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bowellesbowels

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

Puritas changed it
85 times in 52 works
Consistency
96.5% (85 of 88)
Reach if approved
~92 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bowels
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
88 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (85 changes in 52 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 85)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … muſt beare vs, in whoſe wombe this ſeed is ſowen, and out of whoſe bowellesbowels we muſt proceed: the Apoſtle to the Galathians ſpeaketh plainlie, ſaying, It is Ieruſalem …
    With rule
    … muſt beare vs, in whoſe wombe this ſeed is ſowen, and out of whoſe bowellesbowels we muſt proceed: the Apoſtle to the Galathians ſpeaketh plainlie, ſaying, It is Ieruſalem …

    John Forbes · The Saints Hope and Infallibleness Thereof · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … neuer haue resisted that seruitude by them selues. And therefor doth he disclose the bowellesbowels of his mercie, and doth communicat with them that counsell which was secrete with …
    With rule
    … neuer haue resisted that seruitude by them selues. And therefor doth he disclose the bowellesbowels of his mercie, and doth communicat with them that counsell which was secrete with …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … you aſſured, that euen with my whole heart (God is my witneſſe) in the bowellesbowels of Christ, I loue you in the trueth, and for the truthes ſake, which …
    With rule
    … you aſſured, that euen with my whole heart (God is my witneſſe) in the bowellesbowels of Christ, I loue you in the trueth, and for the truthes ſake, which …

    Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … sorte, and receiueth all againe, into the wombe of our mother, I meane, the bowellesbowels of the earth, al in one and the same order and manner, without any …
    With rule
    … sorte, and receiueth all againe, into the wombe of our mother, I meane, the bowellesbowels of the earth, al in one and the same order and manner, without any …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Squier, who gobleth him vp, meaneth to haue him remaine in his entrailes and bowellesbowels. It is alſo written in that ſmall pamphlet called Stella Clericorum, that the Prieſt …
    With rule
    … Squier, who gobleth him vp, meaneth to haue him remaine in his entrailes and bowellesbowels. It is alſo written in that ſmall pamphlet called Stella Clericorum, that the Prieſt …

    Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · p. 236 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … preache and praye neuer ſo muche to the contrarye, and that euen in the bowellesbowels of Ieſus Chriſte, as nowe I beſech you all, all, all, and euerye mothers …
    With rule
    … preache and praye neuer ſo muche to the contrarye, and that euen in the bowellesbowels of Ieſus Chriſte, as nowe I beſech you all, all, all, and euerye mothers …

    John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to see the mother steale her owne children to deuoure them into her owne bowellesbowels. Therefore let vs bethinke ourselues, and when thinges are so farre out of square …
    With rule
    … to see the mother steale her owne children to deuoure them into her owne bowellesbowels. Therefore let vs bethinke ourselues, and when thinges are so farre out of square …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1138 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of all bondes of amitie, for the precious bloud of Iesus Christ, in the bowellesbowels of mercie: to tender the causes of miserable captiues: helpe to clothe Christ, visite …
    With rule
    … of all bondes of amitie, for the precious bloud of Iesus Christ, in the bowellesbowels of mercie: to tender the causes of miserable captiues: helpe to clothe Christ, visite …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1855 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … and so foorth: and inwardly the Heart, the Lungs, the Stomacke, the Liuer, the BowellesBowels, the Kidneys, the Bones, the Sinewes, the Heartstrings, the Ueynes, and such other things …
    With rule
    … and so foorth: and inwardly the Heart, the Lungs, the Stomacke, the Liuer, the BowellesBowels, the Kidneys, the Bones, the Sinewes, the Heartstrings, the Ueynes, and such other things …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

  • Printed
    [Becauſe by thee (Brother) the BowellesBowels of the Saints are refreſhed.] Theſe Wordes, are a reaſon rendered of the words …
    With rule
    [Becauſe by thee (Brother) the BowellesBowels of the Saints are refreſhed.] Theſe Wordes, are a reaſon rendered of the words …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … had before in the twelfe Verſe. [Thou therefore receiue him that is mine owne BowellesBowels.] Likewiſe, as hee ſaith, [Let mee obtaine this pleaſure in the Lorde,] ſo hee …
    With rule
    … had before in the twelfe Verſe. [Thou therefore receiue him that is mine owne BowellesBowels.] Likewiſe, as hee ſaith, [Let mee obtaine this pleaſure in the Lorde,] ſo hee …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader