience, and it must be purged. Binde vp his vnrulyunruly hands, so lauish and letting flye. Pull off from his eyes that filme of …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … no other properly, then an Act of the Churches Discipline, whereby she corrects her vnrulyunruly children: that smarting with the absence of wonted comforts, they may be humbled by …
    With rule
    … no other properly, then an Act of the Churches Discipline, whereby she corrects her vnrulyunruly children: that smarting with the absence of wonted comforts, they may be humbled by …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … men, but to compell men to doe well: it was made to curb the vnrulyunruly, but not to begger the innocent: it is growne to this ſaying now a …
    With rule
    … men, but to compell men to doe well: it was made to curb the vnrulyunruly, but not to begger the innocent: it is growne to this ſaying now a …

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … reforme them? when dideſt thou intreat him and begge with him to ſubdue thy vnrulyunruly and vntamed affections? when didſt thou lament before him, with a ſorrowfull heart, the …
    With rule
    … reforme them? when dideſt thou intreat him and begge with him to ſubdue thy vnrulyunruly and vntamed affections? when didſt thou lament before him, with a ſorrowfull heart, the …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and moues it, the more it oppreſſeth him: and ſo the more vnquiet and vnrulyunruly we are vnder the heauy burthen of the Lords chaſtiſements for ſinne, the more …
    With rule
    … and moues it, the more it oppreſſeth him: and ſo the more vnquiet and vnrulyunruly we are vnder the heauy burthen of the Lords chaſtiſements for ſinne, the more …

    Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … loue, which whether she suffer the weake, or exercise the strong, or reproue the vnrulyunruly, while she giues diuerse things to diuerse persons, she loueth them all and euery …
    With rule
    … loue, which whether she suffer the weake, or exercise the strong, or reproue the vnrulyunruly, while she giues diuerse things to diuerse persons, she loueth them all and euery …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 286 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

  • Printed
    3. Because it is so VnrulyUnruly, the Lord hath hedged it in, as a man will not trust a wilde …
    With rule
    3. Because it is so VnrulyUnruly, the Lord hath hedged it in, as a man will not trust a wilde …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Christian See to Thy Conscience A08989

  • Printed
    … ſincerity. Laſtly, the affections orderly ſetled, and free from ſenſuality, inconſtancie, diſorder, and exceſſe. VnrulyUnruly paſſions bare then no ſway.
    With rule
    … ſincerity. Laſtly, the affections orderly ſetled, and free from ſenſuality, inconſtancie, diſorder, and exceſſe. VnrulyUnruly paſſions bare then no ſway.

    Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 237 · Open in the reader

The Isle of Man A09156

  • Printed
    … euils haue happened vnder him, as hee complayneth of, let him accuſe Vnnaturalneſſe, Impatience, VnrulyUnruly Paſsions, and ſuch like makebates, and withall the Suggeſtions of Satan, which doe ſet …
    With rule
    … euils haue happened vnder him, as hee complayneth of, let him accuſe Vnnaturalneſſe, Impatience, VnrulyUnruly Paſsions, and ſuch like makebates, and withall the Suggeſtions of Satan, which doe ſet …

    Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 223 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … lately kept the keyes of his heart, is now lockt out of his doores. VnrulyUnruly paſſions runne euer into extremities, and are then beſt apaied, when they are furtheſt …
    With rule
    … lately kept the keyes of his heart, is now lockt out of his doores. VnrulyUnruly paſſions runne euer into extremities, and are then beſt apaied, when they are furtheſt …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1146 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VnrulyUnruly paſſions euer run into extremities. 1146
    With rule
    VnrulyUnruly paſſions euer run into extremities. 1146

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader