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clockeclock

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

Puritas changed it
786 times in 320 works
Consistency
100% (786 of 786)
Reach if approved
~826 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: clock
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
786 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (786 changes in 320 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 786)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … is doing, is an aduersary afterwards. The conscience is like the poise of a clockeclock: the poise being downe, all motion ceaseth, the wheeles stirre not: wound vp, all …
    With rule
    … is doing, is an aduersary afterwards. The conscience is like the poise of a clockeclock: the poise being downe, all motion ceaseth, the wheeles stirre not: wound vp, all …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and ſtarke, that we cannot goe: ſo the conſcience vnfrequented, twill ruſt like a ClockeClock which ſleepes a winter or two, and ſo loſes its tongue, not once telling …
    With rule
    … and ſtarke, that we cannot goe: ſo the conſcience vnfrequented, twill ruſt like a ClockeClock which ſleepes a winter or two, and ſo loſes its tongue, not once telling …

    Robert Harris · Two Sermons 2 · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … or thereabout) from Capernaum, and the child beginning to mend about one of the clockeclock in the after-noone, they might haue beene with him the same day, if …
    With rule
    … or thereabout) from Capernaum, and the child beginning to mend about one of the clockeclock in the after-noone, they might haue beene with him the same day, if …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 491 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſixt houre was twelve of the clockeclock, the ninth houre was three of the clockeclock in the afternoone, and the eleventh houre was five of the clockeclock, an houre …
    With rule
    … ſixt houre was twelve of the clockeclock, the ninth houre was three of the clockeclock in the afternoone, and the eleventh houre was five of the clockeclock, an houre …

    Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 188 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … myghtye hand. Now whē it was halfe an howre almoſt paſt tenne of the clockeclock, hys ſeruaunt ſeing that many ware come that he had ſent for, he came …
    With rule
    … myghtye hand. Now whē it was halfe an howre almoſt paſt tenne of the clockeclock, hys ſeruaunt ſeing that many ware come that he had ſent for, he came …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Luther, that on wedneſday next he ſhould appeare before him at ſyxe of the clockeclock before Dynner, & aſſigned hym the place. On Saint Georges day, the Archbiſhoppe of Triers …
    With rule
    … Luther, that on wedneſday next he ſhould appeare before him at ſyxe of the clockeclock before Dynner, & aſſigned hym the place. On Saint Georges day, the Archbiſhoppe of Triers …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … hee doe euery day winde vp the weights, which are alwaies going downeward, the clockeclock will stand; so it fareth with vs; our hearts are euer drawing towards the …
    With rule
    … hee doe euery day winde vp the weights, which are alwaies going downeward, the clockeclock will stand; so it fareth with vs; our hearts are euer drawing towards the …

    William Perkins · Mans Imaginations · p. 184 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the counter in Southwarke, there to remayne till the morrow at ix. of the clockeclock, to ſée whether they would relent. So M. Hooper went before with one of …
    With rule
    … the counter in Southwarke, there to remayne till the morrow at ix. of the clockeclock, to ſée whether they would relent. So M. Hooper went before with one of …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 127 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.