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Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #10696 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

uerelyVerily

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
168 times in 46 works
Consistency
98.2% (168 of 171)
Reach if approved
~180 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: verily
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
171 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (168 changes in 46 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 168)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … wyues. No man (sayeth he) loueth him self, but he loueth his wyfe (also.) UerelyVerily God hath ordeyned wedlocke, in such wyse, as the wyfe must bee as the …
    With rule
    … wyues. No man (sayeth he) loueth him self, but he loueth his wyfe (also.) UerelyVerily God hath ordeyned wedlocke, in such wyse, as the wyfe must bee as the …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … false, peraduenture the decrée, neither had any limitation, nor yet was out of vse. UerelyVerily the Pope him self, straightly commaundeth them, with apostolicall authoritie, and in no case …
    With rule
    … false, peraduenture the decrée, neither had any limitation, nor yet was out of vse. UerelyVerily the Pope him self, straightly commaundeth them, with apostolicall authoritie, and in no case …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his skill and against his will, because he was high Priest of that yeare? UerelyVerily I will not deny, but God may direct the tongue of the Romish Caiphas …
    With rule
    … his skill and against his will, because he was high Priest of that yeare? UerelyVerily I will not deny, but God may direct the tongue of the Romish Caiphas …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … comest into thy kyngdom. But whan Christ had made him aū swere and sayde, UerelyVerily I saye vnto the, this day shalt thou be wyth me in Paradyse, O …
    With rule
    … comest into thy kyngdom. But whan Christ had made him aū swere and sayde, UerelyVerily I saye vnto the, this day shalt thou be wyth me in Paradyse, O …

    Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … lawe: Enter not …nto the syghte of y• LORDE thy God …oyd or empty. UerelyVerily he entreth in …mpty before God, which commyng vnto prayer, doth no almes. Agayne …
    With rule
    … lawe: Enter not …nto the syghte of y• LORDE thy God …oyd or empty. UerelyVerily he entreth in …mpty before God, which commyng vnto prayer, doth no almes. Agayne …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    UerelyVerily bycause the people are not brought īto ye true knowlege of thē selues. If …
    With rule
    UerelyVerily bycause the people are not brought īto ye true knowlege of thē selues. If …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    UerelyVerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward. These words containe the reason of …
    With rule
    UerelyVerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward. These words containe the reason of …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 224 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … them from thys doute. but Cryste wolde not so satisfye theyr questyon: but answerde. UerelyVerily verely I saye vnto you: except ye ete the flesshe of the sonne of …
    With rule
    … them from thys doute. but Cryste wolde not so satisfye theyr questyon: but answerde. UerelyVerily verely I saye vnto you: except ye ete the flesshe of the sonne of …

    William Tyndale · The Supper of the Lord · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

A New Pathway Unto Prayer A06909

  • Printed
    … repent nor amende thy lyse, nor take ony pleasure in the cōming of it. uerelyVerily it shalbe more easy at ye daye of iudgement to Sodome and Gomorre than …
    With rule
    … repent nor amende thy lyse, nor take ony pleasure in the cōming of it. uerelyVerily it shalbe more easy at ye daye of iudgement to Sodome and Gomorre than …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader