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fieldesfields

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

Puritas changed it
372 times in 168 works
Consistency
95.1% (372 of 391)
Reach if approved
~411 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fields
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
391 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (372 changes in 168 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 372)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … foode three moneths space to be inhabited of him, keeping meane while in the fieldesfields: that so the other nine monethes they may be out of his danger. And …
    With rule
    … foode three moneths space to be inhabited of him, keeping meane while in the fieldesfields: that so the other nine monethes they may be out of his danger. And …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 398 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … with the godly learned eſpecially more diſcommende the gorgeous Playing place erected in the fieldesfields, than to terme it, as they pleaſe to haue it called, a Theatre, that …
    With rule
    … with the godly learned eſpecially more diſcommende the gorgeous Playing place erected in the fieldesfields, than to terme it, as they pleaſe to haue it called, a Theatre, that …

    John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … our punishments, and then being but fewe wee are sent into the ioyfull Elysian fieldesfields &c.
    With rule
    … our punishments, and then being but fewe wee are sent into the ioyfull Elysian fieldesfields &c.

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to beholde faire houſes broken downe, Cities and townes burnt and conſumed, the Corne fieldesfields and Orchardes laid waſt and deſtroyed? Is it delightſome for men to looke vpon …
    With rule
    … to beholde faire houſes broken downe, Cities and townes burnt and conſumed, the Corne fieldesfields and Orchardes laid waſt and deſtroyed? Is it delightſome for men to looke vpon …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … things preſent faile vs. Iacob ſlept at eaſe in the cold night in the fieldesfields, and had but a ſtone vnder his head for his boulſter, Gene. 28.11. Elias counted …
    With rule
    … things preſent faile vs. Iacob ſlept at eaſe in the cold night in the fieldesfields, and had but a ſtone vnder his head for his boulſter, Gene. 28.11. Elias counted …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … enemies. But now we haue takē … whroing in townes, in stead of shooting in … fieldesfields. A wonderous thing that so excellent a gift of god shoulde be so litle …
    With rule
    … enemies. But now we haue takē … whroing in townes, in stead of shooting in … fieldesfields. A wonderous thing that so excellent a gift of god shoulde be so litle …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … feast of Christes ascention, and made ye Letanies yt are song about the stretes & fieldesfields on those dayes, againste earthquakes, and tempest of weather, & peril of wilde beastes, &c …
    With rule
    … feast of Christes ascention, and made ye Letanies yt are song about the stretes & fieldesfields on those dayes, againste earthquakes, and tempest of weather, & peril of wilde beastes, &c …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … At Rogation daies to carrie banners, to followe the Crosse, to walke about the fieldesfields: After Pentecost to goe about with Corpus Christi plaie. At Hollowmasse to watch in …
    With rule
    … At Rogation daies to carrie banners, to followe the Crosse, to walke about the fieldesfields: After Pentecost to goe about with Corpus Christi plaie. At Hollowmasse to watch in …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 648 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Relics of Rome A07146

  • Printed
    … be, curssed and giuen ouer to the Deuill. Cursed be they in Townes, in FieldesFields, in Wayes, in Pathes, in Houses, out of Houses, and in all other places …
    With rule
    … be, curssed and giuen ouer to the Deuill. Cursed be they in Townes, in FieldesFields, in Wayes, in Pathes, in Houses, out of Houses, and in all other places …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 242 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

  • Printed
    … ſcattered: when he preached in the Streetes, and in the Temple, and in the FieldesFields, then manie flocked after him: but when he preached vpon the Croſſe, then they …
    With rule
    … ſcattered: when he preached in the Streetes, and in the Temple, and in the FieldesFields, then manie flocked after him: but when he preached vpon the Croſſe, then they …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 239 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

  • Printed
    FieldesFields.
    With rule
    FieldesFields.

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FIeldesFields barren and vnpleasant, made fruitfull by paines and good Husbandrie, doe shewe vnto vs …
    With rule
    FIeldesFields barren and vnpleasant, made fruitfull by paines and good Husbandrie, doe shewe vnto vs …

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

  • Printed
    … and tilled, that grace may grow in their hearts, as Corne doth in the FieldesFields. They ſay they increaſe and proceed in the waies of Godlineſſe, but they will …
    With rule
    … and tilled, that grace may grow in their hearts, as Corne doth in the FieldesFields. They ſay they increaſe and proceed in the waies of Godlineſſe, but they will …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Beast, and ſhall bee giuen into the hand of the Caldeans: Men ſhall buy FieldesFields for Siluer, and make Writinges, and ſeale them, and take witneſſes in the Lande …
    With rule
    … Beast, and ſhall bee giuen into the hand of the Caldeans: Men ſhall buy FieldesFields for Siluer, and make Writinges, and ſeale them, and take witneſſes in the Lande …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 385 · Open in the reader

Job Expounded B11451

  • Printed
    … if this were their trade and occupation, whereby they must needes get their living. FieldesFields and tillage they haue none, but the wildernesse and desert places, in which they …
    With rule
    … if this were their trade and occupation, whereby they must needes get their living. FieldesFields and tillage they haue none, but the wildernesse and desert places, in which they …

    Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader