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vnbridledunbridled

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

Puritas changed it
213 times in 117 works
Consistency
98.6% (213 of 216)
Reach if approved
~227 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unbridled
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
216 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (213 changes in 117 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 213)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    12 All shall be ponnyshed there / that was here vnbridledunbridled / vnordred / and vngouerned after the worde & pleasure of God. And therfor yt ys here …
    With rule
    12 All shall be ponnyshed there / that was here vnbridledunbridled / vnordred / and vngouerned after the worde & pleasure of God. And therfor yt ys here …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in incurable impietie without all hope of amendment, and wallowing in the mire of vnbridledunbridled luxurie? who if they vouchſafe to come to this Watch-tower of the Lord …
    With rule
    … in incurable impietie without all hope of amendment, and wallowing in the mire of vnbridledunbridled luxurie? who if they vouchſafe to come to this Watch-tower of the Lord …

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 123 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … none careth to haue the Statutes of God, to teach them to range their vnbridledunbridled affections within the compasse of the same.
    With rule
    … none careth to haue the Statutes of God, to teach them to range their vnbridledunbridled affections within the compasse of the same.

    William Perkins · Lectures Upon Revelation 1-3 · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and conjurations: to flee hatred, emulation, backe-biting, and enuying, wandering eyes, and an vnbridledunbridled tongue: a petulant, and proude gesture are forbidden: filthie words, and workes, are altogether …
    With rule
    … and conjurations: to flee hatred, emulation, backe-biting, and enuying, wandering eyes, and an vnbridledunbridled tongue: a petulant, and proude gesture are forbidden: filthie words, and workes, are altogether …

    Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 631 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … termes can content them, vntill they haue attained to the vtmost pitch of their vnbridledunbridled desires. For compassing whereof, there is no trechery, nor rebellion, nor murther, nor desperate …
    With rule
    … termes can content them, vntill they haue attained to the vtmost pitch of their vnbridledunbridled desires. For compassing whereof, there is no trechery, nor rebellion, nor murther, nor desperate …

    James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Oh beare with my vnbridledunbridled Passion once,
    With rule
    Oh beare with my vnbridledunbridled Passion once,

    George Wither · Prince Henrys Obsequies · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … a very fooles bable, wherewith they ſtrike euery one, that doth not folowe their vnbridledunbridled wilfullneſſe. But their intollerable and impotent pride, doth yet more appeare, if we conſider …
    With rule
    … a very fooles bable, wherewith they ſtrike euery one, that doth not folowe their vnbridledunbridled wilfullneſſe. But their intollerable and impotent pride, doth yet more appeare, if we conſider …

    Francis Bunny · A Survey of the Popes Supremacy · p. 179 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſcarſe endure to heare the laviſh and vile ſpeeches which a ſort of baſe vnbridledunbridled people daily diſgorge againſt the Maieſtie of the King of Spaine. For ſingularity among …
    With rule
    … ſcarſe endure to heare the laviſh and vile ſpeeches which a ſort of baſe vnbridledunbridled people daily diſgorge againſt the Maieſtie of the King of Spaine. For ſingularity among …

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 37 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

A View of the Romish Hydra A03851

  • Printed
    4 Motiues and cauſes inducing men to weaſons VnbridledUnbridled and licentious libertie, Couetouſneſſe and ambition, Enuie and Jngratitude, and Religion pretenſed, and ſpeciallie …
    With rule
    4 Motiues and cauſes inducing men to weaſons VnbridledUnbridled and licentious libertie, Couetouſneſſe and ambition, Enuie and Jngratitude, and Religion pretenſed, and ſpeciallie …

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