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shauelingsshavelings

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 115 times in 71 works
Consistency: 87.1% (115 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shavelings
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 132 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (115 changes in 71 works, 87.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 115)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that act a priest of Melchisedechs order? And thus shall euery one of their shauelingsshavelings be more properly a priest, then Christ.
With rule
… that act a priest of Melchisedechs order? And thus shall euery one of their shauelingsshavelings be more properly a priest, then Christ.
Andrew Willet · The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tithes. And herein wee may ſee the deceit of the Pope and of his ſhauelingsshavelings: for, when they handle the lawe of tithes in their Canons, they take it …
With rule
… tithes. And herein wee may ſee the deceit of the Pope and of his ſhauelingsshavelings: for, when they handle the lawe of tithes in their Canons, they take it …
John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in mine hand: I would ridde the Church of a greater number of your ſhauelingsshavelings, which are moſt vnworthy, though you thinke none worthy but ſuch. As for the …
With rule
… in mine hand: I would ridde the Church of a greater number of your ſhauelingsshavelings, which are moſt vnworthy, though you thinke none worthy but ſuch. As for the …
Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſalis, in the ſenſe which they will only well beare: (Let ſuch of their ſhauelingsshavelings, as vpon whom an vnlawfull Vow hath forced an impoſsibile neceſsity, ſpeake for themſelues …
With rule
… ſalis, in the ſenſe which they will only well beare: (Let ſuch of their ſhauelingsshavelings, as vpon whom an vnlawfull Vow hath forced an impoſsibile neceſsity, ſpeake for themſelues …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 726 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had no better inſtrument then Antichriſt that oppoſeth Chriſt in all things, and his shauelingsshavelings the Prelats: who haue left Chriſts example, & forced their owne idolatricall one, vpon all …
With rule
… had no better inſtrument then Antichriſt that oppoſeth Chriſt in all things, and his shauelingsshavelings the Prelats: who haue left Chriſts example, & forced their owne idolatricall one, vpon all …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Zwinglians, & Caluinistes, shal yet againe beare the swing, & all the shorne swarme of holie shauelingsshavelings, with all the Sophisters & Theologians of Louen, with all the newe Bishops, Abbats, Monks …
With rule
… Zwinglians, & Caluinistes, shal yet againe beare the swing, & all the shorne swarme of holie shauelingsshavelings, with all the Sophisters & Theologians of Louen, with all the newe Bishops, Abbats, Monks …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… the terror of ill doers, and not the mocke and may-game of ſuch ſhauelingsshavelings. For if they being purſued, can get into thoſe Temples (or rather dennes) of …
With rule
… the terror of ill doers, and not the mocke and may-game of ſuch ſhauelingsshavelings. For if they being purſued, can get into thoſe Temples (or rather dennes) of …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 411 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a long time had beene obscured by ignorance, the mother of deuotion, as the shauelingsshavelings call it, but vnder a stepdame of destructiō, as we perceiue it: & though he …
With rule
… a long time had beene obscured by ignorance, the mother of deuotion, as the shauelingsshavelings call it, but vnder a stepdame of destructiō, as we perceiue it: & though he …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Retractive from the Romish Religion A06106

Printed
… and Elders, and Paſtors: but now, none may haue that name, but their anoynted ShauelingsShavelings, who (as they ſay) create their Creator, by fiue coniuring words, and offer him …
With rule
… and Elders, and Paſtors: but now, none may haue that name, but their anoynted ShauelingsShavelings, who (as they ſay) create their Creator, by fiue coniuring words, and offer him …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Scripture: but what ſhould I ſpeake of the name, ſeeing the office of theſe ShauelingsShavelings is ſo contrarie to that function which was practiſed by the Apoſtles and Diſciples …
With rule
… Scripture: but what ſhould I ſpeake of the name, ſeeing the office of theſe ShauelingsShavelings is ſo contrarie to that function which was practiſed by the Apoſtles and Diſciples …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the Apoſtles are neuer ſaid to ſacrifice Chriſt on the Altar, as theſe ShauelingsShavelings are pretended to doe. Their office was to miniſter foreign, but not to ſacrifice; they …
With rule
… for the Apoſtles are neuer ſaid to ſacrifice Chriſt on the Altar, as theſe ShauelingsShavelings are pretended to doe. Their office was to miniſter foreign, but not to ſacrifice; they …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 375 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude A09434

Printed
… make lawes and to binde the conscience. Thirdly, it ascribeth to the Pope & hi… ShauelingsShavelings power to forgiue sins properly; all which bee incommunicable properties of the Godhead.
With rule
… make lawes and to binde the conscience. Thirdly, it ascribeth to the Pope & hi… ShauelingsShavelings power to forgiue sins properly; all which bee incommunicable properties of the Godhead.
William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 156 · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

Printed
… France, who came at last to be stiled Secta Rasorum, or the Sect of ShauelingsShavelings: because they shaued off one side of their Beardes; as Hanun shaued off one …
With rule
… France, who came at last to be stiled Secta Rasorum, or the Sect of ShauelingsShavelings: because they shaued off one side of their Beardes; as Hanun shaued off one …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
… good earneſt, nor neuer entered into their owne conſciences. And euen ſuch are theſe ShauelingsShavelings in the Popedome, and thoſe naughtipacks that haue their full ſcope there: I meene …
With rule
… good earneſt, nor neuer entered into their owne conſciences. And euen ſuch are theſe ShauelingsShavelings in the Popedome, and thoſe naughtipacks that haue their full ſcope there: I meene …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 80 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… thoſe words of God, Once Offered, One Sacrifice, One Oblation? And yet theſe Popiſh ShauelingsShavelings (Deuout men) take vpon them to crucifie, and ſacrifice Chriſt againe; and whiles they …
With rule
… thoſe words of God, Once Offered, One Sacrifice, One Oblation? And yet theſe Popiſh ShauelingsShavelings (Deuout men) take vpon them to crucifie, and ſacrifice Chriſt againe; and whiles they …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 659 · Open in the reader