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wickliffWycliffe

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

Puritas changed it
353 times in 111 works
Consistency
98.6% (353 of 358)
Reach if approved
~376 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
358 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (353 changes in 111 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 353)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … decay thereof) understand me, Learned Bede, and the firm restorer thereof, I mean this WickliffWycliffe, the subject of our present discourse.
    With rule
    … decay thereof) understand me, Learned Bede, and the firm restorer thereof, I mean this WickliffWycliffe, the subject of our present discourse.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 292 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Prophet Malachi, and which they by their own particular experience sound true: If WickliffWycliffe therefore were of that opinion which his Adversaries ascribe unto him (whether truly, or …
    With rule
    … the Prophet Malachi, and which they by their own particular experience sound true: If WickliffWycliffe therefore were of that opinion which his Adversaries ascribe unto him (whether truly, or …

    Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 431 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in it a pleasant intimation of what this Town and the World was by WickliffWycliffe irradiated withal. But some of his followers, especially one Peter Payn, carried his Doctrines …
    With rule
    … in it a pleasant intimation of what this Town and the World was by WickliffWycliffe irradiated withal. But some of his followers, especially one Peter Payn, carried his Doctrines …

    Cotton Mather · An Idea of the Reformation in England and History of Non-Conformity · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of the mind, that neither of them is to be done: True; for, Luther, WickliffWycliffe, and especially Calvin, have intemperately opened their mouths against all the Saints; Calvin in …
    With rule
    … of the mind, that neither of them is to be done: True; for, Luther, WickliffWycliffe, and especially Calvin, have intemperately opened their mouths against all the Saints; Calvin in …

    John Owen · Animadversions on Fiat Lux · p. 386 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … be an hereticke, a murtherer, a Sodomite, and many others: in the 8. Session Iohn WickliffWycliffe and his forty Articles were condemned. 112
    With rule
    … be an hereticke, a murtherer, a Sodomite, and many others: in the 8. Session Iohn WickliffWycliffe and his forty Articles were condemned. 112

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … muſt one of our neighbours tell us what Cochleus ſaith was the opinion of WickliffWycliffe, when we can read his words our ſelves? 3. But (to make this like its …
    With rule
    … muſt one of our neighbours tell us what Cochleus ſaith was the opinion of WickliffWycliffe, when we can read his words our ſelves? 3. But (to make this like its …

    Richard Baxter · More Proofs of Infants Church Membership and Right to Baptism · p. 365 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the moſt famous inſtruments of Gods glory, what hard things they endured: as WickliffWycliffe, Huſs, Ierame of Prague, and others. The firſt time that ever any Law was …
    With rule
    … of the moſt famous inſtruments of Gods glory, what hard things they endured: as WickliffWycliffe, Huſs, Ierame of Prague, and others. The firſt time that ever any Law was …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Moses Choice · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … when it is about the meridian. See chap. 8. 13. This angel some take to be WickliffWycliffe and his fellows: others, to be Luther and his assistants. Such are called Angels …
    With rule
    … when it is about the meridian. See chap. 8. 13. This angel some take to be WickliffWycliffe and his fellows: others, to be Luther and his assistants. Such are called Angels …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History A33335

  • Printed
    JOHN WICKLIFFWYCLIFFE.
    With rule
    JOHN WICKLIFFWYCLIFFE.

    Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 201 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

  • Printed
    John WICKLIFFWYCLIFFE his parentage, learning, and opinions, b. 4. p. 130. ¶. 3. &c. marvelously spread and why, p. 142. ¶. 25. his …
    With rule
    John WICKLIFFWYCLIFFE his parentage, learning, and opinions, b. 4. p. 130. ¶. 3. &c. marvelously spread and why, p. 142. ¶. 25. his …

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

An Idea of the Reformation in England and History of Non-Conformity A50123

  • Printed
    … where John Huss was thereby enlightened, and the Hussites began to grow considerable. Happy WICKLIFFWYCLIFFE! of whom, tho the mad Papists long after burnt his Bones, we will assign …
    With rule
    … where John Huss was thereby enlightened, and the Hussites began to grow considerable. Happy WICKLIFFWYCLIFFE! of whom, tho the mad Papists long after burnt his Bones, we will assign …

    Cotton Mather · An Idea of the Reformation in England and History of Non-Conformity · p. 14 · Open in the reader

History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 A54576

  • Printed
    1. William tindall is reckoned among the Englishes, to have been next unto John wickliffWycliffe for knowledge of the faith, and innocency of life: he inſtructed the people in …
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    1. William tindall is reckoned among the Englishes, to have been next unto John wickliffWycliffe for knowledge of the faith, and innocency of life: he inſtructed the people in …

    Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 165 · Open in the reader

Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations A91186

  • Printed
    … creavit. Dei enim imaginem habet Rex, ut Epiſcopus Chriſti: Whence our Engliſh Apoſtle, John wickliffWycliffe, thus argued the Kings ſuperiority above the Popes or Biſhops, Quod Epiſcopus eſt Vicarius …
    With rule
    … creavit. Dei enim imaginem habet Rex, ut Epiſcopus Chriſti: Whence our Engliſh Apoſtle, John wickliffWycliffe, thus argued the Kings ſuperiority above the Popes or Biſhops, Quod Epiſcopus eſt Vicarius …

    William Prynne · Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations · p. 99 · Open in the reader