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coueringcovering

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

Puritas changed it
766 times in 324 works
Consistency
97.7% (766 of 784)
Reach if approved
~824 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: covering
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
784 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (766 changes in 324 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 766)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … a moſt gratefull obedience, that ſo he might both remoue from vs, the filthy coueringcovering of our ſinne, and alſo cloth vs with a rich robe of vnſpotted righteouſnes.
    With rule
    … a moſt gratefull obedience, that ſo he might both remoue from vs, the filthy coueringcovering of our ſinne, and alſo cloth vs with a rich robe of vnſpotted righteouſnes.

    Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … though he go naked. Therefore by maste… deanes reason / the Lorde hath ordained no coueringcovering for his nakednes. Again / a man is a man if he be once born …
    With rule
    … though he go naked. Therefore by maste… deanes reason / the Lorde hath ordained no coueringcovering for his nakednes. Again / a man is a man if he be once born …

    Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … we are to beare witnes. And yet not ſo, that vnder this ſhadowe of coueringcovering the iniury of him that hath offended, or of preſeruinge his goods, we lie …
    With rule
    … we are to beare witnes. And yet not ſo, that vnder this ſhadowe of coueringcovering the iniury of him that hath offended, or of preſeruinge his goods, we lie …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … holineſſe & maieſtie of our great God: & therefore they be brought in of the Prophete coueringcovering their faces.
    With rule
    … holineſſe & maieſtie of our great God: & therefore they be brought in of the Prophete coueringcovering their faces.

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … account, which cannot ſtand with the forementioned Scripture phraſes of not remembring, not imputing, coueringcovering, caſting behinde the backe, caſting into the bottome of the ſea, blotting out, &c …
    With rule
    … account, which cannot ſtand with the forementioned Scripture phraſes of not remembring, not imputing, coueringcovering, caſting behinde the backe, caſting into the bottome of the ſea, blotting out, &c …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 159 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … eyes of fleſh and blood) is but a deceitfull viſour vpon a crabtree face, coueringcovering the moſt vile, and cankered partes of a moſt deceitfull heart; and ſo I …
    With rule
    … eyes of fleſh and blood) is but a deceitfull viſour vpon a crabtree face, coueringcovering the moſt vile, and cankered partes of a moſt deceitfull heart; and ſo I …

    Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 78 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vpon Gods goodnes, or of hoping by petit meanes to redeeme offences, or by coueringcovering a falſe heart with a face and vizard of Religion. This is Truth in …
    With rule
    … vpon Gods goodnes, or of hoping by petit meanes to redeeme offences, or by coueringcovering a falſe heart with a face and vizard of Religion. This is Truth in …

    Samuel Hieron · Truths Purchase · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of any ſuch kinde of paſſing by ſinnes and offences: for he meaneth, that coueringcovering of them by louing admonition and priuate exhortation, whiche in cauſing a man to …
    With rule
    … of any ſuch kinde of paſſing by ſinnes and offences: for he meaneth, that coueringcovering of them by louing admonition and priuate exhortation, whiche in cauſing a man to …

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 170 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    CoueringCovering of infirmities.
    With rule
    CoueringCovering of infirmities.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CoueringCovering infirmities. 7
    With rule
    CoueringCovering infirmities. 7

    Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

  • Printed
    … Nature hath bequeathed vnto Women, for a speciall vse; to wit, for a naturall CoueringCovering, or Vaile, and for a Badge, or Embleme of their subiection to their Husbands …
    With rule
    … Nature hath bequeathed vnto Women, for a speciall vse; to wit, for a naturall CoueringCovering, or Vaile, and for a Badge, or Embleme of their subiection to their Husbands …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Nature haue beque… thed it for a speciall vse; to wit, for a naturall CoueringCovering, or Vaile, and for a Badge, or Embleme of subiection to their Husbands: therefore …
    With rule
    … Nature haue beque… thed it for a speciall vse; to wit, for a naturall CoueringCovering, or Vaile, and for a Badge, or Embleme of subiection to their Husbands: therefore …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … wiues in the day time, vnlesse it be in the darke, or vnder some CoueringCovering. The same is forbidden to a drunken man, and to him which hateth his …
    With rule
    … wiues in the day time, vnlesse it be in the darke, or vnder some CoueringCovering. The same is forbidden to a drunken man, and to him which hateth his …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … After this, he deliuereth to him a Gate, wrought curiously with Gold; and a CoueringCovering of greene Veluet, made in manner of a Pyramis, about nine palmes high, wrought …
    With rule
    … After this, he deliuereth to him a Gate, wrought curiously with Gold; and a CoueringCovering of greene Veluet, made in manner of a Pyramis, about nine palmes high, wrought …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 222 · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Marriage A12367

  • Printed
    … there was the holie place, and heauen. In the Propitiatorie there was the golden CoueringCovering, and Christ our couer. In the Wildernesse there was a Rocke yeelding water, and …
    With rule
    … there was the holie place, and heauen. In the Propitiatorie there was the golden CoueringCovering, and Christ our couer. In the Wildernesse there was a Rocke yeelding water, and …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    CoueringCovering. sig:
    With rule
    CoueringCovering. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    2 The Husband, who is called the CoueringCovering of his Wife, in respect of his dutie towards her, by protecting her, and …
    With rule
    2 The Husband, who is called the CoueringCovering of his Wife, in respect of his dutie towards her, by protecting her, and …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CoueringCovering of sinnes. sig:
    With rule
    CoueringCovering of sinnes. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A CoueringCovering which Virgins did weare, in token of modesty, chastity, and honor, the taking away …
    With rule
    A CoueringCovering which Virgins did weare, in token of modesty, chastity, and honor, the taking away …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 205 · Open in the reader

The Light of Faith A17419

  • Printed
    By making him her CoueringCovering when they are abroad, many women are intemperate and wilfull, Pro. 27. 15. 16. and like oyle …
    With rule
    By making him her CoueringCovering when they are abroad, many women are intemperate and wilfull, Pro. 27. 15. 16. and like oyle …

    Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 380 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    CoueringCovering of the aulters. 1404
    With rule
    CoueringCovering of the aulters. 1404

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

The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth B12200

  • Printed
    5. CoueringCovering them with ſilence, 1. Pet. 4.8.
    With rule
    5. CoueringCovering them with ſilence, 1. Pet. 4.8.

    Thomas Cooper · The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth · p. 227 · Open in the reader