Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50151 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

britansBritons

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

Puritas changed it: 391 times in 74 works
Consistency: 97.9% (391 of 399)
Reach if approved: ~419 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: britain's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 399 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (391 changes in 74 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 391)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he found no leſs oppoſition by them, for the Scots differed nothing from the BritansBritons; Dagan and Columban did refuſe all communion with him, and would not lodge in …
With rule
… he found no leſs oppoſition by them, for the Scots differed nothing from the BritansBritons; Dagan and Columban did refuſe all communion with him, and would not lodge in …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Caeſar firſt entred it. Dum ſinguli pugnant univerſi vincuntur, ſaith Tacitus of the ancient BritansBritons. The Turks pray daily, that the differences amongſt us Chriſtians may be heightned, for …
With rule
… Caeſar firſt entred it. Dum ſinguli pugnant univerſi vincuntur, ſaith Tacitus of the ancient BritansBritons. The Turks pray daily, that the differences amongſt us Chriſtians may be heightned, for …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… make not the Church, simply as they are Europeans, or Romanes, or Africans, or BritansBritons, or the like, but as they are of the faithfull, or holding the faith …
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… make not the Church, simply as they are Europeans, or Romanes, or Africans, or BritansBritons, or the like, but as they are of the faithfull, or holding the faith …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without. 293.38. conſtat. 295.17. for as, an 296.2. for ſecretly, ſecurely. 22. for ſtayne, ſlaine. 37. is a vertuous. 298 37. BritansBritons. 299.4. proſecuting 300.2 yet is it Pauls. 9. to vnderualye. 301.14. foreign 104.24. wee neither. 30. ſhould we be. 301.34. for proued …
With rule
… without. 293.38. conſtat. 295.17. for as, an 296.2. for ſecretly, ſecurely. 22. for ſtayne, ſlaine. 37. is a vertuous. 298 37. BritansBritons. 299.4. proſecuting 300.2 yet is it Pauls. 9. to vnderualye. 301.14. foreign 104.24. wee neither. 30. ſhould we be. 301.34. for proued …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · Open in the reader
Printed
… never reproveth them for not keeping the Lords day it self. And though the BritansBritons and the Scots had so little regard of the English Bishops sent from Rome …
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… never reproveth them for not keeping the Lords day it self. And though the BritansBritons and the Scots had so little regard of the English Bishops sent from Rome …
Richard Baxter · The Divine Appointment of the Lords Day · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
Bede observed of the ancient BritansBritons, that immediately before their destruction by the Saxons, they were come to that height …
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Bede observed of the ancient BritansBritons, that immediately before their destruction by the Saxons, they were come to that height …
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 537 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before had been preached, though not to the Saxons our Ancestors, yet to the BritansBritons our Predecessors. Yea, having cause to search who first brought Christianity over into Britanny …
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… before had been preached, though not to the Saxons our Ancestors, yet to the BritansBritons our Predecessors. Yea, having cause to search who first brought Christianity over into Britanny …
Thomas Fuller · Sermon of Reformation · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Time for us to think of, and prepare for sufferings. Our predecessors, the Auntient BritansBritons, living in a remote corner of the world, felt little or nothing of those …
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… Time for us to think of, and prepare for sufferings. Our predecessors, the Auntient BritansBritons, living in a remote corner of the world, felt little or nothing of those …
Increase Mather · Sermon at Public Fast in Boston · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
BRITANSBRITONS their dolefull case whilst Pagans, C. 1. ¶. 1. their principall Idols, ¶. 2. in vain they crave help …
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BRITANSBRITONS their dolefull case whilst Pagans, C. 1. ¶. 1. their principall Idols, ¶. 2. in vain they crave help …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

Echos from the Sixth Trumpet A66752

Printed
THis Collection begins with a Review of the Poem called BRITANSBRITONS REMEMBRANCER, written during the great Peſtilence raging in the year 1625. The Title-page of …
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THis Collection begins with a Review of the Poem called BRITANSBRITONS REMEMBRANCER, written during the great Peſtilence raging in the year 1625. The Title-page of …
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
BRITANSBRITONS REMEMBRANCER, and ſomewhat ſaid
With rule
BRITANSBRITONS REMEMBRANCER, and ſomewhat ſaid
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
BRitansBritons Remembrancer, Imprinted 1627. pag. 1.
With rule
BRitansBritons Remembrancer, Imprinted 1627. pag. 1.
George Wither · Echos from the Sixth Trumpet · Open in the reader

A Sudden Flash A96775

Printed
By BRITANSBRITONS REMEMBRANCER.
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By BRITANSBRITONS REMEMBRANCER.
George Wither · A Sudden Flash · Open in the reader