curtainecurtain
A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.
- Puritas changed it
- 342 times in 178 works
- Consistency
- 99.7% (342 of 343)
- Reach if approved
- ~360 places (estimated)
- MorphAdorner
- Agrees: curtain
- Matches
- Exact word, any case
- In our text
- 343 times in the 7,099 works compared
- Other readings
- None
- Taken into joins
- None
If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (342 changes in 178 works, 99.7% consistent).”
Where Puritas made the change (8 of 342)
- Printed… the followers of the poore Carpenter of Nazareth: hee therefore hides himſelfe vnder the curtainecurtain of darkeneſſe, and chuſeth the opportunitie of the Night-ſeaſon; by benefit whereof, hee …With rule… the followers of the poore Carpenter of Nazareth: hee therefore hides himſelfe vnder the curtainecurtain of darkeneſſe, and chuſeth the opportunitie of the Night-ſeaſon; by benefit whereof, hee …
William Whately · The New Birth · p. 1 · Open in the reader
- Printed… contention of friends many times is the bittereſt, and odious rayling, was the fitteſt curtainecurtain to conceale your friendſhip to them, where open friendſhip would preſently haue beene deteſted.With rule… contention of friends many times is the bittereſt, and odious rayling, was the fitteſt curtainecurtain to conceale your friendſhip to them, where open friendſhip would preſently haue beene deteſted.
Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · p. 2 · Open in the reader
- Printed… before, as for example, a candle under a bushell, or a picture under a curtainecurtain, or a face under a maske, is a translocation, or transposition, or alteration of …With rule… before, as for example, a candle under a bushell, or a picture under a curtainecurtain, or a face under a maske, is a translocation, or transposition, or alteration of …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 180 · Open in the reader
- Printed… True it is indeede, the Iewes haue the Bible, but by reason of that curtainecurtain drawne before their eyes, they cannot see him, who is the ende of the …With rule… True it is indeede, the Iewes haue the Bible, but by reason of that curtainecurtain drawne before their eyes, they cannot see him, who is the ende of the …
Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader
- Printed… commode then it is worth, thou ſho… deſt not take it; Oh d… the CurtaineCurtain…, the Su… ſhines too full in my fa… ſaith he; You muſt not … off …With rule… commode then it is worth, thou ſho… deſt not take it; Oh d… the CurtaineCurtain…, the Su… ſhines too full in my fa… ſaith he; You muſt not … off …
Thomas Hooker · Three Sermons · p. 18 · Open in the reader
- Printed… the Inhabitants thereof are as Graſſe-hoppers; he ſpreadeth out the Heauens as a curtainecurtain, and ſtretcheth them out, as a tent to dwell in. Looke into the chapter …With rule… the Inhabitants thereof are as Graſſe-hoppers; he ſpreadeth out the Heauens as a curtainecurtain, and ſtretcheth them out, as a tent to dwell in. Looke into the chapter …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 213 · Open in the reader
- Printed… feathers, and ornaments of gold: and for the greater veneration he had alwaies a curtainecurtain before him. Ioyning to the Chappell of this Idoll, there was a pillar of …With rule… feathers, and ornaments of gold: and for the greater veneration he had alwaies a curtainecurtain before him. Ioyning to the Chappell of this Idoll, there was a pillar of …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 666 · Open in the reader
- Printed… the ſureneſſe of it: and Expanſum, becauſe GOD hath ſpred it foorth as a CurtaineCurtain.With rule… the ſureneſſe of it: and Expanſum, becauſe GOD hath ſpred it foorth as a CurtaineCurtain.
Archibald Simson · The Seven Days · p. 27 · Open in the reader
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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)
0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.