wittswits
A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.
- Puritas changed it
- 235 times in 146 works
- Consistency
- 92.1% (235 of 255)
- Reach if approved
- ~268 places (estimated)
- MorphAdorner
- Agrees: wits
- Matches
- Exact word, any case
- In our text
- 255 times in the 7,099 works compared
- Other readings
- None
- Taken into joins
- None
If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (235 changes in 146 works, 92.1% consistent).”
Where Puritas made the change (8 of 235)
- Printed… himselfe the Author of this most Holy Supper, did dote & was out of his wittswits, which not standing at an Altar, like Aarons Preist, but sitting at a Table …With rule… himselfe the Author of this most Holy Supper, did dote & was out of his wittswits, which not standing at an Altar, like Aarons Preist, but sitting at a Table …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 101 · Open in the reader
- Printed… congregation, he was within little time recouered of his life, yet neuer recouered his wittswits and ſenſes, but liuing long after, continued a foole all the daies of his …With rule… congregation, he was within little time recouered of his life, yet neuer recouered his wittswits and ſenſes, but liuing long after, continued a foole all the daies of his …
Thomas Stoughton · Against Popery · p. 124 · Open in the reader
- Printed… as here Dauid vseth Ionathan as a meane: but the wicked are at their wittswits ende, and knowe not which way to turne themselues, casting all meanes aside, and …With rule… as here Dauid vseth Ionathan as a meane: but the wicked are at their wittswits ende, and knowe not which way to turne themselues, casting all meanes aside, and …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 213 · Open in the reader
- Printed… ſhall be an Appeale vnto the conſciences, of all ſuch, as dare ſharpen their wittswits, againſt the Lords Sabbaths, which he hath placed in his Morall Law: my deſire …With rule… ſhall be an Appeale vnto the conſciences, of all ſuch, as dare ſharpen their wittswits, againſt the Lords Sabbaths, which he hath placed in his Morall Law: my deſire …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 300 · Open in the reader
- Printed… behooued the Councell, to heepe good quarter with them, and to vse all their wittswits, eyther to reconcile them, or with some pretty equiuocations to please all parties. For …With rule… behooued the Councell, to heepe good quarter with them, and to vse all their wittswits, eyther to reconcile them, or with some pretty equiuocations to please all parties. For …
Henry Burton · Truths Triumph Over Trent · Open in the reader
- PrintedMy wittswits with thee J would retain,With ruleMy wittswits with thee J would retain,
John Canne · A Stay Against Straying · p. 141 · Open in the reader
- Printed… make a Church, & therefore he that shal either file his pen or straine his wittswits to prooue it, shall when he hath strugled to the vttermost, but miserably striue …With rule… make a Church, & therefore he that shal either file his pen or straine his wittswits to prooue it, shall when he hath strugled to the vttermost, but miserably striue …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 108 · Open in the reader
- Printed… are many Proteſtants even in Spaine it ſelfe; againſt whom although all lawes and wittswits are ſtrongly bent yet notwitſtanding there were thought to have beene a great number …With rule… are many Proteſtants even in Spaine it ſelfe; againſt whom although all lawes and wittswits are ſtrongly bent yet notwitſtanding there were thought to have beene a great number …
Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 21 · Open in the reader
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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)
5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.
Discovery of Jacksons Vanity A14095
- Printed… to evill ends. But you proceede, and tell us in the next place, that WittsWits conscious of theyr owne weakenes for conqueing what they eagerly desire, presently call in …With rule… to evill ends. But you proceede, and tell us in the next place, that WittsWits conscious of theyr owne weakenes for conqueing what they eagerly desire, presently call in …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631
- Printed(To what their WittsWits deſerve, and they deſire)With rule(To what their WittsWits deſerve, and they deſire)
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Great Salvation by Jesus Christ A38163
- PrintedWe may the World and WittsWits out-run, yet beWith ruleWe may the World and WittsWits out-run, yet be
Richard Eedes · Great Salvation by Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
A Memento to Young and Old A50403
- Printed… parts, the credit of his Court and Cause: Young Men many times have sharp WittsWits, but as the fire, in green wood is smothered by the vapours, that it …With rule… parts, the credit of his Court and Cause: Young Men many times have sharp WittsWits, but as the fire, in green wood is smothered by the vapours, that it …
John Maynard · A Memento to Young and Old · Open in the reader
The Riches of Gods Love A64002
- Printed… the intention of the means. Now let every man that is is his right WittsWits conſider, which is more likely to be the end, and which the means of …With rule… the intention of the means. Now let every man that is is his right WittsWits conſider, which is more likely to be the end, and which the means of …
William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · p. 65 · Open in the reader