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ouermuchovermuch

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

Puritas changed it: 503 times in 201 works
Consistency: 98.0% (503 of 513)
Reach if approved: ~539 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overmuch
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 513 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (503 changes in 201 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 503)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the world, is (I take it) chiefly forbidden in this precept, Be not iuſt ouermuchovermuch: and this to my ſeeming is the meaning of that place: howſoeuer it be …
With rule
… the world, is (I take it) chiefly forbidden in this precept, Be not iuſt ouermuchovermuch: and this to my ſeeming is the meaning of that place: howſoeuer it be …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vve shall neither much feare our ovvne death, vvhenſoeuer it commeth, or vvhereſoeuer, nor ouermuchovermuch lament the death of others, for vve shal meete in this kingdome of heauen …
With rule
… vve shall neither much feare our ovvne death, vvhenſoeuer it commeth, or vvhereſoeuer, nor ouermuchovermuch lament the death of others, for vve shal meete in this kingdome of heauen …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other dayes dedicated to others we obſerue not: partly, leſt the people ſhould be ouermuchovermuch burdened with dayes; and partly, becauſe we are vncertaine of the worth of ſuch …
With rule
… other dayes dedicated to others we obſerue not: partly, leſt the people ſhould be ouermuchovermuch burdened with dayes; and partly, becauſe we are vncertaine of the worth of ſuch …
John Mayer · Antidote Against Popery · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be one that ſtandeth vpon termes of learning: I am too much priuie to ouermuchovermuch ignorance: I know well (although not ſo well as I ſhould) quàm mihi ſit …
With rule
… be one that ſtandeth vpon termes of learning: I am too much priuie to ouermuchovermuch ignorance: I know well (although not ſo well as I ſhould) quàm mihi ſit …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · Open in the reader
Printed
… accuse but excuse: and when neither hell, death, condemnation, nor any danger is feared ouermuchovermuch. This peace was in Dauid, when he said, I laid me down & slept, and …
With rule
… accuse but excuse: and when neither hell, death, condemnation, nor any danger is feared ouermuchovermuch. This peace was in Dauid, when he said, I laid me down & slept, and …
William Perkins · How to Live Well · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… damne y^• wicked, & therfore willing to ſaue them, ſo many notwithſtanding are puniſhed with ouermuchovermuch torments by ſentence of the ſame vnwillyng God.
With rule
… damne y^• wicked, & therfore willing to ſaue them, ſo many notwithſtanding are puniſhed with ouermuchovermuch torments by ſentence of the ſame vnwillyng God.
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… done. He was a noble Prince, wiſe, and victorious, but fauoured the monkiſh ſuperſtition ouermuchovermuch, and is reported by ſome to haue builded ſo many monaſteries for them, as …
With rule
… done. He was a noble Prince, wiſe, and victorious, but fauoured the monkiſh ſuperſtition ouermuchovermuch, and is reported by ſome to haue builded ſo many monaſteries for them, as …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and patient tolleration, doth rend vp and furiouſlie teare all in peeces: ſo doth ouermuchovermuch or a looſe ſufferance (for it deſerueth not the name of patience, not regarding …
With rule
… and patient tolleration, doth rend vp and furiouſlie teare all in peeces: ſo doth ouermuchovermuch or a looſe ſufferance (for it deſerueth not the name of patience, not regarding …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 34 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 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 Pathway to Prayer and Piety A03356

Printed
3 OuermuchOvermuch labouring in our callings the day and night before, as may appeare by many …
With rule
3 OuermuchOvermuch labouring in our callings the day and night before, as may appeare by many …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 106 · Open in the reader

The Grammar School A16865

Printed
OuermuchOvermuch play to be carefully auoided.
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch play to be carefully auoided.
John Brinsley · The Grammar School · p. 338 · Open in the reader

Latin Grammar A16877

Printed
OuermuchOvermuch sparing [is] to be shunned.
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch sparing [is] to be shunned.
Leonhard Culmann · Latin Grammar · Open in the reader
Printed
OuermuchOvermuch laughter is to bee taken heed of.
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch laughter is to bee taken heed of.
Leonhard Culmann · Latin Grammar · Open in the reader
Printed
OuermuchOvermuch crastinesse dooth hurt sometimes.
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch crastinesse dooth hurt sometimes.
Leonhard Culmann · Latin Grammar · Open in the reader
Printed
OuermuchOvermuch wisedome is not wisedome.
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch wisedome is not wisedome.
Leonhard Culmann · Latin Grammar · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
OuermuchOvermuch Ease is the cause of wilfull stubbornenesse: Reade the place▪
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch Ease is the cause of wilfull stubbornenesse: Reade the place▪
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
OuermuchOvermuch ease is the cause of wilfull Stubbornnesse: Reade the place.
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch ease is the cause of wilfull Stubbornnesse: Reade the place.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
OuermuchOvermuch Eaſe, and pampering of the belly, is a great prouocation to ſinne.
With rule
OuermuchOvermuch Eaſe, and pampering of the belly, is a great prouocation to ſinne.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 256 · Open in the reader