Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9583 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

betray'dbetrayed

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

Puritas changed it: 281 times in 172 works
Consistency: 94.3% (281 of 298)
Reach if approved: ~313 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: betrayed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 298 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (281 changes in 172 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 281)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… stand obnoxious only as such a Debtor to God, as the Creditor; he has betray'dbetrayed the Cause he seems so Zealous to defend to the Socinians: And because I …
With rule
… stand obnoxious only as such a Debtor to God, as the Creditor; he has betray'dbetrayed the Cause he seems so Zealous to defend to the Socinians: And because I …
Vincent Alsop · Vindication of the Faithful Rebuke to a False Report · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… King. 3. and how right and innocencie in the other had even like to have betray'dbetrayed it ſelf, through modeſtie and ſimplicitie of earriage and expreſſion. Had not Salomon had …
With rule
… King. 3. and how right and innocencie in the other had even like to have betray'dbetrayed it ſelf, through modeſtie and ſimplicitie of earriage and expreſſion. Had not Salomon had …
Elidad Blackwell · A Caveat for Magistrates · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and oppression, of carnal and Devilish Policy, under which the souls of people are betray'dbetrayed to everlasting perdition.
With rule
… and oppression, of carnal and Devilish Policy, under which the souls of people are betray'dbetrayed to everlasting perdition.
John Corbet · The Kingdom of God Among Men · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Scourged and Crucified him. From his own Disciples and followers, one of whom perfidiously betray'dbetrayed him, another openly deny'd him, and all in the hour of his greatest trouble …
With rule
… Scourged and Crucified him. From his own Disciples and followers, one of whom perfidiously betray'dbetrayed him, another openly deny'd him, and all in the hour of his greatest trouble …
John Flavel · Sacramental Meditations · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
He was betray'dbetrayed: And alſo furthermore,
With rule
He was betray'dbetrayed: And alſo furthermore,
John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did hee bid buy a Sword? to give them assurance that hee should be betray'dbetrayed: foreign Not that they should be armed on that occasion, (away with that) but to …
With rule
… did hee bid buy a Sword? to give them assurance that hee should be betray'dbetrayed: foreign Not that they should be armed on that occasion, (away with that) but to …
Henry Hammond · Of Resisting the Lawful Magistrate Under Color of Religion · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy Sion's Intereſt may not be betray'dbetrayed
With rule
Thy Sion's Intereſt may not be betray'dbetrayed
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which Ignorance, had, els, long ſince betray'dbetrayed
With rule
Which Ignorance, had, els, long ſince betray'dbetrayed
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 165 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

Printed
Betray'dBetrayed to death by Evidence from Hell;
With rule
Betray'dBetrayed to death by Evidence from Hell;
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
Betray'dBetrayed by middle and by low degrees,
With rule
Betray'dBetrayed by middle and by low degrees,
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 60 · Open in the reader

Zion in Distress A47607

Printed
Betray'dBetrayed by middle, and by low Degrees,
With rule
Betray'dBetrayed by middle, and by low Degrees,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 18 · Open in the reader

A Good Man Making a Good End A50132

Printed
… not so with my Jesus? Will the Christian say. The Messiah was to be Betray'dBetrayed by one of His own Disciples; He was to be Try'd and Judg'd, as …
With rule
… not so with my Jesus? Will the Christian say. The Messiah was to be Betray'dBetrayed by one of His own Disciples; He was to be Try'd and Judg'd, as …
Cotton Mather · A Good Man Making a Good End · p. 69 · Open in the reader

Life of William Phips A50149

Printed
… Proviſions, they ſaw ſuch a change of Circumſtances, that they cryed out, We are Betray'dBetrayed! and they were ſoon confirm'd in it, when they heard the Captain with a …
With rule
… Proviſions, they ſaw ſuch a change of Circumſtances, that they cryed out, We are Betray'dBetrayed! and they were ſoon confirm'd in it, when they heard the Captain with a …
Cotton Mather · Life of William Phips · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
By Honour, nor Betray'dBetrayed when Fortune ſmil'd.
With rule
By Honour, nor Betray'dBetrayed when Fortune ſmil'd.
Cotton Mather · Life of William Phips · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Betray'dBetrayed Captiv'd, and both my Eyes put out,
With rule
Betray'dBetrayed Captiv'd, and both my Eyes put out,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
… Cheat, and through a Fallacious Compliance, full of Fraud and Impoſture, would have perfidiouſly Betray'dBetrayed the Holy Faith of our Fellow proteſtants, and be the Bane of our own …
With rule
… Cheat, and through a Fallacious Compliance, full of Fraud and Impoſture, would have perfidiouſly Betray'dBetrayed the Holy Faith of our Fellow proteſtants, and be the Bane of our own …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 435 · Open in the reader