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subuersionsubversion

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

Puritas changed it
271 times in 162 works
Consistency
98.9% (271 of 274)
Reach if approved
~288 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: subversion
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
274 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (271 changes in 162 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 271)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the holie Romish religion, which your Honour, euen with fire and swoorde, to the subuersionsubversion and vtter ruine of the whole land, doth seke most zealously to mainteine. And …
    With rule
    … the holie Romish religion, which your Honour, euen with fire and swoorde, to the subuersionsubversion and vtter ruine of the whole land, doth seke most zealously to mainteine. And …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Egiptians, ſometyme by the Madianites, Moabites, Amorites, Philiſtians, Aſſyrians, Caldians and Babilonians, & the finall ſubuerſionsubversion of Ieruſalem by the Romaynes. Euen ſo is Sinne now the cauſe that God …
    With rule
    … Egiptians, ſometyme by the Madianites, Moabites, Amorites, Philiſtians, Aſſyrians, Caldians and Babilonians, & the finall ſubuerſionsubversion of Ieruſalem by the Romaynes. Euen ſo is Sinne now the cauſe that God …

    Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … graces: or the prosperity and happinesse of our declining Nation: As wee desire the subuersionsubversion of the P…pall, or Spanish Monarchy: the defeatment of all Iesuiticall combinations against …
    With rule
    … graces: or the prosperity and happinesse of our declining Nation: As wee desire the subuersionsubversion of the P…pall, or Spanish Monarchy: the defeatment of all Iesuiticall combinations against …

    William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … their pates, studied, plotted, acted, by cares, stratagem…, engines, to giue a fatall, finall subuersionsubversion to the Gospell: yet they liued to see it flourish, and because it flourished …
    With rule
    … their pates, studied, plotted, acted, by cares, stratagem…, engines, to giue a fatall, finall subuersionsubversion to the Gospell: yet they liued to see it flourish, and because it flourished …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 274 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … desert places called M…nach…, Anchoritae or Eremit…e, these popishe orders, of whose subuersionsubversion Bristow complayneth, were no more like vnto them, then Apes and Monkeyes are to …
    With rule
    … desert places called M…nach…, Anchoritae or Eremit…e, these popishe orders, of whose subuersionsubversion Bristow complayneth, were no more like vnto them, then Apes and Monkeyes are to …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … owne head, and to worke himſelfe glory out of his plot of diſhonour and ſubuerſionsubversion: euen ſo on the contrary he bringeth euill out of good, turning the truth …
    With rule
    … owne head, and to worke himſelfe glory out of his plot of diſhonour and ſubuerſionsubversion: euen ſo on the contrary he bringeth euill out of good, turning the truth …

    Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … hath alwaies deſired rather the good behauior and conuerſion of the offenders, then the ſubuerſionsubversion of deſtruction of any one. Dauid neuer ſought nor deſired the death of Saul …
    With rule
    … hath alwaies deſired rather the good behauior and conuerſion of the offenders, then the ſubuerſionsubversion of deſtruction of any one. Dauid neuer ſought nor deſired the death of Saul …

    Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 148 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … who, whiles they yet liued ſawe (not without their great griefe and ſorow) the ſubuerſionsubversion of thoſe Churches which they thēſelues had planted through theyr miniſterie. Therfore it is …
    With rule
    … who, whiles they yet liued ſawe (not without their great griefe and ſorow) the ſubuerſionsubversion of thoſe Churches which they thēſelues had planted through theyr miniſterie. Therfore it is …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 191 · 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.

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

  • Printed
    … cauſe that ſome take it for Truely. Moreouer, they take the word Haphac for SubuerſionSubversion, as if he ſhould ſay, Your ſubuerſionsubversion ſhal be eſteemed as the clay. Others …
    With rule
    … cauſe that ſome take it for Truely. Moreouer, they take the word Haphac for SubuerſionSubversion, as if he ſhould ſay, Your ſubuerſionsubversion ſhal be eſteemed as the clay. Others …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 290 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in the braine. But the expoſition moſt receiued is, to take this word for SubuerſionSubversion or deſtruction: as if he ſhould ſay, It will be no more maſtrie for …
    With rule
    … in the braine. But the expoſition moſt receiued is, to take this word for SubuerſionSubversion or deſtruction: as if he ſhould ſay, It will be no more maſtrie for …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 290 · Open in the reader