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deuiseddevised

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

Puritas changed it
2,047 times in 482 works
Consistency
99.9% (2,047 of 2,049)
Reach if approved
~2,153 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devised
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,049 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,047 changes in 482 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,047)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vpon this Altar. So no vnwarranted or vnlawfull forme of prayer, superstitiously or idolatrously deuiseddevised, to any Saint … Angell, is in Christ, or by him any wise to be …
    With rule
    … vpon this Altar. So no vnwarranted or vnlawfull forme of prayer, superstitiously or idolatrously deuiseddevised, to any Saint … Angell, is in Christ, or by him any wise to be …

    William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Sacrifice, meriting and procuring such hie and excellent giftes and graces, which onely is deuiseddevised by the fantasie of man, and whereof there is neuer a word in the …
    With rule
    … Sacrifice, meriting and procuring such hie and excellent giftes and graces, which onely is deuiseddevised by the fantasie of man, and whereof there is neuer a word in the …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and that thou shalt find without any frothy bumbasted words, or any quaint new-deuiseddevised additions, onely as it was written (not intended for the Presse) by a reuerend …
    With rule
    … and that thou shalt find without any frothy bumbasted words, or any quaint new-deuiseddevised additions, onely as it was written (not intended for the Presse) by a reuerend …

    Francis Higginson · New Englands Plantation · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of the Protestant Relator, you reserue not in your minde, Fained by me, or deuiseddevised by me, to saue my credit, and promote the Catholique Cause? But let vs …
    With rule
    … of the Protestant Relator, you reserue not in your minde, Fained by me, or deuiseddevised by me, to saue my credit, and promote the Catholique Cause? But let vs …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … all went to Hell, some to reste, and some to tormentes, it was firste deuiseddevised by Marcion, the Heretike. But Saint Hierome is once againe cited in Oseam cap …
    With rule
    … all went to Hell, some to reste, and some to tormentes, it was firste deuiseddevised by Marcion, the Heretike. But Saint Hierome is once againe cited in Oseam cap …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 217 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … I woulde knowe, what Lyturgies they had in those Churches, before Chrysostome and Basill deuiseddevised those formes that are sayed to be theirs. And why Chrysostome, Basill, Gregory, or …
    With rule
    … I woulde knowe, what Lyturgies they had in those Churches, before Chrysostome and Basill deuiseddevised those formes that are sayed to be theirs. And why Chrysostome, Basill, Gregory, or …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 355 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … hee minded to bleſſe Eſau. Alſo Rebecca, ſhee had her fault in that ſhe deuiſeddevised ſuch a ſleight to deceiue Iſaake, and ſo to haue him bleſſe Iaacob, when …
    With rule
    … hee minded to bleſſe Eſau. Alſo Rebecca, ſhee had her fault in that ſhe deuiſeddevised ſuch a ſleight to deceiue Iſaake, and ſo to haue him bleſſe Iaacob, when …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … they would perſecute both his doctrine and perſon with all indignities, that might be deuiſeddevised, and becauſe of his true miracles confounding their lying wonders, would iudge him to …
    With rule
    … they would perſecute both his doctrine and perſon with all indignities, that might be deuiſeddevised, and becauſe of his true miracles confounding their lying wonders, would iudge him to …

    Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Survey of the Popes Supremacy A17259

  • Printed
    … to ſee, (Thou arte ſay they altogether borne in ſinne, and teacheſt thou vs?) DeuiſedDevised more miſchiefe againſt the Romans then did the Phariſes againſt that man, that durſt …
    With rule
    … to ſee, (Thou arte ſay they altogether borne in ſinne, and teacheſt thou vs?) DeuiſedDevised more miſchiefe againſt the Romans then did the Phariſes againſt that man, that durſt …

    Francis Bunny · A Survey of the Popes Supremacy · p. 184 · Open in the reader