Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9587 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cloth'dclothed

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

Puritas changed it: 134 times in 80 works
Consistency: 94.3% (134 of 142)
Reach if approved: ~149 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: clothed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 142 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (134 changes in 80 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Righteousness of God, and Man is the Imperial Robe, which both, as Kings, are cloth'dclothed with, Es. 61. 10 He hath covered me with a Robe of Righteousness, as a Bridegroom …
With rule
… Righteousness of God, and Man is the Imperial Robe, which both, as Kings, are cloth'dclothed with, Es. 61. 10 He hath covered me with a Robe of Righteousness, as a Bridegroom …
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
The fields were lately cloth'dclothed beyond our hope
With rule
The fields were lately cloth'dclothed beyond our hope
George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
Are not cloth'dclothed like one of theſe.
With rule
Are not cloth'dclothed like one of theſe.
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
A body cloth'dclothed with immortalitie?
With rule
A body cloth'dclothed with immortalitie?
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… sensual, and secure in their earthly Enjoyments, 'till as the rich Voluptuary, that was cloth'dclothed in Purple, and far'd deliciously every day, they unexpectedly die, and irrecoverably drop into …
With rule
… sensual, and secure in their earthly Enjoyments, 'till as the rich Voluptuary, that was cloth'dclothed in Purple, and far'd deliciously every day, they unexpectedly die, and irrecoverably drop into …
William Bates · The Blessed Place and State of the Saints Above · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you have had your full Cups and full Tables, and that you had been cloth'dclothed with Raggs, then that you have put on coſtly Robes, and that you had …
With rule
… you have had your full Cups and full Tables, and that you had been cloth'dclothed with Raggs, then that you have put on coſtly Robes, and that you had …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 437 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thou hadſt a Whores fore-head, thou refuſedſt to be aſhamed. He is not cloth'dclothed with Humilitie, hath not put the Armour of God the Roabe of righteouſneſſe, but …
With rule
… Thou hadſt a Whores fore-head, thou refuſedſt to be aſhamed. He is not cloth'dclothed with Humilitie, hath not put the Armour of God the Roabe of righteouſneſſe, but …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had loſt all but what he had given away. That which hath fed and cloth'dclothed the poor Members of Chriſt, or any other way been emploied for his ſervice …
With rule
… had loſt all but what he had given away. That which hath fed and cloth'dclothed the poor Members of Chriſt, or any other way been emploied for his ſervice …
Matthew Mead · Appendix to Solomons Prescription for the Removal of Pestilence · p. 100 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Cloth'dClothed with the golden Sunne, and silver Moon:
With rule
Cloth'dClothed with the golden Sunne, and silver Moon:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
And Cloth'dClothed, ſo proudly, wherefore doſt thou goe?
With rule
And Cloth'dClothed, ſo proudly, wherefore doſt thou goe?
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

Printed
… to the Haven of Glory. Christian, God hath pull'd off your Prison-fetters, and Cloth'dClothed you with the Robe of Righteousness, and Crown'd you with Loving-kindness, and yet …
With rule
… to the Haven of Glory. Christian, God hath pull'd off your Prison-fetters, and Cloth'dClothed you with the Robe of Righteousness, and Crown'd you with Loving-kindness, and yet …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 826 · Open in the reader