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deuicedevice

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

Puritas changed it: 401 times in 194 works
Consistency: 96.8% (401 of 414)
Reach if approved: ~435 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: device
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 414 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (401 changes in 194 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 401)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Preists Masse-attire, and all the mysteries of their Masse to this diuelish deuicedevice; as indeede well sute they may and sort the one with the other. And …
With rule
… the Preists Masse-attire, and all the mysteries of their Masse to this diuelish deuicedevice; as indeede well sute they may and sort the one with the other. And …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt Luke 16. 14. when they perceiued that he ſpake againſt them: and this is your deuicedevice, by your owne confeſſion, you would not ſtriue much with your Miniſter (for want …
With rule
… Chriſt Luke 16. 14. when they perceiued that he ſpake againſt them: and this is your deuicedevice, by your owne confeſſion, you would not ſtriue much with your Miniſter (for want …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from whence this refreſhing commeth, not from earth, not from below, not from the deuicedevice or procurement of Man; but from Heauen, from the free grace and mercy and …
With rule
… from whence this refreſhing commeth, not from earth, not from below, not from the deuicedevice or procurement of Man; but from Heauen, from the free grace and mercy and …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for. It was to snarle or trap him in his words. This was their deuicedevice, this was their counsell. To this ende they gather suche a compa ny of …
With rule
… for. It was to snarle or trap him in his words. This was their deuicedevice, this was their counsell. To this ende they gather suche a compa ny of …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… some other, more able for that function. Insomuch as this Boniface (by this subtill deuicedevice) obteined the Popedome, mocking with God and his owne profession. And immediatlie after this …
With rule
… some other, more able for that function. Insomuch as this Boniface (by this subtill deuicedevice) obteined the Popedome, mocking with God and his owne profession. And immediatlie after this …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alſo, thus ſaith the Lord, Behold, I frame euill againſt you, and deuiſe a deuicedevice againſt you: where by euill vnderſtand with Tertullian lib. 2. aduerſus Marcionem cap. 24. Mala non …
With rule
… alſo, thus ſaith the Lord, Behold, I frame euill againſt you, and deuiſe a deuicedevice againſt you: where by euill vnderſtand with Tertullian lib. 2. aduerſus Marcionem cap. 24. Mala non …
Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deuil by the smell of the liuer of a fish, is a meere fabulous deuicedevice; for the deuil is by nature a spirit, and cannot be affected with such …
With rule
… deuil by the smell of the liuer of a fish, is a meere fabulous deuicedevice; for the deuil is by nature a spirit, and cannot be affected with such …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 463 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fourthly, whatsoeuer becommeth of the deuicedevice of concomitancy, our aduersaries therwith cannot shift off Irenaeus. For in his fifth booke …
With rule
Fourthly, whatsoeuer becommeth of the deuicedevice of concomitancy, our aduersaries therwith cannot shift off Irenaeus. For in his fifth booke …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 47 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… seuenteene rich mantles, costly and curiously wrought. Vpon the vpper mantle was set the DeuiceDevice or Armes of some Idoll, whereunto he had beene most deuote in his life …
With rule
… seuenteene rich mantles, costly and curiously wrought. Vpon the vpper mantle was set the DeuiceDevice or Armes of some Idoll, whereunto he had beene most deuote in his life …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 674 · Open in the reader

Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light A19294

Printed
And the DeuiceDevice confounds it selfe, as is plaine by the absurd relation and proportion betweene the …
With rule
And the DeuiceDevice confounds it selfe, as is plaine by the absurd relation and proportion betweene the …
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
By this Art, furthering also that DeuiceDevice of canonizing of Saints for their perfect Holinesse, by such forged miracles as hereby …
With rule
By this Art, furthering also that DeuiceDevice of canonizing of Saints for their perfect Holinesse, by such forged miracles as hereby …
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 196 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

Printed
And the DeuiceDevice confounds it selfe, as is plaine by the absurd relation and proportion betweene the …
With rule
And the DeuiceDevice confounds it selfe, as is plaine by the absurd relation and proportion betweene the …
Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
By this Art, furthering also that DeuiceDevice of canonizing of Saints for their perfect Holinesse, by such forged miracles as hereby …
With rule
By this Art, furthering also that DeuiceDevice of canonizing of Saints for their perfect Holinesse, by such forged miracles as hereby …
Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 196 · Open in the reader