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hilleshills

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

Puritas changed it
420 times in 171 works
Consistency
88.7% (420 of 473)
Reach if approved
~497 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: hills
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
473 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (420 changes in 171 works, 88.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 420)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … God, before it wax darke, and before your fete do ſtumble in the darke hilleshills, when you ſhal loke for lyghte, and lo, ther is nothynge but the ſhadowe …
    With rule
    … God, before it wax darke, and before your fete do ſtumble in the darke hilleshills, when you ſhal loke for lyghte, and lo, ther is nothynge but the ſhadowe …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlii · Open in the reader

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    … will teach thee knowledge of countries & nations, will ſhew thee ſtrang ſhapes of huge hilleshills, large cham…ion feelds, valeys ſtreaming with continuall water, & vpon due obſeruation perhaps the …
    With rule
    … will teach thee knowledge of countries & nations, will ſhew thee ſtrang ſhapes of huge hilleshills, large cham…ion feelds, valeys ſtreaming with continuall water, & vpon due obſeruation perhaps the …

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Iohn ſpeaketh, Rev. 17, 9. they anſvver, that in deed Rome of old ſtood on ſeuen hilleshills: but the city is now gone from the hilleshills, and ſtandeth in the plain …
    With rule
    … Iohn ſpeaketh, Rev. 17, 9. they anſvver, that in deed Rome of old ſtood on ſeuen hilleshills: but the city is now gone from the hilleshills, and ſtandeth in the plain …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    35 Christ was in hilleshills weping and praiyng, and walked in deserte, feedyng many thousands both with meate & preaching.
    With rule
    35 Christ was in hilleshills weping and praiyng, and walked in deserte, feedyng many thousands both with meate & preaching.

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    25 Whileſt as yet the mountaines were not ſetled, before the litle hilleshills, was I borne.
    With rule
    25 Whileſt as yet the mountaines were not ſetled, before the litle hilleshills, was I borne.

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … beene thought of his Schollers, that what was omitted, was vnanſwerable; for their Mole-hilleshills, are in their owne eies huge mountaines.
    With rule
    … beene thought of his Schollers, that what was omitted, was vnanſwerable; for their Mole-hilleshills, are in their owne eies huge mountaines.

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vſurping the ſeate of the miniſtery, and the harlot that ſate vpon the ſeuen hilleshills, did make ye world drunke with her dreggs.
    With rule
    … vſurping the ſeate of the miniſtery, and the harlot that ſate vpon the ſeuen hilleshills, did make ye world drunke with her dreggs.

    Theodore Beza · The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … which hauing seuē kings or states of gouernment in succession, is situated vpon seuē hilleshills: to be that great Citie, which in that time of the Reuelation, had the …
    With rule
    … which hauing seuē kings or states of gouernment in succession, is situated vpon seuē hilleshills: to be that great Citie, which in that time of the Reuelation, had the …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 29 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (53)

23 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 30 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Retentive to Stay Good Christians A01325

  • Printed
    … the chayre of Peter. For that Rome where Peter satte, was buylded vpon seuen HillesHills, and not gone downe into the plaine of Campus Martins, nor ouer the Riuer …
    With rule
    … the chayre of Peter. For that Rome where Peter satte, was buylded vpon seuen HillesHills, and not gone downe into the plaine of Campus Martins, nor ouer the Riuer …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 293 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

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    HillesHills, Brookes, Sea, Land, Hell, Ayre, and lightsome Fyre.
    With rule
    HillesHills, Brookes, Sea, Land, Hell, Ayre, and lightsome Fyre.

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … one frō the North into their country which heighthened the Ualleyes and leueled the HillesHills, and replenished their Country with Men and Women whom he had created, and that …
    With rule
    … one frō the North into their country which heighthened the Ualleyes and leueled the HillesHills, and replenished their Country with Men and Women whom he had created, and that …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Surely it is not possible that the Playne should please thée more than the HillesHills, or the Riuer more than the Rockes, but that neither without other could please …
    With rule
    … Surely it is not possible that the Playne should please thée more than the HillesHills, or the Riuer more than the Rockes, but that neither without other could please …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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    … Haiti signifieth Craggie, and such is the Iland in many places, with high Craggie HillesHills, ouerlooking the deepe and darke Valleys. But in many places it is most beautifull …
    With rule
    … Haiti signifieth Craggie, and such is the Iland in many places, with high Craggie HillesHills, ouerlooking the deepe and darke Valleys. But in many places it is most beautifull …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 741 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    HillesHills called Gate. 412
    With rule
    HillesHills called Gate. 412

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

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    … ſunder, & when thou ſees it comming down on thee, thou ſhalt cry, Mountaines and HillesHills fall downe on me, and couer me from the wrathe of the Lambe Reuel …
    With rule
    … ſunder, & when thou ſees it comming down on thee, thou ſhalt cry, Mountaines and HillesHills fall downe on me, and couer me from the wrathe of the Lambe Reuel …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and ſecret places to hide them from the face of the Lord, and cry, HillesHills fall dovvn on vs, Mountains couer vs, Yea, euen ere they ſee the Lord …
    With rule
    … and ſecret places to hide them from the face of the Lord, and cry, HillesHills fall dovvn on vs, Mountains couer vs, Yea, euen ere they ſee the Lord …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … comming ſome will runne to one hole, ſome to another hole, ſome will cry, HillesHills, couer vs from the vvraith of the Lambe. Shall the hilleshills couer them? No …
    With rule
    … comming ſome will runne to one hole, ſome to another hole, ſome will cry, HillesHills, couer vs from the vvraith of the Lambe. Shall the hilleshills couer them? No …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 240 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … from the vvraith of the Lambe. Shall the hilleshills couer them? No, no: the HillesHills ſhall preſent them to the judge, all the creatures ſhall ſerue that God and …
    With rule
    … from the vvraith of the Lambe. Shall the hilleshills couer them? No, no: the HillesHills ſhall preſent them to the judge, all the creatures ſhall ſerue that God and …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 240 · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

