Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9350 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

romesrome's

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 1,404 times in 479 works
Consistency: 98.3% (1,404 of 1,428)
Reach if approved: ~1,503 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: rome's
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,430 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,404 changes in 479 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,404)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… what great hatred he had gotten of al men for abolishing the Bishop of RomesRome's authoritie, and for subuerting the Monasteries, and for the di…orcement of Queene Katharine …
With rule
… what great hatred he had gotten of al men for abolishing the Bishop of RomesRome's authoritie, and for subuerting the Monasteries, and for the di…orcement of Queene Katharine …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Papists themselues perceiuing that this shift will not serue their turne, make two RomesRome's, heathenish Rome, and that wherof the Pope is head: now (say they) the whore …
With rule
… the Papists themselues perceiuing that this shift will not serue their turne, make two RomesRome's, heathenish Rome, and that wherof the Pope is head: now (say they) the whore …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 907 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the same faith and Religion, as our great Prelate saith; noted before) thus? Now RomesRome's detractions and additions, we all know. But what hath the Prelaticall Church of England …
With rule
… the same faith and Religion, as our great Prelate saith; noted before) thus? Now RomesRome's detractions and additions, we all know. But what hath the Prelaticall Church of England …
William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader
Printed
… are powerfull to cleanse the heart, and scowre out the Diuell. Oh, you wrong RomesRome's holy water, to thinke it the Diuels drinke; when the prouerbe sayes, the Diuell …
With rule
… are powerfull to cleanse the heart, and scowre out the Diuell. Oh, you wrong RomesRome's holy water, to thinke it the Diuels drinke; when the prouerbe sayes, the Diuell …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… countries of any Infidels: which if he had, they should be the Bishop of RomesRome's apostles, and not the Apostles of Christ. For they be his apostles which hath …
With rule
… countries of any Infidels: which if he had, they should be the Bishop of RomesRome's apostles, and not the Apostles of Christ. For they be his apostles which hath …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt, and that their ſacrifices and oblations bee the true ſacrifices and oblations, for RomesRome's ſacrifices ād oblations have never ceaſed: and the Prophiſie of thapoſtle 2. Theſ. 2. Who Propheſieth …
With rule
… Chriſt, and that their ſacrifices and oblations bee the true ſacrifices and oblations, for RomesRome's ſacrifices ād oblations have never ceaſed: and the Prophiſie of thapoſtle 2. Theſ. 2. Who Propheſieth …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… me is theyr entente, And it shalbe blowen abrode to oure holye father of RomesRome's eares, and he shall sende forth hys thonderboltes vpon these brutes, and al thys …
With rule
… me is theyr entente, And it shalbe blowen abrode to oure holye father of RomesRome's eares, and he shall sende forth hys thonderboltes vpon these brutes, and al thys …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… examples, the Maſſe, Chryſme, calling on Saints, Prayer for the dead, the Biſhop of RomesRome's Primacie, the conſecrating of the water in Baptiſme, Confirmation, the Sacraments of Orders, Matrimony …
With rule
… examples, the Maſſe, Chryſme, calling on Saints, Prayer for the dead, the Biſhop of RomesRome's Primacie, the conſecrating of the water in Baptiſme, Confirmation, the Sacraments of Orders, Matrimony …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 364 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
… the glorye of God. Neyther is here ſowght the adoliſhment of the byſſhoppe of romesrome's vſurped poure, nor yet the layēge aſyde of deuylyſhe ſuperſticyons, (which are all effectuallye …
With rule
… the glorye of God. Neyther is here ſowght the adoliſhment of the byſſhoppe of romesrome's vſurped poure, nor yet the layēge aſyde of deuylyſhe ſuperſticyons, (which are all effectuallye …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

Printed
… out, and be set to the cart or plough, and others put into their romesrome's that be willing, diligent and hable to do their dewties. The other thinge that …
With rule
… out, and be set to the cart or plough, and others put into their romesrome's that be willing, diligent and hable to do their dewties. The other thinge that …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
VVhose eyes on euery new pen'd treatise romesrome's.
With rule
VVhose eyes on euery new pen'd treatise romesrome's.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

An Apology in Brief Assertions A16955

Printed
ROmesRome's antiquitie alſo is as one thred of the three: which can not ſoone be …
With rule
ROmesRome's antiquitie alſo is as one thred of the three: which can not ſoone be …
Hugh Broughton · An Apology in Brief Assertions · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
ROmesRome's Prieſts their Beards ſhave, leaſt Chriſts blood ſhould ſtay
With rule
ROmesRome's Prieſts their Beards ſhave, leaſt Chriſts blood ſhould ſtay
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Romes Masterpiece A56199

Printed
ROMESROME'S MASTER-PEECE: OR, The Grand Conspiracy of the Pope and his Iesuited Instruments, to …
With rule
ROMESROME'S MASTER-PEECE: OR, The Grand Conspiracy of the Pope and his Iesuited Instruments, to …
William Prynne · Romes Masterpiece · Open in the reader
Printed
ROMESROME'S MASTER-PEECE.
With rule
ROMESROME'S MASTER-PEECE.
William Prynne · Romes Masterpiece · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Romes Cruelty and Apostasy A77848

Printed
ROMESROME'S Cruelty & Apoſtacie: DECLARED IN A SERMON Preached on the fifth of November, 1644. Before the …
With rule
ROMESROME'S Cruelty & Apoſtacie: DECLARED IN A SERMON Preached on the fifth of November, 1644. Before the …
Anthony Burgess · Romes Cruelty and Apostasy · Open in the reader