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aethiopiaEthiopia

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
498 times in 182 works
Consistency
95.0% (498 of 524)
Reach if approved
~578 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: aethiopia
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
550 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (498 changes in 182 works, 95.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 498)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of mens actions, like as Homer bringeth in Iuppiter feasting and spotting himselfe in AethiopiaEthiopia, while the Grecians did take Troy: and againe, they make God accessarie and consenting …
    With rule
    … of mens actions, like as Homer bringeth in Iuppiter feasting and spotting himselfe in AethiopiaEthiopia, while the Grecians did take Troy: and againe, they make God accessarie and consenting …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … sayth that himselfe did go into the South part of Afrike, as farre as AethiopiaEthiopia to preach the Gospell of Christ, and that he saw there men and women …
    With rule
    … sayth that himselfe did go into the South part of Afrike, as farre as AethiopiaEthiopia to preach the Gospell of Christ, and that he saw there men and women …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … man an Aethiopian, an Eunuch, a man of great authoritie with Candace Queene of AethiopiaEthiopia, which had the rule of all her treaſure, which came to Ieruſalem to worſhip:
    With rule
    … man an Aethiopian, an Eunuch, a man of great authoritie with Candace Queene of AethiopiaEthiopia, which had the rule of all her treaſure, which came to Ieruſalem to worſhip:

    John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 198 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in by course and appointment to great King Ahashuerash, that raigned from India vnto AethiopiaEthiopia, ouer a hundred and twenty seauen Prouinces, Hester. 1. verse. 1. were before hand sixe moneths …
    With rule
    … in by course and appointment to great King Ahashuerash, that raigned from India vnto AethiopiaEthiopia, ouer a hundred and twenty seauen Prouinces, Hester. 1. verse. 1. were before hand sixe moneths …

    Thomas Draxe · The Lambs Spouse · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … So the Romanists cast into hel all the Christians of Greece, Russia, Armenia, Syria, AethiopiaEthiopia, because they refuse to be subiect to the tyranny of the pope; as also …
    With rule
    … So the Romanists cast into hel all the Christians of Greece, Russia, Armenia, Syria, AethiopiaEthiopia, because they refuse to be subiect to the tyranny of the pope; as also …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Salomon. Shee is called by Ioſephus Agypt… & Aethiopiae Regina, The Queene of Aegypt and AethiopiaEthiopia. But Herodotus, as hee is now, differeth from that, which Ioſephus alleadgeth: for in …
    With rule
    … Salomon. Shee is called by Ioſephus Agypt… & Aethiopiae Regina, The Queene of Aegypt and AethiopiaEthiopia. But Herodotus, as hee is now, differeth from that, which Ioſephus alleadgeth: for in …

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    The Pope ſendeth a Patriarch (with others into AethiopiaEthiopia) one Johannes Berniudes a Spaniſh Frier, there went with him 400 ſhot and ſome pioners …
    With rule
    The Pope ſendeth a Patriarch (with others into AethiopiaEthiopia) one Johannes Berniudes a Spaniſh Frier, there went with him 400 ſhot and ſome pioners …

    Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … where he and his children dwelt is called by his name Cush, in Greeke AethiopiaEthiopia. The people we call back Moores. hastily stretch] Hebr. make run: nothing the readinesse …
    With rule
    … where he and his children dwelt is called by his name Cush, in Greeke AethiopiaEthiopia. The people we call back Moores. hastily stretch] Hebr. make run: nothing the readinesse …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 103 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    RELATIONS OF THE REGIONS AND RELIGIONS IN AFRICA. OF AeTHIOPIAEthiopia, AND THE AFRICAN ILANDS; AND OF THEIR RELIGIONS.
    With rule
    RELATIONS OF THE REGIONS AND RELIGIONS IN AFRICA. OF AeTHIOPIAEthiopia, AND THE AFRICAN ILANDS; AND OF THEIR RELIGIONS.

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 547 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AEthiopiaEthiopia Exterior, or Inferior, is that Southerly Tract of Africa, which to Ptolomey and the …
    With rule
    AEthiopiaEthiopia Exterior, or Inferior, is that Southerly Tract of Africa, which to Ptolomey and the …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 572 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Apocalypse A16853

  • Printed
    … through with a golden colour: It is a Iewell ful of dignity and maieſty. AETHIOPIAETHIOPIA bringeth forth the ſame. PLINIVS affirmeth that the Beryll is found in INDIA: DIONYSIVS …
    With rule
    … through with a golden colour: It is a Iewell ful of dignity and maieſty. AETHIOPIAETHIOPIA bringeth forth the ſame. PLINIVS affirmeth that the Beryll is found in INDIA: DIONYSIVS …

    Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 693 · Open in the reader

A New Description of the World A33342

  • Printed
    AETHIOPIAETHIOPIA SVPERIOR has on the East Sinus Barbaricus, and the Red Sea; on the West …
    With rule
    AETHIOPIAETHIOPIA SVPERIOR has on the East Sinus Barbaricus, and the Red Sea; on the West …

    Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AETHIOPIAETHIOPIA Inferior has on the East the Red Sea; on the West the Aethiopick Ocean …
    With rule
    AETHIOPIAETHIOPIA Inferior has on the East the Red Sea; on the West the Aethiopick Ocean …

    Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 A85668

  • Printed
    … that is, warres ſhall lay waſte the Egyptians, and great pain ſhall bee in AEthiopiaEthiopia, their fear ſhall bee ſuch as ſhall pain and torment them, and verſe 8, 9. God …
    With rule
    … that is, warres ſhall lay waſte the Egyptians, and great pain ſhall bee in AEthiopiaEthiopia, their fear ſhall bee ſuch as ſhall pain and torment them, and verſe 8, 9. God …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 20-29 · p. 440 · Open in the reader