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priuateprivate

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

Puritas changed it
9,530 times in 982 works
Consistency
99.9% (9,530 of 9,533)
Reach if approved
~10,019 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: private
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
9,535 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9,530 changes in 982 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9,530)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Cleargie, deponimus infulas & pares sumus, we put off our Rochets, and we be priuateprivate men. This infula was the apparell of the Heathen Priestes, to which he alludeth …
    With rule
    … the Cleargie, deponimus infulas & pares sumus, we put off our Rochets, and we be priuateprivate men. This infula was the apparell of the Heathen Priestes, to which he alludeth …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the firſt thing he did, was alwaies to doe good. Beſides his oft, and priuateprivate almes, his light moreouer ſhines in publique, and both in City, and country, men …
    With rule
    … the firſt thing he did, was alwaies to doe good. Beſides his oft, and priuateprivate almes, his light moreouer ſhines in publique, and both in City, and country, men …

    John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … I hold that all men alike ſtand in néede of preſcript forme in their priuateprivate praiers, or that the feruencie of praier is not often times more vehement in …
    With rule
    … I hold that all men alike ſtand in néede of preſcript forme in their priuateprivate praiers, or that the feruencie of praier is not often times more vehement in …

    George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … The practise of duties, is according to the kinds of duties, some duties are priuateprivate, others publike.
    With rule
    … The practise of duties, is according to the kinds of duties, some duties are priuateprivate, others publike.

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    And in the morning prayer appointed for priuateprivate houses, [Confound Satan, Antichrist, with all hirelings, &c.]
    With rule
    And in the morning prayer appointed for priuateprivate houses, [Confound Satan, Antichrist, with all hirelings, &c.]

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    THeſe are the Common pleas, an appeale that concerneth life is the parties priuateprivate action, proſecuting alſo for the crowne in reſpect of a felonie, be it a …
    With rule
    THeſe are the Common pleas, an appeale that concerneth life is the parties priuateprivate action, proſecuting alſo for the crowne in reſpect of a felonie, be it a …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 310 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … infamy that can come to a man in his ministery: yea, or to any priuateprivate person running in the race of holy profession and Christianity.
    With rule
    … infamy that can come to a man in his ministery: yea, or to any priuateprivate person running in the race of holy profession and Christianity.

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … now a litle, repentance wold correct, into mer… madnes. Let vs grant them their priuateprivate reuelations, visions, and fantasies, for so we shall encreace their follisshenes, with pride and …
    With rule
    … now a litle, repentance wold correct, into mer… madnes. Let vs grant them their priuateprivate reuelations, visions, and fantasies, for so we shall encreace their follisshenes, with pride and …

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

  • Printed
    PRiuatePrivate prayer is that which is made by ſome few together, or by one alone …
    With rule
    PRiuatePrivate prayer is that which is made by ſome few together, or by one alone …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 437 · Open in the reader

A Dangerous Plot Discovered A15734

  • Printed
    PRiuatePrivate opinions of the Informers. Claſsicall reſolutions of the Brethren, p. 6.
    With rule
    PRiuatePrivate opinions of the Informers. Claſsicall reſolutions of the Brethren, p. 6.

    Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · p. 173 · Open in the reader