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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7538 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gouernegovern

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
2,905 times in 582 works
Consistency
99.3% (2,905 of 2,925)
Reach if approved
~3,073 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: govern
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,925 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,905 changes in 582 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,905)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … else but to commaund, whereas cleane contrariwise, (as that noble Emperour Theodosius saide) to gouernegovern, is to take charge of the health, wealth, and prosperitie of other men, which …
    With rule
    … else but to commaund, whereas cleane contrariwise, (as that noble Emperour Theodosius saide) to gouernegovern, is to take charge of the health, wealth, and prosperitie of other men, which …

    William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … yeere: as also 60 Sheriues, fiue out of euery twelfth part of the City, to gouernegovern the Territory thereunto appertaining, diuided likewise into 12 parts; it being by Lot determined yeerly …
    With rule
    … yeere: as also 60 Sheriues, fiue out of euery twelfth part of the City, to gouernegovern the Territory thereunto appertaining, diuided likewise into 12 parts; it being by Lot determined yeerly …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vnto an holy Temple in the Lord. Hee doth not onely by his authority gouernegovern it, but also by his grace quicken it: so that wee liue not, but …
    With rule
    … vnto an holy Temple in the Lord. Hee doth not onely by his authority gouernegovern it, but also by his grace quicken it: so that wee liue not, but …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Bookes, the constellations of Heauen, the mysteries of Saluation, and to know how to gouernegovern their soules and their bodyes. God gaue man an vpright Countenaunce, directing his Minde …
    With rule
    … Bookes, the constellations of Heauen, the mysteries of Saluation, and to know how to gouernegovern their soules and their bodyes. God gaue man an vpright Countenaunce, directing his Minde …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Magistrates obseruing this, consulted what should become of that country, which these men must gouernegovern after they were dead. Hereupon they conferred with the women, their daughters, the Ladies …
    With rule
    … Magistrates obseruing this, consulted what should become of that country, which these men must gouernegovern after they were dead. Hereupon they conferred with the women, their daughters, the Ladies …

    Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … eight appointed Gardiner to be one of the sixteene Counsellors in his testament to gouernegovern his Sonne, and the Realme: how happened it that Sir Anthonie Browne was so …
    With rule
    … eight appointed Gardiner to be one of the sixteene Counsellors in his testament to gouernegovern his Sonne, and the Realme: how happened it that Sir Anthonie Browne was so …

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Bishop of that one See and Diocesse, and neuer yet well able to gouernegovern the same, did by intolerable ambition challenge not onely to be Head of all …
    With rule
    … the Bishop of that one See and Diocesse, and neuer yet well able to gouernegovern the same, did by intolerable ambition challenge not onely to be Head of all …

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … bee kinges set in hyghest authoritie, or princes, or rulers sent of GOD to gouernegovern the people. Too countermaunde this Canon of Peter, the practise of Rome cōmaundeth on …
    With rule
    … bee kinges set in hyghest authoritie, or princes, or rulers sent of GOD to gouernegovern the people. Too countermaunde this Canon of Peter, the practise of Rome cōmaundeth on …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

18 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.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    … eyes, that is the surest way. We will end this with that good counsell: GouerneGovern thy selfe, take heede, and be safe: but yet more safe, if thou doest …
    With rule
    … eyes, that is the surest way. We will end this with that good counsell: GouerneGovern thy selfe, take heede, and be safe: but yet more safe, if thou doest …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 672 · Open in the reader

The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families A03694

  • Printed
    GouerneGovern their Households …
    With rule
    GouerneGovern their Households …

    Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith A06491

  • Printed
    GouerneGovern them, and lifte them vp for euer.
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    GouerneGovern them, and lifte them vp for euer.

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent A06500

  • Printed
    … thou hast giuen me a wife, children, a familie: assist me and helpe me: GouerneGovern thou and guide them, or else in vaine is all my trauell. Nowe, for …
    With rule
    … thou hast giuen me a wife, children, a familie: assist me and helpe me: GouerneGovern thou and guide them, or else in vaine is all my trauell. Nowe, for …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and willingly followe thy calling. I wil therefore doe all thinges in thy name: GouerneGovern thou & direct my labours. This consolation is so great, that it can not be …
    With rule
    … and willingly followe thy calling. I wil therefore doe all thinges in thy name: GouerneGovern thou & direct my labours. This consolation is so great, that it can not be …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Short Questions And Answers Containing The Sum Of Christian Religion A08492

