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vrbanusurbanus

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

Puritas changed it: 128 times in 58 works
Consistency: 96.9% (128 of 132)
Reach if approved: ~139 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: urbanus
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 (128 changes in 58 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 128)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… poiſoned (as ſōe write) Lodouick the Emperor; Silueſter y^e ſecōd, was a notable coniurer, VrbanusUrbanus drowned fiue of his deareſt Cardinals: (though your owne Cronicles teſtifie theſe) therfore al …
With rule
… poiſoned (as ſōe write) Lodouick the Emperor; Silueſter y^e ſecōd, was a notable coniurer, VrbanusUrbanus drowned fiue of his deareſt Cardinals: (though your owne Cronicles teſtifie theſe) therfore al …
Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 399 · Open in the reader
Printed
… some infidels, as Iohn 22. that denied the immortalitie of the soule: some murderers, as VrbanusUrbanus 6. that caused certaine of his Cardinals to be sowed in sackes and cast into …
With rule
… some infidels, as Iohn 22. that denied the immortalitie of the soule: some murderers, as VrbanusUrbanus 6. that caused certaine of his Cardinals to be sowed in sackes and cast into …
Andrew Willet · A Catholicon · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… creatures, they doo erneſtly affirme by the traditions of the Popes, Innocencius, Honorius and VrbanusUrbanus, and doo euen poynt him out, as it were with the finger in the …
With rule
… creatures, they doo erneſtly affirme by the traditions of the Popes, Innocencius, Honorius and VrbanusUrbanus, and doo euen poynt him out, as it were with the finger in the …
Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Saint, after 30. yeares to be pluckt out of his graue, & to be burnt. VrbanusUrbanus the 6. cast seuen Cardinals into prison because they fauoured Clement the 7. and in spite …
With rule
… a Saint, after 30. yeares to be pluckt out of his graue, & to be burnt. VrbanusUrbanus the 6. cast seuen Cardinals into prison because they fauoured Clement the 7. and in spite …
George Downame · A Treatise Concerning Antichrist · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which made them so dull and unactive, and sets a spiritual edge upon them. VrbanusUrbanus Regius, an eminent Dutch Divine, meeting with Luther about Goburg, he spent a whole …
With rule
… which made them so dull and unactive, and sets a spiritual edge upon them. VrbanusUrbanus Regius, an eminent Dutch Divine, meeting with Luther about Goburg, he spent a whole …
George Swinnock · Works · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Byſhops of Rome: but eſpecially of Silueſter the .2. Benedictus the .9. Gregory the .6. Gregory the .7. VrbanusUrbanus the .2. Paſchalis the .2. Alexander the .3. Innocentius the .3. Gregory the .9, Boniface the .8. Clement the .5 Ihon …
With rule
… Byſhops of Rome: but eſpecially of Silueſter the .2. Benedictus the .9. Gregory the .6. Gregory the .7. VrbanusUrbanus the .2. Paſchalis the .2. Alexander the .3. Innocentius the .3. Gregory the .9, Boniface the .8. Clement the .5 Ihon …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 437 · Open in the reader
Printed
In lyke manner, VrbanusUrbanus Epistle is cited by Bellarmine to proue Confirmation: and yet hee professeth, that it …
With rule
In lyke manner, VrbanusUrbanus Epistle is cited by Bellarmine to proue Confirmation: and yet hee professeth, that it …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rome. It is verie true, that the holy Fathers and Popes, Gelasius, Felix, Sosimus, VrbanusUrbanus, and Leo 4. haue concluded, That all the decrees and ordinaunces of the Pope, beeing …
With rule
… Rome. It is verie true, that the holy Fathers and Popes, Gelasius, Felix, Sosimus, VrbanusUrbanus, and Leo 4. haue concluded, That all the decrees and ordinaunces of the Pope, beeing …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pageant of Popes A02895

Printed
VRbanusUrbanus a Romaine, liued vnder that moste lasciuious wreatche Heliogabalus the Emperoure, and with his …
With rule
VRbanusUrbanus a Romaine, liued vnder that moste lasciuious wreatche Heliogabalus the Emperoure, and with his …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
VRbanusUrbanus who because of his troublesome dealings was nicknamed Turbanus, was borne in Millen. He …
With rule
VRbanusUrbanus who because of his troublesome dealings was nicknamed Turbanus, was borne in Millen. He …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
… that he had in the yeare of owr lorde. 1388. optayned a dyſpenſacyon of pope vrbanusurbanus the. 6. Iames the laſt kynge of cypres beynge byſſhopp of Nycoſe not longe afore …
With rule
… that he had in the yeare of owr lorde. 1388. optayned a dyſpenſacyon of pope vrbanusurbanus the. 6. Iames the laſt kynge of cypres beynge byſſhopp of Nycoſe not longe afore …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 70 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History A33335

Printed
VRbanusUrbanus Regius was born in Argalonga, in the Territories of Count Montfort, of honest Parents …
With rule
VRbanusUrbanus Regius was born in Argalonga, in the Territories of Count Montfort, of honest Parents …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 295 · Open in the reader