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legatslegates

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

Puritas changed it: 524 times in 118 works
Consistency: 95.2% (524 of 550)
Reach if approved: ~578 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: legates
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 550 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (524 changes in 118 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 524)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… could not get his peace that way. The Gold which he laid at the LegatsLegates feet in ſign of ſubjection, the Legat trod under his feet in ſcorn, yet …
With rule
… could not get his peace that way. The Gold which he laid at the LegatsLegates feet in ſign of ſubjection, the Legat trod under his feet in ſcorn, yet …
Peter du Moulin Jr · A Vindication of the Sincerity of the Protestant Religion · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the ſword of Divine wrath, that hung over Jeruſalem? Al tears are the LegatsLegates, or Ambaſſadors of Grief; but none argue more grief, than ſuch as are dropt …
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… by the ſword of Divine wrath, that hung over Jeruſalem? Al tears are the LegatsLegates, or Ambaſſadors of Grief; but none argue more grief, than ſuch as are dropt …
Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaw that moſt of the Britans regarded not to ſend thir Hoſtages, appoints his LegatsLegates whom he left in Belgia, to provide what poſſible Shipping they could either build …
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… ſaw that moſt of the Britans regarded not to ſend thir Hoſtages, appoints his LegatsLegates whom he left in Belgia, to provide what poſſible Shipping they could either build …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… held a Councill at Carthage, wherein Pope Zozimus cauſed to be propounded by his LegatsLegates a Canon, which they affirmed to haue bene agreed vpon at the Councill of …
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… held a Councill at Carthage, wherein Pope Zozimus cauſed to be propounded by his LegatsLegates a Canon, which they affirmed to haue bene agreed vpon at the Councill of …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee found in the instructions of Iulius the third, to Crescentius one of his LegatsLegates in the Councell: That there was no great pe…rell, though for the present …
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… bee found in the instructions of Iulius the third, to Crescentius one of his LegatsLegates in the Councell: That there was no great pe…rell, though for the present …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
When the Pope ſendes his LegatsLegates with pardons a begging about the Countrie, commaunding them to preach to the people …
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When the Pope ſendes his LegatsLegates with pardons a begging about the Countrie, commaunding them to preach to the people …
Anthony Wotton · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
They're but mans ministers, and LegatsLegates there,
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They're but mans ministers, and LegatsLegates there,
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bishops both of the East and West to that Council. And Celestine sent his LegatsLegates thither, with order not to examine again in the Council the cause of Nestorius …
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… Bishops both of the East and West to that Council. And Celestine sent his LegatsLegates thither, with order not to examine again in the Council the cause of Nestorius …
Richard Baxter · The Successive Visibility of the Church · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
… of the French K. therunto. At which time, the worthy protector Innocent 3. ſent his legatslegates with letters of excōmunication againſt ſuch, that wold not admit one Walterus, (who had …
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… of the French K. therunto. At which time, the worthy protector Innocent 3. ſent his legatslegates with letters of excōmunication againſt ſuch, that wold not admit one Walterus, (who had …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
The legatslegates of Frederick, with the furtherance of Baldronius Emperour of Conſtantinople, laboured very diligently for …
With rule
The legatslegates of Frederick, with the furtherance of Baldronius Emperour of Conſtantinople, laboured very diligently for …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diligently for concluſion of promiſed peace: but all in vaine, for while the Emperours legatslegates attended for anſwer of peace, Ramerus the Cardinall went ſecretly and tooke Viterbium which …
With rule
… diligently for concluſion of promiſed peace: but all in vaine, for while the Emperours legatslegates attended for anſwer of peace, Ramerus the Cardinall went ſecretly and tooke Viterbium which …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſonable conditions ſhould well inough accord with him: wherefore he deſired him by his legatslegates to appoint a place where the Emperour might ſpeake with him. The Pope ſéemed …
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… reaſonable conditions ſhould well inough accord with him: wherefore he deſired him by his legatslegates to appoint a place where the Emperour might ſpeake with him. The Pope ſéemed …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 227 · Open in the reader

A Retentive to Stay Good Christians A01325

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… the Churche, which M. Sander translateth the toppe of the Church. In deede the legatslegates of the Bishop of Rome vttered such words, which may be well vnderstoode as …
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… the Churche, which M. Sander translateth the toppe of the Church. In deede the legatslegates of the Bishop of Rome vttered such words, which may be well vnderstoode as …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Bishop of Rome. Although the Bishop of Rome, Leo by letters and his legatslegates in the councell cryed out against it as lowd as they could. Cont. Chal …
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… the Bishop of Rome. Although the Bishop of Rome, Leo by letters and his legatslegates in the councell cryed out against it as lowd as they could. Cont. Chal …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 285 · Open in the reader

Reply Against Gilbert Brown A14926

Printed
… yeares before. And to conclude this: Hadrian the 6. Pope, in his inſtructions of his legatslegates to the conuention at Noremberge, he ſayes: Thou ſhalt ſaye, that wee grant freely …
With rule
… yeares before. And to conclude this: Hadrian the 6. Pope, in his inſtructions of his legatslegates to the conuention at Noremberge, he ſayes: Thou ſhalt ſaye, that wee grant freely …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 360 · Open in the reader

The Successive Visibility of the Church A27045

Printed
… Anatolius Patriarch of Constantinople, and the rest of the Eastern Bishops, sent to the legatslegates of Pope Leo, by his order, the profession of their Faith. Thirdly, the Popes …
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… Anatolius Patriarch of Constantinople, and the rest of the Eastern Bishops, sent to the legatslegates of Pope Leo, by his order, the profession of their Faith. Thirdly, the Popes …
Richard Baxter · The Successive Visibility of the Church · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel A70152

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… Emperour Charles, he indicted a Councell at Frank foord (anno 794.) at which the Popes legatslegates were preſent, wherein by the unanimous conſent of all the weſterne Biſhops, the decree …
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… Emperour Charles, he indicted a Councell at Frank foord (anno 794.) at which the Popes legatslegates were preſent, wherein by the unanimous conſent of all the weſterne Biſhops, the decree …
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel · p. 327 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 A70866

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Theſe moſt unchriſtian diſloyal proceedings of the Pope, his legatslegates, Archbiſhops, Biſhops, and Engliſh Clergy againſt the King, ſo much alienated his affections from …
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Theſe moſt unchriſtian diſloyal proceedings of the Pope, his legatslegates, Archbiſhops, Biſhops, and Engliſh Clergy againſt the King, ſo much alienated his affections from …
William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · p. 283 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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… his pryd againſt princes 400. his wars. 250. his army deſcribed. 259. his tyrāny againſt princes. 416. his legatslegates deſcribed. 493. his kingdū paſſeth Mahomets. 422. his cōfirmaciō of thēperor neglected. 411
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… his pryd againſt princes 400. his wars. 250. his army deſcribed. 259. his tyrāny againſt princes. 416. his legatslegates deſcribed. 493. his kingdū paſſeth Mahomets. 422. his cōfirmaciō of thēperor neglected. 411
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader