Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9748 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cloath'dclothed

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

Puritas changed it: 270 times in 159 works
Consistency: 87.9% (270 of 307)
Reach if approved: ~323 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: clothed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 307 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (270 changes in 159 works, 87.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 270)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by the humiliations of Repentance, that laid its groundwork in that dust and ashes, cloath'dclothed it self in the sackcloth and neglected rudnesses of a pious penitent sorrow: The …
With rule
… by the humiliations of Repentance, that laid its groundwork in that dust and ashes, cloath'dclothed it self in the sackcloth and neglected rudnesses of a pious penitent sorrow: The …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
Should vital knowing Spirits cloath'dclothed in Flesh,
With rule
Should vital knowing Spirits cloath'dclothed in Flesh,
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus cloath'dclothed with ioy in their ſolemnitie.
With rule
Thus cloath'dclothed with ioy in their ſolemnitie.
John Bond · King Charles Welcome Home · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
Have you your ſuſtenance, are cloath'dclothed, and eat?
With rule
Have you your ſuſtenance, are cloath'dclothed, and eat?
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whoſe vertues cloath'dclothed his Love with heavenly life.
With rule
Whoſe vertues cloath'dclothed his Love with heavenly life.
Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… others, the Devill is a proud creature, and he accus'd, contemn'd Joſhua who was cloath'dclothed with filthie garments, and when perſons are puff'd up with their Apparrel, they will …
With rule
… others, the Devill is a proud creature, and he accus'd, contemn'd Joſhua who was cloath'dclothed with filthie garments, and when perſons are puff'd up with their Apparrel, they will …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tend to his reproach, unleſs rehearſing the charge lain in againſt the Diſſenter as cloath'dclothed with his own words, and the confuting him, muſt be eſteem'd as ſuch.
With rule
… tend to his reproach, unleſs rehearſing the charge lain in againſt the Diſſenter as cloath'dclothed with his own words, and the confuting him, muſt be eſteem'd as ſuch.
John Humfrey · A Reply to the Defense of Dr Stillingfleet · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be amongst men, though God have given thee an Eminent station in the body, cloath'dclothed thee with purple and scarlet, and hath set thy poore neighbour in the lowest …
With rule
… be amongst men, though God have given thee an Eminent station in the body, cloath'dclothed thee with purple and scarlet, and hath set thy poore neighbour in the lowest …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (37)

19 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
Cloath'dClothed in this courſe arraay, I rov'd abrode,
With rule
Cloath'dClothed in this courſe arraay, I rov'd abrode,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 119 · Open in the reader

Eighteen Sermons A23716

Printed
… delicious daily fare, nor be as much wrought upon by the Promises of being Cloath'dClothed upon with the white Robe of Immortality, and by the mentions of a Crown …
With rule
… delicious daily fare, nor be as much wrought upon by the Promises of being Cloath'dClothed upon with the white Robe of Immortality, and by the mentions of a Crown …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A23717

Printed
… delicious daily fare, nor be as much wrought upon by the Promises of being Cloath'dClothed upon with the white Robe of Immortality, and by the mentions of a Crown …
With rule
… delicious daily fare, nor be as much wrought upon by the Promises of being Cloath'dClothed upon with the white Robe of Immortality, and by the mentions of a Crown …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 142 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

Printed
… the Church as to Ecclipſe it, by ſurprizing the Glory proper to it, as Cloath'dClothed with the Sun, are made equal to the Times of the Church in the …
With rule
… the Church as to Ecclipſe it, by ſurprizing the Glory proper to it, as Cloath'dClothed with the Sun, are made equal to the Times of the Church in the …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… toward the Philadelphian 97. according to the diſtance of Time to it; wherein the Church Cloath'dClothed with the Sun, ſhall come out o… …s Eclipſe; which being ſo near, ſhould …
With rule
… toward the Philadelphian 97. according to the diſtance of Time to it; wherein the Church Cloath'dClothed with the Sun, ſhall come out o… …s Eclipſe; which being ſo near, ſhould …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Cloath'dClothed all in white, who whiſp'red in mine ear,
With rule
Cloath'dClothed all in white, who whiſp'red in mine ear,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 185 · Open in the reader

