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gouernancegovernance

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

Puritas changed it
149 times in 86 works
Consistency
97.3% (149 of 153)
Reach if approved
~161 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: governance
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
153 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 86 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … were not, they should haue neither men, people, or yearlie reuenewes. For by the gouernancegovernance of housholdes it is prepared wherby therafter, all offices necessarie amonge men as well …
    With rule
    … were not, they should haue neither men, people, or yearlie reuenewes. For by the gouernancegovernance of housholdes it is prepared wherby therafter, all offices necessarie amonge men as well …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … into the heart of our King, for his heart is in Chriſts rule and gouernancegovernance; and into the hearts of the Nobles, and other, in their great meetings to …
    With rule
    … into the heart of our King, for his heart is in Chriſts rule and gouernancegovernance; and into the hearts of the Nobles, and other, in their great meetings to …

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 259 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of Kings, how much more then of inferiour persons, are in his rule and gouernancegovernance, and that hee doth dispose and turne them, as seemeth best to his godly …
    With rule
    … of Kings, how much more then of inferiour persons, are in his rule and gouernancegovernance, and that hee doth dispose and turne them, as seemeth best to his godly …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … not with a ſincere will. But this is excedingly to be lamented that this gouernancegovernance of the Church is ſo miſerably decayed, that at this day not ſo much …
    With rule
    … not with a ſincere will. But this is excedingly to be lamented that this gouernancegovernance of the Church is ſo miſerably decayed, that at this day not ſo much …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … vnderſtandyng of that is, to ſignifye that he hath receyued into his handes the gouernancegovernance of heauen and yearth, whereby he is kynge and ruler ouer al thynges.
    With rule
    … vnderſtandyng of that is, to ſignifye that he hath receyued into his handes the gouernancegovernance of heauen and yearth, whereby he is kynge and ruler ouer al thynges.

    John Calvin · The Catechism · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … manner of libertie, and to become his subiectes, and to continue quiet vnder his gouernancegovernance; but ere he require this, he maketh a gift of himselfe vnto vs. That …
    With rule
    … manner of libertie, and to become his subiectes, and to continue quiet vnder his gouernancegovernance; but ere he require this, he maketh a gift of himselfe vnto vs. That …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1028 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the trwe churche, thoughe they were of the ſeéde of Leui, to whome the gouernancegovernance▪ of the churche was promiſed and performed. In like maner you, ſo longe as …
    With rule
    … the trwe churche, thoughe they were of the ſeéde of Leui, to whome the gouernancegovernance▪ of the churche was promiſed and performed. In like maner you, ſo longe as …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxviii · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … is to say, that he wyll not suffre sinne to haue the rule and gouernancegovernance ouer vs, and so we shall saye with the Prophet, Domine dirige gressus meos …
    With rule
    … is to say, that he wyll not suffre sinne to haue the rule and gouernancegovernance ouer vs, and so we shall saye with the Prophet, Domine dirige gressus meos …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    Mak thaim requeist, quhilk hes the GouernanceGovernance
    With rule
    Mak thaim requeist, quhilk hes the GouernanceGovernance

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

The Governance of Virtue A06832

  • Printed
    Here endeth the GouernanceGovernance of vertue.
    With rule
    Here endeth the GouernanceGovernance of vertue.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader