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burgesburgess

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
479 times in 181 works
Consistency
95.6% (479 of 501)
Reach if approved
~529 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: burgess
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
503 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (479 changes in 181 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 479)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    THey were both Englishmen: BurgesBurgess was Maister of a Ship called the Minion. He was burned at Lysborne in …
    With rule
    THey were both Englishmen: BurgesBurgess was Maister of a Ship called the Minion. He was burned at Lysborne in …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 366 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a married man was promoted to the Priesthood: well excused. The B. of Rowen, BurgesBurgess, Tours, &c. are conueened in the towne of Tours, to prescribe rules to the …
    With rule
    … a married man was promoted to the Priesthood: well excused. The B. of Rowen, BurgesBurgess, Tours, &c. are conueened in the towne of Tours, to prescribe rules to the …

    Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 589 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … quod quamdiu in statione erant, jejunare … oportebat. See Pamelius upon both the places. Doctour BurgesBurgess finding, that Tertullian lib. 2. ad uxorem, maketh mention of jejunia, fasts, after hee had …
    With rule
    … quod quamdiu in statione erant, jejunare … oportebat. See Pamelius upon both the places. Doctour BurgesBurgess finding, that Tertullian lib. 2. ad uxorem, maketh mention of jejunia, fasts, after hee had …

    David Calderwood · A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … almost all denying it of the Children of Atheists and Infidels. When Dr. Cornelius BurgesBurgess did but write that all the Elect, though they lived wickedly after till Conversion …
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    … almost all denying it of the Children of Atheists and Infidels. When Dr. Cornelius BurgesBurgess did but write that all the Elect, though they lived wickedly after till Conversion …

    Richard Baxter · Against the Revolt to a Foreign Jurisdiction · p. 173 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … worst, the very writings of such men as Calvin, Bez…, Melancthon, Hildersham, Ames, Dod, BurgesBurgess, Gataker, Vsher, D…venant, H…ll, &c. will not suffer men to believe their …
    With rule
    … worst, the very writings of such men as Calvin, Bez…, Melancthon, Hildersham, Ames, Dod, BurgesBurgess, Gataker, Vsher, D…venant, H…ll, &c. will not suffer men to believe their …

    Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … faedere (which Dr. Bolton (of Liberty) was ſo taken with and magnifieth, and Anthony BurgesBurgess of the Law, proving Moſes Law to belong to a Covenant of Grace. But …
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    … faedere (which Dr. Bolton (of Liberty) was ſo taken with and magnifieth, and Anthony BurgesBurgess of the Law, proving Moſes Law to belong to a Covenant of Grace. But …

    Richard Baxter · The Scripture Gospel Defended · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and the Prince enters G…yenne, passeth over Langn…d…c to Tholouse, Narbonne, BurgesBurgess, without any Encounter, sackes, spoyles and destroyes where he goes, and loaden with booties …
    With rule
    … and the Prince enters G…yenne, passeth over Langn…d…c to Tholouse, Narbonne, BurgesBurgess, without any Encounter, sackes, spoyles and destroyes where he goes, and loaden with booties …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 166 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Glouer, of the Archdeaconrie of Lewes, Thomas Athoth, Prieſt, Thomas Auington of Ardinglie, Dennis BurgesBurgess of Buxſted, Tho. Rauenſdale of Rie, Iohn Milles of Hellingleſh, Nicholas Holden of Withiam …
    With rule
    … Glouer, of the Archdeaconrie of Lewes, Thomas Athoth, Prieſt, Thomas Auington of Ardinglie, Dennis BurgesBurgess of Buxſted, Tho. Rauenſdale of Rie, Iohn Milles of Hellingleſh, Nicholas Holden of Withiam …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 245 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

  • Printed
    … mentioned, becauſe he little fauoured the clergie, being a man of courage, and a burgesburgess of the parliament houſe for the Cittie, and was thought to haue had ſome …
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    … mentioned, becauſe he little fauoured the clergie, being a man of courage, and a burgesburgess of the parliament houſe for the Cittie, and was thought to haue had ſome …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Works A05537

