Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #53103 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leweslouis

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 727 times in 155 works
Consistency: 85.7% (727 of 848)
Reach if approved: ~949 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: lews
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 903 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: jews (113)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (727 changes in 155 works, 85.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 727)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Iustinian the Emperour confirmed that donation a hundred yeares after, and Arithpert, Pipine, Charles, LewesLouis, and Otho. But what if these be not the verie wordes in which the …
With rule
… Iustinian the Emperour confirmed that donation a hundred yeares after, and Arithpert, Pipine, Charles, LewesLouis, and Otho. But what if these be not the verie wordes in which the …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 408 · Open in the reader
Printed
… outrages vices of the spyritualty of his owne realme after this tyme For this LewesLouis lefte .iij. sonnes amonge which he deuided the realme of Fraunce and all douchlōd …
With rule
… outrages vices of the spyritualty of his owne realme after this tyme For this LewesLouis lefte .iij. sonnes amonge which he deuided the realme of Fraunce and all douchlōd …
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader
Printed
… France: Benedict the 13. would haue done the like to Charles the 6. Iulius the 2. against LewesLouis the 12. but their presumptuous enterprises were frustrate. What Pius the 5. attempted against Queene Elizabeth …
With rule
… France: Benedict the 13. would haue done the like to Charles the 6. Iulius the 2. against LewesLouis the 12. but their presumptuous enterprises were frustrate. What Pius the 5. attempted against Queene Elizabeth …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 606 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from their slaughters and wastinges: Vrbane the sixth of that name made sute to LewesLouis the puissant king of Hungarie, that he should send Charles Duke of Durace into …
With rule
… from their slaughters and wastinges: Vrbane the sixth of that name made sute to LewesLouis the puissant king of Hungarie, that he should send Charles Duke of Durace into …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſayth) that the Popes held their temporal poſſeſſions of Pipin, or Charles, or of LewesLouis, or of any King or Emperour. I am not ignorant that theſe Princes haue …
With rule
… ſayth) that the Popes held their temporal poſſeſſions of Pipin, or Charles, or of LewesLouis, or of any King or Emperour. I am not ignorant that theſe Princes haue …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Defense of the Catholic Faith · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Empire of Rome, ther appeared thrée sunnes. Also of late toward the slaughter of LewesLouis kyng of Hongary, were séen thrée sonnes, betokening thre prynces that contended for the …
With rule
… Empire of Rome, ther appeared thrée sunnes. Also of late toward the slaughter of LewesLouis kyng of Hongary, were séen thrée sonnes, betokening thre prynces that contended for the …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader
Printed
… is no fit man to be a King; This was the ſaying of one LewesLouis King of France, commended by Thuanus, where he writes of Charles 9. by whoſe authority …
With rule
… is no fit man to be a King; This was the ſaying of one LewesLouis King of France, commended by Thuanus, where he writes of Charles 9. by whoſe authority …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
THese tenne blessed Martyrs were burned at LewesLouis in Sussex the 22. of Iune, without a writ from the Lord Chancelor.
With rule
THese tenne blessed Martyrs were burned at LewesLouis in Sussex the 22. of Iune, without a writ from the Lord Chancelor.
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 332 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

Printed
… was impoysoned by the falshood of EMANVEL Emperour of Constantinople: and the successe of LEWESLOUIS king of France, and ROGERIVS duke of Sicil, to whome all things succeeded not …
With rule
… was impoysoned by the falshood of EMANVEL Emperour of Constantinople: and the successe of LEWESLOUIS king of France, and ROGERIVS duke of Sicil, to whome all things succeeded not …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader

History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 A54576

Printed
3. LEWESLOUIS the Godly, confirmeth the peace with Leo Armenius, and had Wars in Datia; whence …
With rule
3. LEWESLOUIS the Godly, confirmeth the peace with Leo Armenius, and had Wars in Datia; whence …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
5. LEWESLOUIS the II. had only the Kingdom of Italy, with the Title of Emperour, and …
With rule
5. LEWESLOUIS the II. had only the Kingdom of Italy, with the Title of Emperour, and …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 115 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
LEWESLOUIS, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, To all preſent and …
With rule
LEWESLOUIS, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre, To all preſent and …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. cxlvii · Open in the reader

Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Georgia to Return from Pennsylvania N03780

Printed
LEWESLOUIS-TOWN.
With rule
LEWESLOUIS-TOWN.
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal from Arrival at Georgia to Return from Pennsylvania · p. 82 · Open in the reader