Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50139 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ilandsIslands

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

Puritas changed it: 420 times in 161 works
Consistency: 97.9% (420 of 429)
Reach if approved: ~451 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: lands
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 429 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (420 changes in 161 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 420)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… generall, S^t Chryſoſtome affirms in particular of our Britiſh IlandsIslands; foreign (ſaith he) foreign. The Britiſh IlandsIslands, which lie out of this ſea, and are in the Ocean it ſelfe, have …
With rule
… generall, S^t Chryſoſtome affirms in particular of our Britiſh IlandsIslands; foreign (ſaith he) foreign. The Britiſh IlandsIslands, which lie out of this ſea, and are in the Ocean it ſelfe, have …
Joseph Mede · The Name Altar · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſtarres, and the departing away of the heauen, the mouing of mountaines and IlandsIslands, are figuratiue and hyperbolicall kinde of ſpeeches, framed according to the words of the …
With rule
… of ſtarres, and the departing away of the heauen, the mouing of mountaines and IlandsIslands, are figuratiue and hyperbolicall kinde of ſpeeches, framed according to the words of the …
Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and beſtowed vpon his ſee, as Blondus & Volateran note, very many rich and great IlandsIslands, cities, countries, ſhires, townes and prouinces, whereby he was mightely aduanced. Yet for all …
With rule
… and beſtowed vpon his ſee, as Blondus & Volateran note, very many rich and great IlandsIslands, cities, countries, ſhires, townes and prouinces, whereby he was mightely aduanced. Yet for all …
Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ptune or Guide; but to the Lord of the Seas which compasse so many IlandsIslands, this powerfull and mild Ruler of Iron but to the most Mightie… and Clement …
With rule
… ptune or Guide; but to the Lord of the Seas which compasse so many IlandsIslands, this powerfull and mild Ruler of Iron but to the most Mightie… and Clement …
Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · Open in the reader
Printed
… seene admirable things: Coasts of Pearle, Crystall mountaines, rocks of Diamond, Golden mines, Spicy IlandsIslands, &c. (so Travailers talke, and Geographers write.) Mausolus Tombe, Dianaes Temple, the Egyptian Paramides …
With rule
… seene admirable things: Coasts of Pearle, Crystall mountaines, rocks of Diamond, Golden mines, Spicy IlandsIslands, &c. (so Travailers talke, and Geographers write.) Mausolus Tombe, Dianaes Temple, the Egyptian Paramides …
Robert Bolton · Death Judgment Hell and Heaven · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… recompence, and to requite the furie of the aduersaries, he will fully repaie the IlandsIslands. So shall they feare the name of the Lord from the West, and his …
With rule
… recompence, and to requite the furie of the aduersaries, he will fully repaie the IlandsIslands. So shall they feare the name of the Lord from the West, and his …
William Burton · Davids Thanksgiving · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Is maister Harding euer the neare his priuate Masse? Yet take away two poore IlandsIslands, Cyprus and Creta, a .1000. mile a sunder, and either of them .500. miles from christendome …
With rule
… Is maister Harding euer the neare his priuate Masse? Yet take away two poore IlandsIslands, Cyprus and Creta, a .1000. mile a sunder, and either of them .500. miles from christendome …
Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… World, the Atlanticke Sea runs all along the Coast thereof. There are abundance of IlandsIslands along the Shore, some full of Wood and Mast to feed Swine; and others …
With rule
… World, the Atlanticke Sea runs all along the Coast thereof. There are abundance of IlandsIslands along the Shore, some full of Wood and Mast to feed Swine; and others …
Francis Higginson · New Englands Plantation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition on the Catholic Epistles A07348

Printed
… clapt together, whereas now it ſtandeth open. That which followeth of the mountaines and ilandsIslands remouing out of their places, is to ſhew the greatnes of this earth-quake …
With rule
… clapt together, whereas now it ſtandeth open. That which followeth of the mountaines and ilandsIslands remouing out of their places, is to ſhew the greatnes of this earth-quake …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 321 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
OF THE EAST-INDIES: AND OF THE SEAS AND ILANDSISLANDS ABOVT ASIA, WITH THEIR RELIGIONS.
With rule
OF THE EAST-INDIES: AND OF THE SEAS AND ILANDSISLANDS ABOVT ASIA, WITH THEIR RELIGIONS.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 381 · Open in the reader
Printed
RELATIONS OF THE REGIONS AND RELIGIONS IN AFRICA. OF AeTHIOPIA, AND THE AFRICAN ILANDSISLANDS; AND OF THEIR RELIGIONS.
With rule
RELATIONS OF THE REGIONS AND RELIGIONS IN AFRICA. OF AeTHIOPIA, AND THE AFRICAN ILANDSISLANDS; AND OF THEIR RELIGIONS.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 547 · Open in the reader
Printed
… earthly globe, carried with the mouing winde (as it were aery wings) new starres, ilandsIslands, seas, attending and admiring the English colours: and first of any Generall, loosed the …
With rule
… earthly globe, carried with the mouing winde (as it were aery wings) new starres, ilandsIslands, seas, attending and admiring the English colours: and first of any Generall, loosed the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 649 · Open in the reader

The Holy State A40674

Printed
… the world was one continent in language; since divided into severall tongues, as severall ilandsIslands. Grammer is the ship, by benefit whereof we passe from one to another, in …
With rule
… the world was one continent in language; since divided into severall tongues, as severall ilandsIslands. Grammer is the ship, by benefit whereof we passe from one to another, in …
Thomas Fuller · The Holy State · p. 72 · Open in the reader