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periurieperjury

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

Puritas changed it
375 times in 156 works
Consistency
89.5% (375 of 419)
Reach if approved
~440 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: perjury
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
419 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (375 changes in 156 works, 89.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 375)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … chiefe of them could not bee kept from ſleeping at the beginning: neither from periurieperjury and forſwearing, after a little farther proceeding in the ſame. For ſo farre wer …
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    … chiefe of them could not bee kept from ſleeping at the beginning: neither from periurieperjury and forſwearing, after a little farther proceeding in the ſame. For ſo farre wer …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … adultery: for any naturall loue forbeare parricide: or for any ſworne fayth refrayne from periurieperjury: being beſides ſo ambitious as all men know: ſo deſirous to enlarge the bounds …
    With rule
    … adultery: for any naturall loue forbeare parricide: or for any ſworne fayth refrayne from periurieperjury: being beſides ſo ambitious as all men know: ſo deſirous to enlarge the bounds …

    Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Chriſtian compaſsion, and friendly courteſies; biting vſurie, into workes of mercie; vniuſt gaine, by periurieperjury, briberie, robberie, and ſymonie, into iust dealing, equitie and pietie. Wee ſhould heare no …
    With rule
    … Chriſtian compaſsion, and friendly courteſies; biting vſurie, into workes of mercie; vniuſt gaine, by periurieperjury, briberie, robberie, and ſymonie, into iust dealing, equitie and pietie. Wee ſhould heare no …

    Richard Bernard · A Weeks Work and a Work for Every Week · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … himſelfe whether he had rather, the maide being reiected, fall into the crime of periurieperjury, or kill moſte cruelly the moſte innocent man, not ſhewing cauſe why: and at …
    With rule
    … himſelfe whether he had rather, the maide being reiected, fall into the crime of periurieperjury, or kill moſte cruelly the moſte innocent man, not ſhewing cauſe why: and at …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … was not named amongſt heathen; ſuch drunkenneſſe, I am ſure, as heathens deteſted: ſuch periurieperjury, as they held abominable; ſuch oppreſſion and fraud, as ſome of the Nations ſeuerely …
    With rule
    … was not named amongſt heathen; ſuch drunkenneſſe, I am ſure, as heathens deteſted: ſuch periurieperjury, as they held abominable; ſuch oppreſſion and fraud, as ſome of the Nations ſeuerely …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 277 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … but the Emperours letter assured him of the contrarie, that hee was banished for periurieperjury. Petrus Moggus, who followed, is to bee reckoned in an other Catalogue.
    With rule
    … but the Emperours letter assured him of the contrarie, that hee was banished for periurieperjury. Petrus Moggus, who followed, is to bee reckoned in an other Catalogue.

    Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 334 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … realme, that shée with them, not onely exhorteth men to dissimulation, false meaning and periurieperjury, but also that her Maiestie is content, to haue such hypocrites, and false forsworne …
    With rule
    … realme, that shée with them, not onely exhorteth men to dissimulation, false meaning and periurieperjury, but also that her Maiestie is content, to haue such hypocrites, and false forsworne …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of truth, and truth vpon the Father of lies. Thus breach of faith, and periurieperjury, ſhall be held Orthodoxe opinions. Yea, that execrable monſter, whereof this day remembers vs …
    With rule
    … of truth, and truth vpon the Father of lies. Thus breach of faith, and periurieperjury, ſhall be held Orthodoxe opinions. Yea, that execrable monſter, whereof this day remembers vs …

    Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 47 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (44)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    PeriuriePerjury, how men fall into it. 333
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    PeriuriePerjury, how men fall into it. 333

    Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

A Retractive from the Romish Religion A06106

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    7. PeriuriePerjury? But it is a prouerbe in the Popes Court, (as teſtifieth Peter Martyr) Quòd …
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    7. PeriuriePerjury? But it is a prouerbe in the Popes Court, (as teſtifieth Peter Martyr) Quòd …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … doth our equiuocator. And for Periury, This (ſaith Auguſtine) is the very forme of PeriuriePerjury, to thinke that to be falſe which thou doſt ſweare. Thus doth the equiuocatour …
    With rule
    … doth our equiuocator. And for Periury, This (ſaith Auguſtine) is the very forme of PeriuriePerjury, to thinke that to be falſe which thou doſt ſweare. Thus doth the equiuocatour …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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    I. PeriuriePerjury, when a man performeth not that, which he on his own accord sware to …
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    I. PeriuriePerjury, when a man performeth not that, which he on his own accord sware to …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Math. 5. 33. Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but performe thine oath to the Lord. PeriuriePerjury containeth in it foure capitall sinnes. 1. Lying. 2. False inuocation on Gods name, because a …
    With rule
    … Math. 5. 33. Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but performe thine oath to the Lord. PeriuriePerjury containeth in it foure capitall sinnes. 1. Lying. 2. False inuocation on Gods name, because a …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    PeriuriePerjury. 5
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    PeriuriePerjury. 5