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    … incomprehenſible glorie, it ſhall be ſo terrible, that it ſhall cauſe them to cry, HillesHills and mountaines fall on vs, and ſaue vs from the preſence of the Lambe …
    With rule
    … incomprehenſible glorie, it ſhall be ſo terrible, that it ſhall cauſe them to cry, HillesHills and mountaines fall on vs, and ſaue vs from the preſence of the Lambe …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 274 · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

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    As little Brookes falling from sundrie HillesHills in a great Riuer, keepe no longer their course or channell, but are carried …
    With rule
    As little Brookes falling from sundrie HillesHills in a great Riuer, keepe no longer their course or channell, but are carried …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 246 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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    … are diuerse thynges, whiche are praised, and dispraised, as menne, Countreis, Citees, Places, Beastes, HillesHills, Riuers, Houses, Castles, dedes doen by worthy menne, and pollicies inuented by greate warriers …
    With rule
    … are diuerse thynges, whiche are praised, and dispraised, as menne, Countreis, Citees, Places, Beastes, HillesHills, Riuers, Houses, Castles, dedes doen by worthy menne, and pollicies inuented by greate warriers …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Apocalypse A16853

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    … For there is the ſame ſeate & dignitie of them both. For theſe heads are HillesHills and Kings, as in chap. 17.9.
    With rule
    … For there is the ſame ſeate & dignitie of them both. For theſe heads are HillesHills and Kings, as in chap. 17.9.

    Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 353 · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

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    … Locuſtes, and in the Serpent: whoſe power extreamely is executed. Rome ſtoode vpon ſeauen HillesHills, and had the policie altered fiue t…mes before Caſares, they make the fixt …
    With rule
    … Locuſtes, and in the Serpent: whoſe power extreamely is executed. Rome ſtoode vpon ſeauen HillesHills, and had the policie altered fiue t…mes before Caſares, they make the fixt …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

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    … noted by a beaſt of ſeauen heades: wherupon the Angel expoundeth it of ſeauen HillesHills, & ſeauen Kinges. Any political ſtate is in the Ebrew phraſe calde a King, as …
    With rule
    … noted by a beaſt of ſeauen heades: wherupon the Angel expoundeth it of ſeauen HillesHills, & ſeauen Kinges. Any political ſtate is in the Ebrew phraſe calde a King, as …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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    … greatnesse, noblenesse, or aught else, but rebuke the Mountaines and set themselues against the HillesHills: that is to say, let them not shrinke for men, but let them shewe …
    With rule
    … greatnesse, noblenesse, or aught else, but rebuke the Mountaines and set themselues against the HillesHills: that is to say, let them not shrinke for men, but let them shewe …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … speaking of woods of high grouth, as men terme them, and of Mountaines and HillesHills. For there was not that odde nooke where in the Iewes hadde not some …
    With rule
    … speaking of woods of high grouth, as men terme them, and of Mountaines and HillesHills. For there was not that odde nooke where in the Iewes hadde not some …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 491 · Open in the reader

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    … which manner we see howe our ydolaters also haue poysoned the fountaynes, Woods and HillesHills with the filthinesse of their superstitions and charmes. Wheresoeuer was any notable thing, by …
    With rule
    … which manner we see howe our ydolaters also haue poysoned the fountaynes, Woods and HillesHills with the filthinesse of their superstitions and charmes. Wheresoeuer was any notable thing, by …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 491 · Open in the reader

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions A20631

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    … to vaines of Mines, and all the Muscles, that lye vpon one another, to HillesHills, and all the Bones to Quarries of stones, and all the …ther pieces, to …
    With rule
    … to vaines of Mines, and all the Muscles, that lye vpon one another, to HillesHills, and all the Bones to Quarries of stones, and all the …ther pieces, to …

    John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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    … beare him companie: but hee ſayeth alſo, Yee Heauens, thou Earth, ye Trees, yee HillesHills, thou Hayle, thou Snow, thou Rayne, and all ye ſenſeleſſe creatures, prayſe ye the …
    With rule
    … beare him companie: but hee ſayeth alſo, Yee Heauens, thou Earth, ye Trees, yee HillesHills, thou Hayle, thou Snow, thou Rayne, and all ye ſenſeleſſe creatures, prayſe ye the …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to Repentance A73023

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    … againe: for now hee ſeeth the height of the Mountaines; the ſteepneſſe of the HillesHills, the craggineſſe of the Rockes, the fearſul downfall, and the furious violence of the …
    With rule
    … againe: for now hee ſeeth the height of the Mountaines; the ſteepneſſe of the HillesHills, the craggineſſe of the Rockes, the fearſul downfall, and the furious violence of the …

    William Perkins · Exhortation to Repentance · p. 5 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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    … ſhaken, are remoued from the ſure foundation, get them into caues and rockes of HillesHills. For it is vnpoſſible, for him that holdeth not Chriſt wt a ſure faithe …
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    … ſhaken, are remoued from the ſure foundation, get them into caues and rockes of HillesHills. For it is vnpoſſible, for him that holdeth not Chriſt wt a ſure faithe …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 210 · Open in the reader