Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40029 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pompey'spompey

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 98 times in 27 works
Consistency: 64.9% (98 of 151)
Reach if approved: ~159 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 151 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (98 changes in 27 works, 64.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 98)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Plutarch in the life of Pompey, makes mention of one Flora, that was Pompey'sPompey Curtezan, though ſhee were one ejuſdem farinae, Flora by name, and Flora in deed …
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Plutarch in the life of Pompey, makes mention of one Flora, that was Pompey'sPompey Curtezan, though ſhee were one ejuſdem farinae, Flora by name, and Flora in deed …
Thomas Hall · The Downfall of May Games · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fidem: That Caeſar, who was but an Uſurper, ſhould ſpare thoſe that were of Pompey'sPompey Faction; and yet we read of ſome great Perſons Executed upon that account, even …
With rule
… fidem: That Caeſar, who was but an Uſurper, ſhould ſpare thoſe that were of Pompey'sPompey Faction; and yet we read of ſome great Perſons Executed upon that account, even …
Simon Patrick · Sermon on the Kings Day · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
Therefore, at the time of Pompey'sPompey Victory over the Seleucian, and his Reducing the Territories of the Church, the Roman …
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Therefore, at the time of Pompey'sPompey Victory over the Seleucian, and his Reducing the Territories of the Church, the Roman …
Nathaniel Stephens · The Name Mark and Number of the Beast · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my ſanctuary] Which is now become omnium turpitudinum Arx (as was once ſaid of Pompey'sPompey great theatre at Rome,) a receptacle of all roguery, & impiae gentis arcanum, as afterward …
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… my ſanctuary] Which is now become omnium turpitudinum Arx (as was once ſaid of Pompey'sPompey great theatre at Rome,) a receptacle of all roguery, & impiae gentis arcanum, as afterward …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 412 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuſpition from themſelves, their geſture and conntenance ſhall be like Julius Caeſar's; who ſeeing Pompey'sPompey head fell a weeping, as if he had been ſorry for it, when by …
With rule
… ſuſpition from themſelves, their geſture and conntenance ſhall be like Julius Caeſar's; who ſeeing Pompey'sPompey head fell a weeping, as if he had been ſorry for it, when by …
Richard Younge · The Trial of True Wisdom · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… As it was said of Augustus; Pompeij statuas erigendo, suas confirmauit; that by erecting Pompey'sPompey statues, hee made his owne stand the longer: so we may truely say, that …
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… As it was said of Augustus; Pompeij statuas erigendo, suas confirmauit; that by erecting Pompey'sPompey statues, hee made his owne stand the longer: so we may truely say, that …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pompey'sPompey father in Law, had his life offered him with an honourable place in Pompey'sPompey Army if he would leave Caesar, and serve Pompey: But he stoutly answered Scipio …
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… Pompey'sPompey father in Law, had his life offered him with an honourable place in Pompey'sPompey Army if he would leave Caesar, and serve Pompey: But he stoutly answered Scipio …
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 315 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caſt away Chriſt as if he were the off-ſcouring of the world. When Pompey'sPompey Souldiers made a mutiny againſt him for reſtraining them from going to a certain …
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… caſt away Chriſt as if he were the off-ſcouring of the world. When Pompey'sPompey Souldiers made a mutiny againſt him for reſtraining them from going to a certain …
William Gearing · A Caveat to the Standing Christian · p. 32 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (53)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 41 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great A33329

Printed
… prison, and carried him up and down with him, and continually picked quarrels against Pompey'sPompey Friends. Pompey coming abroad one day to hear how a matter of his was …
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… prison, and carried him up and down with him, and continually picked quarrels against Pompey'sPompey Friends. Pompey coming abroad one day to hear how a matter of his was …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… finger? They again answered, Pompey, clapping their hands with great scorn. This went to Pompey'sPompey heart, who never used to be thus abused, and he was yet more vexed …
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… finger? They again answered, Pompey, clapping their hands with great scorn. This went to Pompey'sPompey heart, who never used to be thus abused, and he was yet more vexed …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Mars, buried it there: and this they did more for Caesar, than for Pompey'sPompey sake.
With rule
… of Mars, buried it there: and this they did more for Caesar, than for Pompey'sPompey sake.
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pompey must be the man: This Cato opposed with all his power: Bnt when Pompey'sPompey Friends excused him, saying, that he neither sought, nor would accept of it, then …
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… Pompey must be the man: This Cato opposed with all his power: Bnt when Pompey'sPompey Friends excused him, saying, that he neither sought, nor would accept of it, then …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… That no City subject to the Empire of Rome should be sackt, vvhich made Pompey'sPompey part liked the better: And most judged those, Enemies both to the Gods, and …
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… That no City subject to the Empire of Rome should be sackt, vvhich made Pompey'sPompey part liked the better: And most judged those, Enemies both to the Gods, and …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 189 · Open in the reader

A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners A33339

Printed
… robbed the Capitol of three thousand pound weight of gold. In his own, and Pompey'sPompey name he took six thousand Talents from Ptolemy King of Egypt. Theat. vitae hum.
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… robbed the Capitol of three thousand pound weight of gold. In his own, and Pompey'sPompey name he took six thousand Talents from Ptolemy King of Egypt. Theat. vitae hum.
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a meer mistake of King Boguds sudden wheeling about to have surprised Caesars Camp: Pompey'sPompey Souldiers utterly lost the day.
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… a meer mistake of King Boguds sudden wheeling about to have surprised Caesars Camp: Pompey'sPompey Souldiers utterly lost the day.
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 442 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

Printed
… Job 31.24. and ſo doth David notably, Pſal. 35.13, 14. See his practice, 2 Sam. 1.11, 12. Caeſar wept when Pompey'sPompey head was preſented to him, and ſaid, Victoriam volui, non vindictam. See the Notes …
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… Job 31.24. and ſo doth David notably, Pſal. 35.13, 14. See his practice, 2 Sam. 1.11, 12. Caeſar wept when Pompey'sPompey head was preſented to him, and ſaid, Victoriam volui, non vindictam. See the Notes …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the Papiſts maliciouſly ſay of Geneva: Or a receptacle of all abominations, as Pompey'sPompey Theatre in Rome was once ſaid to be.
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… as the Papiſts maliciouſly ſay of Geneva: Or a receptacle of all abominations, as Pompey'sPompey Theatre in Rome was once ſaid to be.
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 246 · Open in the reader