Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40152 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cromwell'scromwell

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

Puritas changed it: 60 times in 10 works
Consistency: 86.9% (60 of 69)
Reach if approved: ~72 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 69 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (60 changes in 10 works, 86.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 60)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Orery's) Lodgings in London, one Night he brought me the Report, that one of Cromwell'sCromwell Soldiers being on his Watch, near the Chappel of St. Iames's House, something came …
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… Orery's) Lodgings in London, one Night he brought me the Report, that one of Cromwell'sCromwell Soldiers being on his Watch, near the Chappel of St. Iames's House, something came …
Richard Baxter · The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and Immortality of the Soul · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that I did openly and constantly speak the same things all the time of Cromwell'sCromwell Usurpation: Why then is it unbecoming now? Among other places, see my book of …
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… that I did openly and constantly speak the same things all the time of Cromwell'sCromwell Usurpation: Why then is it unbecoming now? Among other places, see my book of …
Richard Baxter · A Defense of the Principles of Love · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
Indeed when Cromwell'sCromwell proud rebellious Army came and maſtered Parliament and City, and about 150 of their Members …
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Indeed when Cromwell'sCromwell proud rebellious Army came and maſtered Parliament and City, and about 150 of their Members …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had no Resistance,) he turned to Worcester, and there stayed to refresh his Army, Cromwell'sCromwell Forces being within a few days March of him.
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… had no Resistance,) he turned to Worcester, and there stayed to refresh his Army, Cromwell'sCromwell Forces being within a few days March of him.
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Insolencies. This needeth little answer; I hope this Author will not now own Cromwell'sCromwell Actings, as Exemplary, and Instructive. Beside, that this Act is invidiously, and unfairly represented …
With rule
… and Insolencies. This needeth little answer; I hope this Author will not now own Cromwell'sCromwell Actings, as Exemplary, and Instructive. Beside, that this Act is invidiously, and unfairly represented …
Gilbert Rule · Defense of the Vindication of the Church of Scotland · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
Cromwell'sCromwell Speech to the Parliament in the Painted Chamber, Sept. 4. 1654. hath this remarkable Sentence.
With rule
Cromwell'sCromwell Speech to the Parliament in the Painted Chamber, Sept. 4. 1654. hath this remarkable Sentence.
Nathanael Vincent · The Right Notion of Honor · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
The name of Abbeys is to Cromwell'sCromwell Foe:
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The name of Abbeys is to Cromwell'sCromwell Foe:
Samuel Slater · A Rhetorical Rapture · Open in the reader
Printed
… confidently assuring Archbishop Vsher, that on his certain Information, the Papists in 1647. got into Cromwell'sCromwell Army, and confederated with the Papists at Oxford in the King's Army to have …
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… confidently assuring Archbishop Vsher, that on his certain Information, the Papists in 1647. got into Cromwell'sCromwell Army, and confederated with the Papists at Oxford in the King's Army to have …
Richard Baxter · Against the Revolt to a Foreign Jurisdiction · p. 86 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

5 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.

Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book A26982

Printed
Anſ. He falſly calleth a Confeſſion, a Boasting. To convince Cromwell'sCromwell Soulders that pull'd down the Government, I that had drawn thouſands into the Parliaments …
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Anſ. He falſly calleth a Confeſſion, a Boasting. To convince Cromwell'sCromwell Soulders that pull'd down the Government, I that had drawn thouſands into the Parliaments …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Reſtoration and their Union: And that a Faction called the Rump did this as Cromwell'sCromwell Confederates. I believe I did more againſt that Faction than many ſuch as he.
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… Reſtoration and their Union: And that a Faction called the Rump did this as Cromwell'sCromwell Confederates. I believe I did more againſt that Faction than many ſuch as he.
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
§ 53. Accuſ. XL. His Exclamation againſt the Scots Covenant and Cromwell'sCromwell doings, I before ſhewed to be juſt: And I think I oppoſed both more …
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§ 53. Accuſ. XL. His Exclamation againſt the Scots Covenant and Cromwell'sCromwell doings, I before ſhewed to be juſt: And I think I oppoſed both more …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
§ 62. Accuſ. XLIX He next accuſeth me for praiſing Richard Cromwell'sCromwell Government.] Anſ. I ſpake nothing but Truth. He was never in any War: The …
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§ 62. Accuſ. XLIX He next accuſeth me for praiſing Richard Cromwell'sCromwell Government.] Anſ. I ſpake nothing but Truth. He was never in any War: The …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Defense of the Vindication of the Church of Scotland A57855

Printed
… to restrain them from Sin. Next he tells us of many Remonstrators inducted by Cromwell'sCromwell Troopers. A. I never thought that a Pastoral Relation could be founded on such …
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… to restrain them from Sin. Next he tells us of many Remonstrators inducted by Cromwell'sCromwell Troopers. A. I never thought that a Pastoral Relation could be founded on such …
Gilbert Rule · Defense of the Vindication of the Church of Scotland · p. 13 · Open in the reader