Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9833 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

procur'dprocured

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

Puritas changed it: 171 times in 119 works
Consistency: 96.6% (171 of 177)
Reach if approved: ~186 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: procured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 177 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (171 changes in 119 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 171)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And 'tis a purchase not procur'dprocured with treasure,
With rule
And 'tis a purchase not procur'dprocured with treasure,
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
… Paul did, in his own House, and elsewhere, no Man forbidding him. This was procur'dprocured for him by some of his Friends at London, without his Privity, and came …
With rule
… Paul did, in his own House, and elsewhere, no Man forbidding him. This was procur'dprocured for him by some of his Friends at London, without his Privity, and came …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
A happineſs? a Haven being procur'dprocured?
With rule
A happineſs? a Haven being procur'dprocured?
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it were by Sword or Poyson, or by what other means this wretched woman procur'dprocured the death of these Children (many of them her Nephews and near Relations) is …
With rule
… it were by Sword or Poyson, or by what other means this wretched woman procur'dprocured the death of these Children (many of them her Nephews and near Relations) is …
Samuel Crossman · Sermon Preached 23 April 1680 · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sermon which Biſhop Fiſher made at the Funeral of King Henry the Seventh, and procur'dprocured it; likewiſe for the Oration which Cardinal Peron made for King Henry the Fourth …
With rule
… Sermon which Biſhop Fiſher made at the Funeral of King Henry the Seventh, and procur'dprocured it; likewiſe for the Oration which Cardinal Peron made for King Henry the Fourth …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… some warres, not onely to be the meanes by which peace is gotten, and procur'dprocured, but by which it is nourisht, and maintayn'd, and we know some countryes, which …
With rule
… some warres, not onely to be the meanes by which peace is gotten, and procur'dprocured, but by which it is nourisht, and maintayn'd, and we know some countryes, which …
Henry Lawrence · A History of Angels · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amity and firm League, as appears by the Letter of Charles himſelf yet extant, procur'dprocured by Alcuin a learned and prudent man, though a Monk, whom the Kings of …
With rule
… amity and firm League, as appears by the Letter of Charles himſelf yet extant, procur'dprocured by Alcuin a learned and prudent man, though a Monk, whom the Kings of …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But then they'l crizle and ſcale, as I found by ſad experience. For having procur'dprocured four Stones, the beſt mark'd with thoſe figures of Antiquity I could meet with …
With rule
… But then they'l crizle and ſcale, as I found by ſad experience. For having procur'dprocured four Stones, the beſt mark'd with thoſe figures of Antiquity I could meet with …
John Ray · A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages · p. 150 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Procur'dProcured of Fame to haue him deifide,
With rule
Procur'dProcured of Fame to haue him deifide,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater N00104

Printed
Procur'dProcured his Misery:
With rule
Procur'dProcured his Misery:
Michael Wigglesworth · Meat out of the Eater · p. 140 · Open in the reader