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

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    PeriuriePerjury described. 149. c. 150. the grieuousnesse of this sinne. 152. m. three kinds of periurieperjury. ib. m …
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    PeriuriePerjury described. 149. c. 150. the grieuousnesse of this sinne. 152. m. three kinds of periurieperjury. ib. m …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

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    … To many of them, Whoredome, Vſurie? Euen of vaine Swearing, many made much Conſcience; PeriuriePerjury they hated, as Hell it ſelfe. The greater, no queſtion, ſhall be the damnation …
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    … To many of them, Whoredome, Vſurie? Euen of vaine Swearing, many made much Conſcience; PeriuriePerjury they hated, as Hell it ſelfe. The greater, no queſtion, ſhall be the damnation …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 421 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

  • Printed
    PeriuriePerjury. 156.
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    PeriuriePerjury. 156.

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his martyrdome. But they haue found out a new way to heaven by Rebellion, PeriuriePerjury, and slaughter.
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    … his martyrdome. But they haue found out a new way to heaven by Rebellion, PeriuriePerjury, and slaughter.

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 70 · Open in the reader

The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ A13294

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    In the third Councell PeriuriePerjury is abhorred in a man hauing a spirituall calling, but softly punished by 2. yeeres …
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    In the third Councell PeriuriePerjury is abhorred in a man hauing a spirituall calling, but softly punished by 2. yeeres …

    Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 588 · Open in the reader

A Censure of Simony A17294

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    … himselfe inuented, perfectly cured (as he conceiueth) of two most desperate diseases; Simonie, and PeriuriePerjury, and all other Symptomes of the same. Now all these sixe Porches, tend to …
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    … himselfe inuented, perfectly cured (as he conceiueth) of two most desperate diseases; Simonie, and PeriuriePerjury, and all other Symptomes of the same. Now all these sixe Porches, tend to …

    Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … hold, and that with the hazard and losse of our soules, by Simonie and PeriuriePerjury, and the forfeiture of all our spirituall preferment in esse and posse, both present …
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    … hold, and that with the hazard and losse of our soules, by Simonie and PeriuriePerjury, and the forfeiture of all our spirituall preferment in esse and posse, both present …

    Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and necessitie, Cogit ad turpia, inforcing to sinne, will intangle him in Simonie and PeriuriePerjury? whereas the Poet saith, Inuitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit; A beggars brat …
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    … and necessitie, Cogit ad turpia, inforcing to sinne, will intangle him in Simonie and PeriuriePerjury? whereas the Poet saith, Inuitatus ad haec aliquis de ponte negabit; A beggars brat …

    Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 102 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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    What punishment was prouided for such in the olde lawe as committed PeriuriePerjury.
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    What punishment was prouided for such in the olde lawe as committed PeriuriePerjury.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Of what things they that commit PeriuriePerjury are guiltie.
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    Of what things they that commit PeriuriePerjury are guiltie.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

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    PeriuriePerjury carrieth with it high treason against God.
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    PeriuriePerjury carrieth with it high treason against God.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

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    PeriuriePerjury is a passing deadly crime.
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    PeriuriePerjury is a passing deadly crime.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

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    9 PeriuriePerjury, when wee knew a thing to be false, and yet wil sweare to it …
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    9 PeriuriePerjury, when wee knew a thing to be false, and yet wil sweare to it …

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 86 · Open in the reader

A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ A20559

  • Printed
    PeriuriePerjury. 53
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    PeriuriePerjury. 53

    John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins A20760

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    CHAP. VIII. Of the ſinne of PeriuriePerjury.
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    CHAP. VIII. Of the ſinne of PeriuriePerjury.

    John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … greatnes and hainouſneſſe of this ſinne, that wee may auoide it. For the firſt; PeriuriePerjury is nothing elſe but falſe ſwearing. Or more fullie, It is a knowne or …
    With rule
    … greatnes and hainouſneſſe of this ſinne, that wee may auoide it. For the firſt; PeriuriePerjury is nothing elſe but falſe ſwearing. Or more fullie, It is a knowne or …

    John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CHAP. IX. Of the diuers kinds of PeriuriePerjury.
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    CHAP. IX. Of the diuers kinds of PeriuriePerjury.

    John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ANd thus much generally concerning PeriuriePerjury. In the next place we are to ſpeake of the kinds therof, the which …
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    ANd thus much generally concerning PeriuriePerjury. In the next place we are to ſpeake of the kinds therof, the which …

    John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 51 · Open in the reader