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vnlikeunlike

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

Puritas changed it
1,560 times in 491 works
Consistency
99.1% (1,560 of 1,573)
Reach if approved
~1,653 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unlike
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,573 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,560 changes in 491 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,560)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the mind & fancy; but alſo they adde an externall meanes of ſuretie, not much vnlikeunlike that which the Iewes vſed againſt our Sauiour after his Paſſion, who ſet a …
    With rule
    … the mind & fancy; but alſo they adde an externall meanes of ſuretie, not much vnlikeunlike that which the Iewes vſed againſt our Sauiour after his Paſſion, who ſet a …

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … s fault, when his word preuailed, 2 Sam. chap. 24. and of churliſh Nabal, 1 Sam. 25.17. Much vnlikeunlike to I…b, chap. …1.13. or Naaman, 2 King. 5.13. whoſe ſeruants perſwad…d them.
    With rule
    … s fault, when his word preuailed, 2 Sam. chap. 24. and of churliſh Nabal, 1 Sam. 25.17. Much vnlikeunlike to I…b, chap. …1.13. or Naaman, 2 King. 5.13. whoſe ſeruants perſwad…d them.

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … spirit (of which sorte ther be manie in the ministerie) would not only be vnlikeunlike themselues / but varie from others. I answered / and still do / that the Papists haue …
    With rule
    … spirit (of which sorte ther be manie in the ministerie) would not only be vnlikeunlike themselues / but varie from others. I answered / and still do / that the Papists haue …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to fight againſt him; by which many of them were diſperſed and drowned: not vnlikeunlike vnto the victory of Theodoſius vpon the Alpes, for whom the ſtorie ſayth, that …
    With rule
    … to fight againſt him; by which many of them were diſperſed and drowned: not vnlikeunlike vnto the victory of Theodoſius vpon the Alpes, for whom the ſtorie ſayth, that …

    Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … couple that body to an Harlot, which should mystically be vnited to Christ. Not vnlikeunlike that of the Poet:
    With rule
    … couple that body to an Harlot, which should mystically be vnited to Christ. Not vnlikeunlike that of the Poet:

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Is Patience; which is not vnlikeunlike to Ludgate: for that is a Schoole of patiēce; the poore soules there learne …
    With rule
    Is Patience; which is not vnlikeunlike to Ludgate: for that is a Schoole of patiēce; the poore soules there learne …

    Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Christes sake alone, and not for our owne worthines. Wherby it is euidente, how vnlikeunlike youre thirde kinde of iustification, is to the iustification of God, who iustifieth not …
    With rule
    … Christes sake alone, and not for our owne worthines. Wherby it is euidente, how vnlikeunlike youre thirde kinde of iustification, is to the iustification of God, who iustifieth not …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … were of a vertuous, lowly, simple, poore, and meeke conuersation. Then were they very vnlikeunlike your Popish prelates. But Luther complaineth, that his schollers were more wicked, then vnder …
    With rule
    … were of a vertuous, lowly, simple, poore, and meeke conuersation. Then were they very vnlikeunlike your Popish prelates. But Luther complaineth, that his schollers were more wicked, then vnder …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 116 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric A00630

  • Printed
    VnlikeUnlike.
    With rule
    VnlikeUnlike.

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VnlikeUnlike is that, whoſe qualitie in compariſon is not the ſame. The ſignes or notes …
    With rule
    VnlikeUnlike is that, whoſe qualitie in compariſon is not the ſame. The ſignes or notes …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … whoſe qualitie in compariſon is not the ſame. The ſignes or notes whereof are, VnlikeUnlike, differing, otherwiſe: As, Dan. 7. 7. And it was vnlikeunlike the beastes of the fielde, that …
    With rule
    … whoſe qualitie in compariſon is not the ſame. The ſignes or notes whereof are, VnlikeUnlike, differing, otherwiſe: As, Dan. 7. 7. And it was vnlikeunlike the beastes of the fielde, that …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VnlikeUnlike are
    With rule
    VnlikeUnlike are

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    … protection against Gods curse; especially because he had no expectation of a better City. VnlikeUnlike to Abraham, who looked for a City that hath a foundation, whose builder and …
    With rule
    … protection against Gods curse; especially because he had no expectation of a better City. VnlikeUnlike to Abraham, who looked for a City that hath a foundation, whose builder and …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Christians Apparelling A04374

  • Printed
    VnlikeUnlike; Appparell may bee had by our owne induſtry or money; but Chriſt and his …
    With rule
    VnlikeUnlike; Appparell may bee had by our owne induſtry or money; but Chriſt and his …

    Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Collection of Discourses A14212

  • Printed
    Aunſ. Theſe examples are partly improper or vnlikeunlike, partely falſe. VnlikeUnlike
    With rule
    Aunſ. Theſe examples are partly improper or vnlikeunlike, partely falſe. VnlikeUnlike

    Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 172 · Open in the reader

The Elements of Logic A69248

  • Printed
    12. Or ſomething Like or VnlikeUnlike.
    With rule
    12. Or ſomething Like or VnlikeUnlike.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Elements of Logic · p. 33 · Open in the reader