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ziscaZizka

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

Puritas changed it
168 times in 49 works
Consistency
97.1% (168 of 173)
Reach if approved
~188 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
179 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (168 changes in 49 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 168)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … an horſe) and ever fought on foot with ſingular ſucceſſe. So did the Maccabees, ZiſcaZizka, and after his the Bohemians, the Engliſh in France at the battle of Spurres …
    With rule
    … an horſe) and ever fought on foot with ſingular ſucceſſe. So did the Maccabees, ZiſcaZizka, and after his the Bohemians, the Engliſh in France at the battle of Spurres …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 562 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    ZiscaZizka commands his skin be made a drum,
    With rule
    ZiscaZizka commands his skin be made a drum,

    Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 158 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … weeks begin from 1370, then the Sixty two will begin from the riſing up of ZiſcaZizka, and will not end as yet by the ſpace of about Two hundred yeers …
    With rule
    … weeks begin from 1370, then the Sixty two will begin from the riſing up of ZiſcaZizka, and will not end as yet by the ſpace of about Two hundred yeers …

    Thomas Parker · Visions and Prophecies of Daniel Expounded · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … learned men, and valiant captaines, muſt haue their eyes put out, becauſe Homer and ZiſcaZizka were blinde, as to auouch that the church of England may not bee gouerned …
    With rule
    … learned men, and valiant captaines, muſt haue their eyes put out, becauſe Homer and ZiſcaZizka were blinde, as to auouch that the church of England may not bee gouerned …

    Martin Marprelate · Theses · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Historie of the Greekes, or Hebrewes, or Latines doeth mention such a Generall as ZiscaZizka was. Hee built a new Citie, as a refuge for his men, and called …
    With rule
    … Historie of the Greekes, or Hebrewes, or Latines doeth mention such a Generall as ZiscaZizka was. Hee built a new Citie, as a refuge for his men, and called …

    Archbishop George Abbot · The Perpetual Visibility and Succession of the True Church in All Ages · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … precious golden crowne, burning, be ſet on the head of this Teutonicall or Germane ZiſcaZizka, or on the head of the Storke, who being a great and ſtout Warriour …
    With rule
    … precious golden crowne, burning, be ſet on the head of this Teutonicall or Germane ZiſcaZizka, or on the head of the Storke, who being a great and ſtout Warriour …

    Thomas Brightman · A Commentary on the Song of Solomon · p. 1087 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … contrary thereunto burnt; they brought great Armies to the fields under the command of ZiscaZizka, he would have had fourty thousand men under him; he defeated the Pope, Emperour …
    With rule
    … contrary thereunto burnt; they brought great Armies to the fields under the command of ZiscaZizka, he would have had fourty thousand men under him; he defeated the Pope, Emperour …

    James Durham · Commentary on Revelation · p. 499 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … began their famous Reformation in Bobemia, from whence many Tumults aroſe, and afterwards brave ZiſcaZizka waged War ſucceſsfully againſt thoſe who call themſelves CATHOLICKS, whereas CACOLICKS is their more …
    With rule
    … began their famous Reformation in Bobemia, from whence many Tumults aroſe, and afterwards brave ZiſcaZizka waged War ſucceſsfully againſt thoſe who call themſelves CATHOLICKS, whereas CACOLICKS is their more …

    Christopher Ness · Upon the Blazing Star · p. 12 · 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.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

  • Printed
    The epitaph of ziſcaZizka. eadem
    With rule
    The epitaph of ziſcaZizka. eadem

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

  • Printed
    The Epitaph of IOHN ZISCAZIZKA.
    With rule
    The Epitaph of IOHN ZISCAZIZKA.

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ZIscaZizka gathereth an Army to reuenge the death of Iohn Hus and Ierom of Prage. 127
    With rule
    ZIscaZizka gathereth an Army to reuenge the death of Iohn Hus and Ierom of Prage. 127

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

The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History Part 2 A79904

  • Printed
    ZISCAZIZKA
    With rule
    ZISCAZIZKA

    Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History Part 2 · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ZIscaZizka was born in Trosnovia, in the Kingdome of Bohemia, of an ancient, and noble …
    With rule
    ZIscaZizka was born in Trosnovia, in the Kingdome of Bohemia, of an ancient, and noble …

    Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History Part 2 · p. 13 · Open in the reader