  • Printed
    … vs, and remoue farre from vs al let…es and hinderances of the same. GouerneGovern the heartes and the swordes of all Magistrates, that they may not lift vp …
    With rule
    … vs, and remoue farre from vs al let…es and hinderances of the same. GouerneGovern the heartes and the swordes of all Magistrates, that they may not lift vp …

    Robert Openshaw · Short Questions And Answers Containing The Sum Of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical A09265

  • Printed
    5 GouerneGovern the Church. 1. Tim. 3. 4. 5. 1. Cor. 12. 28.
    With rule
    5 GouerneGovern the Church. 1. Tim. 3. 4. 5. 1. Cor. 12. 28.

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Supplications of Saints A12610

  • Printed
    … thee, leade mee and my husband in the way of thy Truth and Righteouſneſſe. GouerneGovern all our actions to thy glory, the good of thy Church, and the diſcharge …
    With rule
    … thee, leade mee and my husband in the way of thy Truth and Righteouſneſſe. GouerneGovern all our actions to thy glory, the good of thy Church, and the diſcharge …

    Thomas Sorocold · Supplications of Saints · p. 288 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … beſeech thee, to lead my Parents in the way of thy Trueth and righteouſnes. GouerneGovern all their actions to thy glory, the good of thy CHVRCH, and the diſcharge …
    With rule
    … beſeech thee, to lead my Parents in the way of thy Trueth and righteouſnes. GouerneGovern all their actions to thy glory, the good of thy CHVRCH, and the diſcharge …

    Thomas Sorocold · Supplications of Saints · p. 316 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … me (ô Lord) I beſeech thee, in the way of thy Trueth and righteouſneſſe. GouerneGovern all mine actions to thy glory, the good of thy Church, and the diſcharge …
    With rule
    … me (ô Lord) I beſeech thee, in the way of thy Trueth and righteouſneſſe. GouerneGovern all mine actions to thy glory, the good of thy Church, and the diſcharge …

    Thomas Sorocold · Supplications of Saints · p. 348 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    Gouernment, Diuine or humane; as Ruler signifieth any Gouernour; and to rule, is to GouerneGovern. 1 Tim. 5, 17. Elders that Rule well. Rom. 12, 8. He that Ruleth with Diligence. Exod. 22, 28. Thou shalt …
    With rule
    Gouernment, Diuine or humane; as Ruler signifieth any Gouernour; and to rule, is to GouerneGovern. 1 Tim. 5, 17. Elders that Rule well. Rom. 12, 8. He that Ruleth with Diligence. Exod. 22, 28. Thou shalt …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 414 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

  • Printed
    … Hee is now, LORD, walking betweene thy Mercie and thy Iustice through many-temptations: GouerneGovern thou his steppes vvith such vvisedome, that the feare of Iustice may keepe him …
    With rule
    … Hee is now, LORD, walking betweene thy Mercie and thy Iustice through many-temptations: GouerneGovern thou his steppes vvith such vvisedome, that the feare of Iustice may keepe him …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 902 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion A17676

  • Printed
    2. GouerneGovern by his becke All thinges.
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    2. GouerneGovern by his becke All thinges.

    John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    GouerneGovern.
    With rule
    GouerneGovern.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Men cannot GouerneGovern themselues except they haue superiours to guide them.
    With rule
    Men cannot GouerneGovern themselues except they haue superiours to guide them.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The duetie of such, to whom God hath giuen charge to GouerneGovern his people
    With rule
    The duetie of such, to whom God hath giuen charge to GouerneGovern his people

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent B11734

  • Printed
    1. Whether the Supreame Magiſtrate haue not power to ouer ſee, and GouerneGovern all the ſeverall Churches with in his dominions, yea whether hee bee not bound …
    With rule
    1. Whether the Supreame Magiſtrate haue not power to ouer ſee, and GouerneGovern all the ſeverall Churches with in his dominions, yea whether hee bee not bound …

    William Bradshaw · The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent · Open in the reader

Epistles Volume 2 B13862

  • Printed
    … the Temple: and hee that sitteth on the Throne, will dwel among them, and GouerneGovern them, and leade them vnto the liuelie Fountaines of waters, and GOD shall wipe …
    With rule
    … the Temple: and hee that sitteth on the Throne, will dwel among them, and GouerneGovern them, and leade them vnto the liuelie Fountaines of waters, and GOD shall wipe …

    Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 2 · p. 102 · Open in the reader