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deuylsdevils

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

Puritas changed it
147 times in 48 works
Consistency
91.8% (147 of 160)
Reach if approved
~168 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devils
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
160 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (147 changes in 48 works, 91.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    ¶The forbyddyng of marryage is a doctryne of deuylsdevils, S. Paule sayth. i. Timothe. iiii. Where as the obseruing therof is a comely …
    With rule
    ¶The forbyddyng of marryage is a doctryne of deuylsdevils, S. Paule sayth. i. Timothe. iiii. Where as the obseruing therof is a comely …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. xcvii · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    These are not Byshoppes but byteshepes / tyrauntes / tormentours / termaga… tes / and the deuylsdevils slaughter menne. Christ lest no soche disciples behynde him to syt with cruell Cayphas …
    With rule
    These are not Byshoppes but byteshepes / tyrauntes / tormentours / termaga… tes / and the deuylsdevils slaughter menne. Christ lest no soche disciples behynde him to syt with cruell Cayphas …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that ye call vpon doth Chriſt name hypocreſye, and ſaint paule the doctrine of deuylsdevils. Mō tanus a peruerſe heretyque was the fyrſt that made the lawes of compulſyon …
    With rule
    … that ye call vpon doth Chriſt name hypocreſye, and ſaint paule the doctrine of deuylsdevils. Mō tanus a peruerſe heretyque was the fyrſt that made the lawes of compulſyon …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … becauſe that nowe the holye Goſpel ryſeth, whiche beginneth to laye hand vpon the deuylsdevils kyngedome, and to declare, what maner of felowe the deuyl is, howe blacke he …
    With rule
    … becauſe that nowe the holye Goſpel ryſeth, whiche beginneth to laye hand vpon the deuylsdevils kyngedome, and to declare, what maner of felowe the deuyl is, howe blacke he …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the Gospell, that were possessed of the deuylsdevils, coulde not laude God tyll the deuylsdevils were caste out.
    With rule
    … the Gospell, that were possessed of the deuylsdevils, coulde not laude God tyll the deuylsdevils were caste out.

    William Tyndale · The Parable of the Wicked Mammon · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as in good, as well in ſynne as in vertue, as well in the deuylsdevils churche, as in Gods churche. As for enſaumple, quoth I, Idolatrie amongeſt the Iſraelites …
    With rule
    … as in good, as well in ſynne as in vertue, as well in the deuylsdevils churche, as in Gods churche. As for enſaumple, quoth I, Idolatrie amongeſt the Iſraelites …

    John Bradford · All the Examinations of the Martyr John Bradford · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … howe can the holy name of god be more horribly abused? thā whan the deuylsdevils lyes and false inuentions, be sette out and honoured vnder the pretence and coloure …
    With rule
    … howe can the holy name of god be more horribly abused? thā whan the deuylsdevils lyes and false inuentions, be sette out and honoured vnder the pretence and coloure …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Catechism for Children · p. clvii · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … abhomination: becauſe the one was of the ſpirit of God, the other of the deuylsdevils, the one by fayth, the other by infidelytye, the one to Gods glory, the …
    With rule
    … abhomination: becauſe the one was of the ſpirit of God, the other of the deuylsdevils, the one by fayth, the other by infidelytye, the one to Gods glory, the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Use and Abuse of Dancing · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

10 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.

Commentary Upon Micah A01754

  • Printed
    … power, ſhalbe able to dryue this ſpirituall houſe forthe of gods fauoure, no the DeuylsDevils dare laye nothynge too the charge of thys churche and houſe of the faythfull …
    With rule
    … power, ſhalbe able to dryue this ſpirituall houſe forthe of gods fauoure, no the DeuylsDevils dare laye nothynge too the charge of thys churche and houſe of the faythfull …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

The Acts of English Votaries A02573

  • Printed
    The worlde shall wele knowe what Sodomytes and DeuylsDevils they are, that haue all thys tyme contempned christen marryage instytuted of God, and …
    With rule
    The worlde shall wele knowe what Sodomytes and DeuylsDevils they are, that haue all thys tyme contempned christen marryage instytuted of God, and …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … the synnefull synke and confuse Chaos of all ydolatrye▪ was reared vppe by the DeuylsDevils generall vycar, the bawdy byshop of Rome, and put in full strengthe, Sathan ones …
    With rule
    … the synnefull synke and confuse Chaos of all ydolatrye▪ was reared vppe by the DeuylsDevils generall vycar, the bawdy byshop of Rome, and put in full strengthe, Sathan ones …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

  • Printed
    … in England, and is vsed for a remedy agaynst spirites, and to chase away DeuylsDevils, yea and I woulde thys had bene the woorste. I woulde thys were the …
    With rule
    … in England, and is vsed for a remedy agaynst spirites, and to chase away DeuylsDevils, yea and I woulde thys had bene the woorste. I woulde thys were the …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith A06491

  • Printed
    … is nothynge, but fearfull and horryble darkenes, errour, corruption, death, all euyll, and the DeuylsDevils owne Tyrannye, as we ſee dayely before oure owne eyes.
    With rule
    … is nothynge, but fearfull and horryble darkenes, errour, corruption, death, all euyll, and the DeuylsDevils owne Tyrannye, as we ſee dayely before oure owne eyes.

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

The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion A10213

  • Printed
    Iam. 2. 19. Thou beléeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the DeuylsDevils also beléeue, and tremble.
    With rule
    Iam. 2. 19. Thou beléeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the DeuylsDevils also beléeue, and tremble.

    Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … shall fall from the fayth, geuing héede vnto disceauing spirites, and vnto doctrines of DeuylsDevils.
    With rule
    … shall fall from the fayth, geuing héede vnto disceauing spirites, and vnto doctrines of DeuylsDevils.

    Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

  • Printed
    … in so manye woderfull alteracyons and terryble ruyth… of th… Romane Empyre / so manye DeuylsDevils / Paganes / Mahumetes / Turkes / Iewes / Epicures / heretykes / popes / byshoppes / monkes / prestes / and tyrauntes reigninge.
    With rule
    … in so manye woderfull alteracyons and terryble ruyth… of th… Romane Empyre / so manye DeuylsDevils / Paganes / Mahumetes / Turkes / Iewes / Epicures / heretykes / popes / byshoppes / monkes / prestes / and tyrauntes reigninge.

    John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … heede to thy doīges frō hensfourth. Praye & fast busily / for this frantyck kinde of DeuylsDevils is neuer taken awaye / but in prayer & fastīge Math. 17. So shalt yu be restored …
    With rule
    … heede to thy doīges frō hensfourth. Praye & fast busily / for this frantyck kinde of DeuylsDevils is neuer taken awaye / but in prayer & fastīge Math. 17. So shalt yu be restored …

    John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

  • Printed
    … of euylle… And that the churche ſhall bee euermore, in diſpitee of all th… DeuylsDevils in hell. Laſt we haue a moſte plentifull and ſure do… trine of the …
    With rule
    … of euylle… And that the churche ſhall bee euermore, in diſpitee of all th… DeuylsDevils in hell. Laſt we haue a moſte plentifull and ſure do… trine of the …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 12 · Open in the reader