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vrbanurban

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

Puritas changed it: 270 times in 74 works
Consistency: 97.1% (270 of 278)
Reach if approved: ~292 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: urban
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 278 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (270 changes in 74 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 270)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Archbishop of Canterbury, about the yeer 1375. (and that from another Pope, not Clement but VrbanUrban, some 25. yeers after this contestation) which he thus expresseth, Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 283.
With rule
… Archbishop of Canterbury, about the yeer 1375. (and that from another Pope, not Clement but VrbanUrban, some 25. yeers after this contestation) which he thus expresseth, Antiqu. Eccles. Brit. p. 283.
William Prynne · Oxfords Plea Refuted · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Brigit, the Foundreſſe of the Order of Saint Sauiour, which was canonized by Pope VrbanUrban, ſticks not to teach openly in her Writings, that the Pope doth torment, yea …
With rule
… Brigit, the Foundreſſe of the Order of Saint Sauiour, which was canonized by Pope VrbanUrban, ſticks not to teach openly in her Writings, that the Pope doth torment, yea …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 639 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his troubles moued againſt the Emperor: but al three Popes died before him, and VrbanUrban diſquieting the church was ſtriken by the hād of God and periſhed. This is …
With rule
… his troubles moued againſt the Emperor: but al three Popes died before him, and VrbanUrban diſquieting the church was ſtriken by the hād of God and periſhed. This is …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Guelphes, and Gibellins, Florentines, Venetians, Genenois, Cecilians, &c. The Romanes refuſe to obey VrbanUrban the 4. And theſe garboiles grew ſo ſtrong, that the Popes were faine to bee …
With rule
… the Guelphes, and Gibellins, Florentines, Venetians, Genenois, Cecilians, &c. The Romanes refuſe to obey VrbanUrban the 4. And theſe garboiles grew ſo ſtrong, that the Popes were faine to bee …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet more sure, in the yeere MCLXXXVI. hee obtained a new licence from Pope VrbanUrban the third; that one of his sonnes, whom hee himselfe would, should bee crowned …
With rule
… yet more sure, in the yeere MCLXXXVI. hee obtained a new licence from Pope VrbanUrban the third; that one of his sonnes, whom hee himselfe would, should bee crowned …
James Ussher · The Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this he required vpon paine of the greater excommunication. Yet after the death of VrbanUrban 7. Greg. 14. and Innocent 9. ſucceſſors of Sixtus 5. comes Clemens 8. and hee ſets out another Bible …
With rule
… this he required vpon paine of the greater excommunication. Yet after the death of VrbanUrban 7. Greg. 14. and Innocent 9. ſucceſſors of Sixtus 5. comes Clemens 8. and hee ſets out another Bible …
Alexander Cooke · More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one another, they took up Arms one againſt another, and made a bloody War, VrbanUrban VI. on his ſide, in a Bull that began, The Vine of the Lord …
With rule
… one another, they took up Arms one againſt another, and made a bloody War, VrbanUrban VI. on his ſide, in a Bull that began, The Vine of the Lord …
Jean Claude · Historical Defense of the Reformation · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pauls helpers, ready to lay downe their neckes for a publick good. Mary, Andronicus, VrbanUrban, Triphena, Triphosa, and many other, this is their commendation, They laboured much in the …
With rule
… Pauls helpers, ready to lay downe their neckes for a publick good. Mary, Andronicus, VrbanUrban, Triphena, Triphosa, and many other, this is their commendation, They laboured much in the …
Stephen Marshall · Meroz Cursed 23 February 1641 · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pageant of Popes A02895

Printed
VRbanUrban the seconde an Hetrurian borne called Otho before, was made Pope by the harlot …
With rule
VRbanUrban the seconde an Hetrurian borne called Otho before, was made Pope by the harlot …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
VRbanUrban the fourth borne in Fraunce, and as some saye was first called Pantaleon being …
With rule
VRbanUrban the fourth borne in Fraunce, and as some saye was first called Pantaleon being …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
VRbanUrban the fift was also borne in Lemonia called before Grymold Grison, sonne of one …
With rule
VRbanUrban the fift was also borne in Lemonia called before Grymold Grison, sonne of one …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
VRbanUrban the sixt being but a poore man and very obscure borne in Naples, called …
With rule
VRbanUrban the sixt being but a poore man and very obscure borne in Naples, called …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… and haue done. That tels you firſt with great allowance and applauſe, that Pope VRBANURBAN the fift ſent three Agnes Dei, to the Greeke Emperor, with theſe verſes:
With rule
… and haue done. That tels you firſt with great allowance and applauſe, that Pope VRBANURBAN the fift ſent three Agnes Dei, to the Greeke Emperor, with theſe verſes:
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 620 · Open in the reader