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vsurpingusurping

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

Puritas changed it: 288 times in 180 works
Consistency: 95.3% (288 of 302)
Reach if approved: ~317 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: usurping
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 302 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (288 changes in 180 works, 95.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 288)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… frailties and ſinnes; and therefore no need, that we ſhould ruſh further in by vſurpingusurping ſuch an high Office, vnto which ſufficient skill is wanting; he ſpeaketh thus of …
With rule
… frailties and ſinnes; and therefore no need, that we ſhould ruſh further in by vſurpingusurping ſuch an high Office, vnto which ſufficient skill is wanting; he ſpeaketh thus of …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the ordinary worſhip of God, and ſo is where it ſhould not be, vſurpingusurping power in ſpirituall things.
With rule
… into the ordinary worſhip of God, and ſo is where it ſhould not be, vſurpingusurping power in ſpirituall things.
Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… professed enemies whose wo…ks and writings haue betraid their cause: and those tyrannicall vsurpingusurping powers, who haue en…oyn'd them silence at the Presse, and interc…pted or …
With rule
… professed enemies whose wo…ks and writings haue betraid their cause: and those tyrannicall vsurpingusurping powers, who haue en…oyn'd them silence at the Presse, and interc…pted or …
William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · Open in the reader
Printed
… doing; will, then, intende playne Action agaynst him, for his Right. Nowe, shall the vsurpingusurping, and injurious Partie, haue, in this, anie reason, where-by eyther to justifie him …
With rule
… doing; will, then, intende playne Action agaynst him, for his Right. Nowe, shall the vsurpingusurping, and injurious Partie, haue, in this, anie reason, where-by eyther to justifie him …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iudith, that saueth the life of all thy good workes, by cutting off the vsurpingusurping head of Satan. Thou canst not be vnwelcome to God, if thou come with …
With rule
… Iudith, that saueth the life of all thy good workes, by cutting off the vsurpingusurping head of Satan. Thou canst not be vnwelcome to God, if thou come with …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Kings, it is sayd here as kings, or as men counterfeyting them, in vsurpingusurping a gouernaunce not fréely giuen them of God, but of the Diuill.
With rule
… of Kings, it is sayd here as kings, or as men counterfeyting them, in vsurpingusurping a gouernaunce not fréely giuen them of God, but of the Diuill.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… then conſider how he hath aduanced himſelfe for power and ſtrength, by incroaching and vſurpingusurping vpon the temporalities and rights of Chriſtian Kings and Princes.
With rule
… then conſider how he hath aduanced himſelfe for power and ſtrength, by incroaching and vſurpingusurping vpon the temporalities and rights of Chriſtian Kings and Princes.
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is vnſhaken; in this God is glorious, as a lawfull King in ſubiugating vſurpingusurping tyrants.
With rule
… it is vnſhaken; in this God is glorious, as a lawfull King in ſubiugating vſurpingusurping tyrants.
Paul Baynes · Two Treatises, The Lords Prayer, The Six Principles · p. 46 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Compend of the Controversies of Religion A02349

Printed
… vs ſee then, if the Pope ſitteth as God, in the Temple of God; 1. VſurpingUsurping the ſtile of God, 2. as alſo, His proper prerogatiues: 3. and laſt, by vſurpingusurping the …
With rule
… vs ſee then, if the Pope ſitteth as God, in the Temple of God; 1. VſurpingUsurping the ſtile of God, 2. as alſo, His proper prerogatiues: 3. and laſt, by vſurpingusurping the …
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 202 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

Printed
THis much for their Vsurpation over Princes at their entrie: Followeth their VsurpingUsurping in their administration, which may bee seene in foure, In disdainfull speaches: Abuse of …
With rule
THis much for their Vsurpation over Princes at their entrie: Followeth their VsurpingUsurping in their administration, which may bee seene in foure, In disdainfull speaches: Abuse of …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee seene in foure, In disdainfull speaches: Abuse of their persons in base offices: VsurpingUsurping over their Lawes in a directiue Power; And censuring them by a coactiue power …
With rule
… bee seene in foure, In disdainfull speaches: Abuse of their persons in base offices: VsurpingUsurping over their Lawes in a directiue Power; And censuring them by a coactiue power …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 9 · Open in the reader