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knaueknave

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

Puritas changed it
229 times in 98 works
Consistency
88.4% (229 of 259)
Reach if approved
~272 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: knave
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
259 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (229 changes in 98 works, 88.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    A / but theſe knaueknave puritans are more vnmannerly before his grace / then the recuſaunts are / and therefore the …
    With rule
    A / but theſe knaueknave puritans are more vnmannerly before his grace / then the recuſaunts are / and therefore the …

    Martin Marprelate · Work for a Cooper 2 · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … thee, a murraine or pestilence light vpon thee; or raileth or chideth, calling another knaueknave, villaine, &c. By deede and action men shew outward reuenge, when they be at …
    With rule
    … thee, a murraine or pestilence light vpon thee; or raileth or chideth, calling another knaueknave, villaine, &c. By deede and action men shew outward reuenge, when they be at …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 177 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the pate with hys speare and thus rebuketh hym. I gyue the wages, syr knaueknave, and meate and drynke to fyghte wyth Alexander and not to rayle vpon hym …
    With rule
    … the pate with hys speare and thus rebuketh hym. I gyue the wages, syr knaueknave, and meate and drynke to fyghte wyth Alexander and not to rayle vpon hym …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … home in haste after a long iourney, sayeth to hys manne: Come hither sir knaueknave, helpe me of with my bootes and my spurres. I praye you sir geue …
    With rule
    … home in haste after a long iourney, sayeth to hys manne: Come hither sir knaueknave, helpe me of with my bootes and my spurres. I praye you sir geue …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 89 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … onely meant, but any of the like, or worse meaning, or lesse: blocke, dolt, knaueknave, &c. Wherby wee disgrace the partie made to the Image of God.
    With rule
    … onely meant, but any of the like, or worse meaning, or lesse: blocke, dolt, knaueknave, &c. Wherby wee disgrace the partie made to the Image of God.

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … name of an honest man, is enough to proue an honest man, many a knaueknave may proue him selfe an honest man, and if the very name of learning …
    With rule
    … name of an honest man, is enough to proue an honest man, many a knaueknave may proue him selfe an honest man, and if the very name of learning …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Art thu not ashamed, to talke so lyke a knaueknave?
    With rule
    Art thu not ashamed, to talke so lyke a knaueknave?

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to be a groſſe and filthy fault enough in all men? But a poore knaueknave or a beggar to ſe dronke, is neyther new nor rare. So much the …
    With rule
    … to be a groſſe and filthy fault enough in all men? But a poore knaueknave or a beggar to ſe dronke, is neyther new nor rare. So much the …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

  • Printed
    … declare his Faith or cause he died for, but bad the executioner dispatch the KnaueKnave: and said, he would not away before he saw the Traytors heart out: but …
    With rule
    … declare his Faith or cause he died for, but bad the executioner dispatch the KnaueKnave: and said, he would not away before he saw the Traytors heart out: but …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 205 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

  • Printed
    We see it happens that a shifting KnaueKnave,
    With rule
    We see it happens that a shifting KnaueKnave,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Withers Motto A15662

  • Printed
    I spare particulers; No… shall a KnaueKnave
    With rule
    I spare particulers; No… shall a KnaueKnave

    George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

  • Printed
    2. Left a KnaueKnave goe for an honest man, and hypocrites deceiue true-hearted Nathaneels.
    With rule
    2. Left a KnaueKnave goe for an honest man, and hypocrites deceiue true-hearted Nathaneels.

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 137 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Baseness A19444

  • Printed
    THE ANATOMIE Of BASENESSE. Or The foure quarters of a KnaueKnave;
    With rule
    THE ANATOMIE Of BASENESSE. Or The foure quarters of a KnaueKnave;

    John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … hath theſe foure parts, neede no more haue To be recorded for a complete KnaueKnave.
    With rule
    … hath theſe foure parts, neede no more haue To be recorded for a complete KnaueKnave.

    John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

  • Printed
    KnaueKnave.
    With rule
    KnaueKnave.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    One KnaueKnave knoweth another.
    With rule
    One KnaueKnave knoweth another.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    One KnaueKnave will take part with another.
    With rule
    One KnaueKnave will take part with another.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    … streete, one woman standing in her doore, cried: Fie on thee thou knaueknave, thou KnaueKnave, thou Traitor, thou Hereticke. Whereat hee smiled. Looke, the desperate Hereticke (sayeth shee) laugheth …
    With rule
    … streete, one woman standing in her doore, cried: Fie on thee thou knaueknave, thou KnaueKnave, thou Traitor, thou Hereticke. Whereat hee smiled. Looke, the desperate Hereticke (sayeth shee) laugheth …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2087 · Open in the reader