  • Printed
    Ȝe wantoun Ladyis and burgesburgess wyfis
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    Ȝe wantoun Ladyis and burgesburgess wyfis

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Of Virginis, and of luſtie burgesburgess wylffis,
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    Of Virginis, and of luſtie burgesburgess wylffis,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    In Burtowis wantoun burgesburgess wyiffis,
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    In Burtowis wantoun burgesburgess wyiffis,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

The Life of Justification Opened A29752

  • Printed
    … the like errours. And hence we have the learned Labours of the worthy J. BURGESBURGESS, J. OWEN. A. PITCAIRN and other eminent Divines, worthy to be remembered in all …
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    … the like errours. And hence we have the learned Labours of the worthy J. BURGESBURGESS, J. OWEN. A. PITCAIRN and other eminent Divines, worthy to be remembered in all …

    John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · Open in the reader

The Difficulty of and the Encouragements to a Reformation A30235

  • Printed
    ANTHONY BURGESBURGESS.
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    ANTHONY BURGESBURGESS.

    Anthony Burgess · The Difficulty of and the Encouragements to a Reformation · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BY Mr. ANTHONY BURGESBURGESS ſometimes Fellow of Emanuel Colledge, and now Paſtor of Sutton-Cofield in Warwickſhire.
    With rule
    BY Mr. ANTHONY BURGESBURGESS ſometimes Fellow of Emanuel Colledge, and now Paſtor of Sutton-Cofield in Warwickſhire.

    Anthony Burgess · The Difficulty of and the Encouragements to a Reformation · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Your humble Servant in Christ Ieſus, ANTHONY BURGESBURGESS.
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    Your humble Servant in Christ Ieſus, ANTHONY BURGESBURGESS.

    Anthony Burgess · The Difficulty of and the Encouragements to a Reformation · Open in the reader

A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land A30253

  • Printed
    … be Reported to the then PARLIAMENT) With the Neceſſity thereof, ſince fallen upon Dr. BURGESBURGESS.
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    … be Reported to the then PARLIAMENT) With the Neceſſity thereof, ſince fallen upon Dr. BURGESBURGESS.

    Cornelius Burges · A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land · Open in the reader

No Sacrilege or Sin to Alienate or Purchase Cathedral Lands A30255

  • Printed
    Your Servant (and Brother, if you please) C. BURGESBURGESS.
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    Your Servant (and Brother, if you please) C. BURGESBURGESS.

    Cornelius Burges · No Sacrilege or Sin to Alienate or Purchase Cathedral Lands · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

  • Printed
    … Diffidelity in matters of such nature, I am sure is no sin. Mr. Taylor, burgesburgess for Bristol in the long Parliament, was He who told me, that going thither …
    With rule
    … Diffidelity in matters of such nature, I am sure is no sin. Mr. Taylor, burgesburgess for Bristol in the long Parliament, was He who told me, that going thither …

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Dr. Cernelius BURGESBURGESS his speech against Deans and Chapters, b. 11. p. 179. ¶. 73, 74.
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    Dr. Cernelius BURGESBURGESS his speech against Deans and Chapters, b. 11. p. 179. ¶. 73, 74.

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · Open in the reader

Apology for Indulging Just Christian Liberty A56184

  • Printed
    … and others raised this Cont…ove…sie; and Mr. Hooker, Bp. Morton Dr. Iohn burgesburgess, with others who have writ in defence of kneeling at the Sacrament, acknowledge it …
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    … and others raised this Cont…ove…sie; and Mr. Hooker, Bp. Morton Dr. Iohn burgesburgess, with others who have writ in defence of kneeling at the Sacrament, acknowledge it …

    William Prynne · Apology for Indulging Just Christian Liberty · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The First Sermon Preached to the House of Commons 17 November 1640 A77856

  • Printed
    BY CORNELIUS BURGESBURGESS Doctor of Divinitie.
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    BY CORNELIUS BURGESBURGESS Doctor of Divinitie.

    Cornelius Burges · The First Sermon Preached to the House of Commons 17 November 1640 · Open in the reader