Several Poems A29149

Printed
Cloath'dClothed all in his black ſinfull Livery,
With rule
Cloath'dClothed all in his black ſinfull Livery,
Anne Bradstreet · Several Poems · p. 225 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Five Sermons A29912

Printed
… all earthly ornaments; so the Spouse of Christ, she is Beautiful, but all Heavenly; Cloath'dClothed with the Sun, Crown'd with the Stars, Treading on the Moon; all Heavenly and …
With rule
… all earthly ornaments; so the Spouse of Christ, she is Beautiful, but all Heavenly; Cloath'dClothed with the Sun, Crown'd with the Stars, Treading on the Moon; all Heavenly and …
Ralph Brownrig · Twenty-Five Sermons · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Cloath'dClothed us unworthie, pitying while he judg'd;
With rule
Cloath'dClothed us unworthie, pitying while he judg'd;
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Not that ſhe was ſo in herſelf, by her own native beauty, but as Cloath'dClothed with the Sun of Righteouſneſs, and made comely with his comelineſs that he put …
With rule
… Not that ſhe was ſo in herſelf, by her own native beauty, but as Cloath'dClothed with the Sun of Righteouſneſs, and made comely with his comelineſs that he put …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… condition of Body, and dead in Sin, as to his Soul. When reviv'd and Cloath'dClothed again by Christ, as to some measure of his restor'd lost Life and Righteousness …
With rule
… condition of Body, and dead in Sin, as to his Soul. When reviv'd and Cloath'dClothed again by Christ, as to some measure of his restor'd lost Life and Righteousness …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 260 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Cloath'dClothed in her virgin white integritie,
With rule
Cloath'dClothed in her virgin white integritie,
John Donne · Poems · p. 254 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… here, to see how far they Agree; And first He will Find an Angel Cloath'dClothed, there with Linnen, here with a Clou'd, a Bright Clou'd, as it were Fine …
With rule
… here, to see how far they Agree; And first He will Find an Angel Cloath'dClothed, there with Linnen, here with a Clou'd, a Bright Clou'd, as it were Fine …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was yet dark, is to be Taken, for the Angels Coming down, in Allusion Cloath'dClothed in White, and as it were Rolling away the Stone from the Winesses Dead …
With rule
… was yet dark, is to be Taken, for the Angels Coming down, in Allusion Cloath'dClothed in White, and as it were Rolling away the Stone from the Winesses Dead …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
… and Spirits in Heaven, that they may not be found Naked; till they are Cloath'dClothed upon with their Houſe from Heaven, Glorious Bodi…s of the Reſurrection, in the …
With rule
… and Spirits in Heaven, that they may not be found Naked; till they are Cloath'dClothed upon with their Houſe from Heaven, Glorious Bodi…s of the Reſurrection, in the …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them Power, but yet that Power ſhall be hid; they ſhall be Cover'd or Cloath'dClothed with Sackcloth. So a place ſhall be prepared for the Woman the Church, where …
With rule
… them Power, but yet that Power ſhall be hid; they ſhall be Cover'd or Cloath'dClothed with Sackcloth. So a place ſhall be prepared for the Woman the Church, where …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Servants of Chriſt, both in Ordinary, and Extraordinary, Commiſſion'd to Work Miracles, ſhall be Cloath'dClothed with a Faith to that End; that thoſe who can by no means Believe …
With rule
… Servants of Chriſt, both in Ordinary, and Extraordinary, Commiſſion'd to Work Miracles, ſhall be Cloath'dClothed with a Faith to that End; that thoſe who can by no means Believe …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 91 · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

Printed
Cloath'dClothed are the Trees in g…een; the stately P…ne,
With rule
Cloath'dClothed are the Trees in g…een; the stately P…ne,
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 55 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

Printed
Cloath'dClothed with their ſins I'm with their thorns too crown'd.
With rule
Cloath'dClothed with their ſins I'm with their thorns too crown'd.
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 68 · Open in the reader