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gouernorsgovernors

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

Puritas changed it: 632 times in 246 works
Consistency: 100% (632 of 632)
Reach if approved: ~664 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: governors
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 632 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (632 changes in 246 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 632)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… when they can; that our Sauiour Chriſt neuer alowed abuſe or tyrannie in ciuill gouernorsgovernors, when as he doth not forbid them to rule as Lordes, or to be …
With rule
… when they can; that our Sauiour Chriſt neuer alowed abuſe or tyrannie in ciuill gouernorsgovernors, when as he doth not forbid them to rule as Lordes, or to be …
John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bloudy nailes of these persecuting beares, Needs must the land be sicke, where the GouernorsGovernors, like ill Physitians haue purged away the good humour, and left the bad behind …
With rule
… bloudy nailes of these persecuting beares, Needs must the land be sicke, where the GouernorsGovernors, like ill Physitians haue purged away the good humour, and left the bad behind …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… giue children to be their Princes, and babes shall rule ouer them: that is, GouernorsGovernors of a childish discretion. It is a woe; Woe to thee, O Land, when …
With rule
… giue children to be their Princes, and babes shall rule ouer them: that is, GouernorsGovernors of a childish discretion. It is a woe; Woe to thee, O Land, when …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cauſe of their faith, and profeſſion in their religion to God. Thus have worldly GouernorsGovernors delt with the Church of Chriſt, when the diſciples fell vnder their cenſure for …
With rule
… cauſe of their faith, and profeſſion in their religion to God. Thus have worldly GouernorsGovernors delt with the Church of Chriſt, when the diſciples fell vnder their cenſure for …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE KINGES LETTER TO M. de Guyse and other Lieutenantes and GouernorsGovernors of his Prouinces, by the which he wholly abolisheth and subuerteth al the Edictes …
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THE KINGES LETTER TO M. de Guyse and other Lieutenantes and GouernorsGovernors of his Prouinces, by the which he wholly abolisheth and subuerteth al the Edictes …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CXXXI · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs, by cauſing ſometime outward chaſtiſement (as ſloth in ſcholers & ſeruants, forceth correction from gouernorsgovernors), by cauſing vnceſſantly a waſting of the life of grace in vs. For as …
With rule
… vs, by cauſing ſometime outward chaſtiſement (as ſloth in ſcholers & ſeruants, forceth correction from gouernorsgovernors), by cauſing vnceſſantly a waſting of the life of grace in vs. For as …
Paul Baynes · A Caveat for Cold Christians · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dueties is to beare a good mind and true obedience to their Kings ciuil GouernorsGovernors and Priests, their office is iustly occupied in their calling; whether it be marchandise …
With rule
… dueties is to beare a good mind and true obedience to their Kings ciuil GouernorsGovernors and Priests, their office is iustly occupied in their calling; whether it be marchandise …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are interpreted ſeauen hilles of the great citie, and ſeuen ſorts of Kings or gouernorsgovernors thereof, reade Apoc. 17.9.18. and howe Rome is that ſeuen hilled citie, gouerned by ſeuen …
With rule
… are interpreted ſeauen hilles of the great citie, and ſeuen ſorts of Kings or gouernorsgovernors thereof, reade Apoc. 17.9.18. and howe Rome is that ſeuen hilled citie, gouerned by ſeuen …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 173 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.