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edenboroughEdinburgh

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

Puritas changed it
108 times in 49 works
Consistency
100% (108 of 108)
Reach if approved
~115 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: edinburgh
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
109 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (108 changes in 49 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 108)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Commiſſion, promiſing an Aſſembly to be held at Glaſcow, November 21. 1638. and a Parliament at EdenboroughEdinburgh, May 15. 1639. But nothing ſatisfied.
    With rule
    … Commiſſion, promiſing an Aſſembly to be held at Glaſcow, November 21. 1638. and a Parliament at EdenboroughEdinburgh, May 15. 1639. But nothing ſatisfied.

    William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 312 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in Holland. And (not to mention more places) the same course was taken at EdenboroughEdinburgh in Scotland; of which Colledge that famous and holy man, Mr. Rollock was the …
    With rule
    … in Holland. And (not to mention more places) the same course was taken at EdenboroughEdinburgh in Scotland; of which Colledge that famous and holy man, Mr. Rollock was the …

    Increase Mather · A Call from Heaven · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in duſt and aſhes, and (to keep within our own bounds), Let Dublin, and EdenboroughEdinburgh, do ſo likewiſe; or (to come nearer home), Let York, Briſtol, Norwich, and all …
    With rule
    … in duſt and aſhes, and (to keep within our own bounds), Let Dublin, and EdenboroughEdinburgh, do ſo likewiſe; or (to come nearer home), Let York, Briſtol, Norwich, and all …

    Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 220 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … my Rectorſhip of the Univerſity, my Reader-ſhip of Divinity, my Paſtor-ſhip of EdenboroughEdinburgh; and all I have done, that I might be found in Chriſt, not having …
    With rule
    … my Rectorſhip of the Univerſity, my Reader-ſhip of Divinity, my Paſtor-ſhip of EdenboroughEdinburgh; and all I have done, that I might be found in Chriſt, not having …

    Abraham Caley · A Glimpse of Eternity · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … oppoſing the Chancellor, and commanding that none ſhould obey him, the Chancellor thereupon fortified EdenboroughEdinburgh Caſtle, and as the King was hunting early in the morning ſeized upon him …
    With rule
    … oppoſing the Chancellor, and commanding that none ſhould obey him, the Chancellor thereupon fortified EdenboroughEdinburgh Caſtle, and as the King was hunting early in the morning ſeized upon him …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Expoſition on the twelve Small Prophets. By George Hutcheſon, Miniſter of Gods word at EdenboroughEdinburgh. Folio.
    With rule
    … Expoſition on the twelve Small Prophets. By George Hutcheſon, Miniſter of Gods word at EdenboroughEdinburgh. Folio.

    Elkanah Wales · Redemption from the Curse · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Chriſt. But if you will looke to the effectualnes, it followed long after. Scotland, EdenboroughEdinburgh, that abode long after enemies, at that ſame houre, by his merit were reconciled …
    With rule
    … Chriſt. But if you will looke to the effectualnes, it followed long after. Scotland, EdenboroughEdinburgh, that abode long after enemies, at that ſame houre, by his merit were reconciled …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Greeks, or as Grotius, or Biſhop Bromhal, or Mr. Thorndike, or Will. Forbes of EdenboroughEdinburgh were for. And what of that? Muſt not Popery be renounced till you are …
    With rule
    … Greeks, or as Grotius, or Biſhop Bromhal, or Mr. Thorndike, or Will. Forbes of EdenboroughEdinburgh were for. And what of that? Muſt not Popery be renounced till you are …

    Richard Baxter · A Third Defense of Peace · p. 118 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.