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brittansBritons

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

Puritas changed it
55 times in 25 works
Consistency
100% (55 of 55)
Reach if approved
~58 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: britons
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
55 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (55 changes in 25 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 55)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Hoſanna Rabba, as the Iews call it: the victoria Hallelujatica, as the old BrittansBritons called their victory over the Saxons. The ſtory is this. Under the conduct of …
    With rule
    … the Hoſanna Rabba, as the Iews call it: the victoria Hallelujatica, as the old BrittansBritons called their victory over the Saxons. The ſtory is this. Under the conduct of …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John · p. 578 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … is the greateſt and indeed the true Liberty of the People, by which we BrittansBritons have ſo long been happy even unto envy under excellent Kings, and had we …
    With rule
    … is the greateſt and indeed the true Liberty of the People, by which we BrittansBritons have ſo long been happy even unto envy under excellent Kings, and had we …

    Robert Sanderson · The Obligation of Human Conscience · p. 267 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … know whom they deride; and as the Belgick mices teeth, or rather the noble BrittansBritons blades freed this Lion (though now too forgetfull of his deliverer;) so cut you …
    With rule
    … know whom they deride; and as the Belgick mices teeth, or rather the noble BrittansBritons blades freed this Lion (though now too forgetfull of his deliverer;) so cut you …

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 223 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    LOe here …read Sou'raign and great BrittansBritons King
    With rule
    LOe here …read Sou'raign and great BrittansBritons King

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … other Churches; til Auguſtine the Monk the Roman Apoſtle about the yere 600. cōpelled the BrittansBritons to adminiſter Baptiſm after the Romish manner, and to receiv the books of their …
    With rule
    … other Churches; til Auguſtine the Monk the Roman Apoſtle about the yere 600. cōpelled the BrittansBritons to adminiſter Baptiſm after the Romish manner, and to receiv the books of their …

    Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 562 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the Seas out of France into England, where he fought many Battels with the BrittansBritons, in which he did more hurt to the enemies, than enrich his own men …
    With rule
    … the Seas out of France into England, where he fought many Battels with the BrittansBritons, in which he did more hurt to the enemies, than enrich his own men …

    Samuel Clarke · the Life and Death of Julius Caesar · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the ſtock of Abraham; as right as if I ſaid that the Low BrittansBritons in France are of the ſtock of Nicodemus. Doubtleſs it is from thence that …
    With rule
    … of the ſtock of Abraham; as right as if I ſaid that the Low BrittansBritons in France are of the ſtock of Nicodemus. Doubtleſs it is from thence that …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Novelty of Popery Opposed to the Antiquity of True Christianity · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the fire, Matth. 17.5. Or as our Ancestors to drive out the Picts or wild BrittansBritons, called in the Saxons, a worse enemy; or as if there were no better …
    With rule
    … the fire, Matth. 17.5. Or as our Ancestors to drive out the Picts or wild BrittansBritons, called in the Saxons, a worse enemy; or as if there were no better …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 121 · 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.