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vlissesUlysses

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

Puritas changed it
72 times in 49 works
Consistency
93.5% (72 of 77)
Reach if approved
~81 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ulysses
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
77 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (72 changes in 49 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 72)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in ſtede of the …recians and alſo in ſtede of Agamēnon, Menelaus, and of VliſsesUlysses, and in this ſorte ſayth he …s he ſmitten of God bycauſe of his …
    With rule
    … in ſtede of the …recians and alſo in ſtede of Agamēnon, Menelaus, and of VliſsesUlysses, and in this ſorte ſayth he …s he ſmitten of God bycauſe of his …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 338 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … themſelues: that cheſter wil I leaue to the wind, to bee ſhut vp in VliſſesUlysses ſack: and leaue Lemanus to the ſnow water of the wild Alpes.
    With rule
    … themſelues: that cheſter wil I leaue to the wind, to bee ſhut vp in VliſſesUlysses ſack: and leaue Lemanus to the ſnow water of the wild Alpes.

    Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … is nuſquam incluſus, penned in, in no place: and that the great Cyclops (when VliſſesUlysses told him, that the Wine which hee had in his Bottle was the god …
    With rule
    … is nuſquam incluſus, penned in, in no place: and that the great Cyclops (when VliſſesUlysses told him, that the Wine which hee had in his Bottle was the god …

    Alexander Cooke · Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Sanctified Reſolutions for Cloſet-prayer, will chain you faſter to Cloſet-prayer, than ever VliſſesUlysses his reſolutions did chain him to the maſt of the ſhip. 'Twas a noble …
    With rule
    … Sanctified Reſolutions for Cloſet-prayer, will chain you faſter to Cloſet-prayer, than ever VliſſesUlysses his reſolutions did chain him to the maſt of the ſhip. 'Twas a noble …

    Thomas Brooks · The Privy Key of Heaven · p. 465 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … would not lose his part in Parris, for his part in Paradice. Or like VlissesUlysses, who so dearly loved his Countrey, that he preferred his native soyl Ithaca, before …
    With rule
    … would not lose his part in Parris, for his part in Paradice. Or like VlissesUlysses, who so dearly loved his Countrey, that he preferred his native soyl Ithaca, before …

    Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … may with more boldſhip 1 ſay of Mr. T. himſelf, that had he been an VliſſesUlysses he might have conſtrained Proteus, or a Gordius, he might have knit a knot …
    With rule
    … may with more boldſhip 1 ſay of Mr. T. himſelf, that had he been an VliſſesUlysses he might have conſtrained Proteus, or a Gordius, he might have knit a knot …

    Nathanael Homes · Vindication of Baptizing Believers Infants · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … men of that countrie, as poetes do feyn was made of the companyons of VlissesUlysses, or at least, that albeit the owtwarde form of men remained, yet shuld they …
    With rule
    … men of that countrie, as poetes do feyn was made of the companyons of VlissesUlysses, or at least, that albeit the owtwarde form of men remained, yet shuld they …

    John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … other counſayle dyd Homexe (…udged of y• learned diuine) ſet before our eyes wandring VliſſesUlysses as an abſolute Image of wyſdom, toſſed with many …rkſome trauayls: but to ſignify …
    With rule
    … other counſayle dyd Homexe (…udged of y• learned diuine) ſet before our eyes wandring VliſſesUlysses as an abſolute Image of wyſdom, toſſed with many …rkſome trauayls: but to ſignify …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 A05604

  • Printed
    … them they ſtile by the name of Puritans, they will alſo deuoure thoſe graet vliſſesUlysses and Heroes, and this is as true as the Sunſhines at none day. They …
    With rule
    … them they ſtile by the name of Puritans, they will alſo deuoure thoſe graet vliſſesUlysses and Heroes, and this is as true as the Sunſhines at none day. They …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 A05611

  • Printed
    … them they ſtile by the name of Puritans, they will alſo deuoure thoſe graet vliſſesUlysses and Heroes, and this is as true as the Sunſhines at none day. They …
    With rule
    … them they ſtile by the name of Puritans, they will alſo deuoure thoſe graet vliſſesUlysses and Heroes, and this is as true as the Sunſhines at none day. They …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

The Rescuing of the Romish Fox A14048

  • Printed
    … men communicate in ij tyndes / for your reformation there in ther wanteth but on vliſſesUlysses with hys mace to knok yow betwene the ſhulders / as he did therſites for …
    With rule
    … men communicate in ij tyndes / for your reformation there in ther wanteth but on vliſſesUlysses with hys mace to knok yow betwene the ſhulders / as he did therſites for …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … it ſhal be alowed / but ye wil bryng no other reſon nether autorite then vliſſesUlysses mace / and your oun ſaynge for all your veluet cotes and gylded ſporres / we …
    With rule
    … it ſhal be alowed / but ye wil bryng no other reſon nether autorite then vliſſesUlysses mace / and your oun ſaynge for all your veluet cotes and gylded ſporres / we …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader