Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11102 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

onelyeonly

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 1,591 times in 221 works
Consistency: 99.0% (1,591 of 1,606)
Reach if approved: ~1,687 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: only
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,606 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,591 changes in 221 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,591)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… howe greatelye are manye deceyued, whiche thyncke that they fasts wel, yf they do onelyeonly but abstayne from a smokye pece of Baconne, or harde salted and powdered befe …
With rule
… howe greatelye are manye deceyued, whiche thyncke that they fasts wel, yf they do onelyeonly but abstayne from a smokye pece of Baconne, or harde salted and powdered befe …
Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… gaue him his power and his throne, and great aucthoritie. &c. He receyueth not onelyeonly the power to hurte, and persecute of the Deuill, but also he occupieth his …
With rule
… gaue him his power and his throne, and great aucthoritie. &c. He receyueth not onelyeonly the power to hurte, and persecute of the Deuill, but also he occupieth his …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lorde doothe humble hym ſelfe to thyne infirmyty and weakneſſe. He is contente not onelyeonly too ſpeake vnto thee whyche arte but duſte and aſhes, full of ſyn, but …
With rule
… Lorde doothe humble hym ſelfe to thyne infirmyty and weakneſſe. He is contente not onelyeonly too ſpeake vnto thee whyche arte but duſte and aſhes, full of ſyn, but …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… Strongly haue these since the Apostles time resisted the aduersaries of God by his onelyeonly word, persisting therin vnto the death as did Stéeuen, Iames, and Antipas w^t such …
With rule
… Strongly haue these since the Apostles time resisted the aduersaries of God by his onelyeonly word, persisting therin vnto the death as did Stéeuen, Iames, and Antipas w^t such …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… youre maſſe? He plainly ſayeth, there is no ſacrifice for ſynne, but Chriſtes death onelyeonly &c. And that neither may ye offer him, nor yet that he maye offer …
With rule
… youre maſſe? He plainly ſayeth, there is no ſacrifice for ſynne, but Chriſtes death onelyeonly &c. And that neither may ye offer him, nor yet that he maye offer …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
… so oughte you to be contente wyth the lyuyng and reward of that office onelyeonly, and take no more, the duetye of the whyche office by your labour and …
With rule
… so oughte you to be contente wyth the lyuyng and reward of that office onelyeonly, and take no more, the duetye of the whyche office by your labour and …
Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
And thys predication, ſhall not onelyeonly be preached in Iuda, or in one or two countres, but throughout all the …
With rule
And thys predication, ſhall not onelyeonly be preached in Iuda, or in one or two countres, but throughout all the …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the comfort of the poore and oppressed Christians, the godly auncient Byshoppes dyd not onelyeonly sell the Ornamentes, Treasures, and Iewelles of the churche, but also the verye boxes …
With rule
… the comfort of the poore and oppressed Christians, the godly auncient Byshoppes dyd not onelyeonly sell the Ornamentes, Treasures, and Iewelles of the churche, but also the verye boxes …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

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

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

Printed
… prophecie of our Sauiours kinde and maner of Passion, being crucified on the Crosse. OnelyeOnly the later Iewes, and suche Heretikes, as thinke he died vpon a gallow…s …
With rule
… prophecie of our Sauiours kinde and maner of Passion, being crucified on the Crosse. OnelyeOnly the later Iewes, and suche Heretikes, as thinke he died vpon a gallow…s …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 517 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

Printed
… wheaten graine, to ſignifye my engraffed pietye: as your honours by conferryng whole reekes OnelyeOnly craue I, my deuoyre be no fraude to me. That what I meane ſimply …
With rule
… wheaten graine, to ſignifye my engraffed pietye: as your honours by conferryng whole reekes OnelyeOnly craue I, my deuoyre be no fraude to me. That what I meane ſimply …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… nowe of ciuile obedience to magiſtrates, nor of rebellion agaynſt the prince or countrey. OnelyeOnly we enquire, what we oughte determine of their opinion, which thinke Novility oughte be …
With rule
… nowe of ciuile obedience to magiſtrates, nor of rebellion agaynſt the prince or countrey. OnelyeOnly we enquire, what we oughte determine of their opinion, which thinke Novility oughte be …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the raſcall rable, oughte generallye to foyne, and thronge in a Noble man OnelyeOnly the generall kyndes it ſhall ſuffyce to ſhewe, whereto Nobilitye oughte rayſe theyr mindes …
With rule
… in the raſcall rable, oughte generallye to foyne, and thronge in a Noble man OnelyeOnly the generall kyndes it ſhall ſuffyce to ſhewe, whereto Nobilitye oughte rayſe theyr mindes …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

Printed
… a kynge, is a lawefull thynge, is a lawefull tytle, as of other maiestrates. OnelyeOnly, let y^e kings take hede, that they do as it becometh Kynges to do …
With rule
… a kynge, is a lawefull thynge, is a lawefull tytle, as of other maiestrates. OnelyeOnly, let y^e kings take hede, that they do as it becometh Kynges to do …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… to credite it. I spoke not bycause I woulde haue anye mannes honestye impayred. OnelyeOnly I dyd as Saynct Paule dyd, who heerynge, of the Corinthyans, that there shoulde …
With rule
… to credite it. I spoke not bycause I woulde haue anye mannes honestye impayred. OnelyeOnly I dyd as Saynct Paule dyd, who heerynge, of the Corinthyans, that there shoulde …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

Printed
… they ſhal haue. They enioy neither the thinges they haue, nor thoſe they wiſhe. OnelyeOnly they deſyre that cōmoditie and felicitie, that they neyther haue nor ſée. This is …
With rule
… they ſhal haue. They enioy neither the thinges they haue, nor thoſe they wiſhe. OnelyeOnly they deſyre that cōmoditie and felicitie, that they neyther haue nor ſée. This is …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 104 · Open in the reader

The Sacrament of the Lords Supper A14347

Printed
… thys Sacramente, there is not perceyued anye one of these miracles whyche they feygne. OnelyeOnly they set out two wordes, but not one of them all canne be proued …
With rule
… thys Sacramente, there is not perceyued anye one of these miracles whyche they feygne. OnelyeOnly they set out two wordes, but not one of them all canne be proued …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

Printed
… to the Authoures, that first inuented such brabbles to occupie mens heades with all. OnelyeOnly this in perusing of late, I remember N. Saunders an Archepapiste among you English …
With rule
… to the Authoures, that first inuented such brabbles to occupie mens heades with all. OnelyeOnly this in perusing of late, I remember N. Saunders an Archepapiste among you English …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
MAR. 32. VVell Mayster, thou hast sayde the trueth. OnelyeOnly Mark maketh mention that the Scribe was humbled. And it is worthy to bee …
With rule
MAR. 32. VVell Mayster, thou hast sayde the trueth. OnelyeOnly Mark maketh mention that the Scribe was humbled. And it is worthy to bee …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 599 · Open in the reader

Two Epistles A17222

Printed
… high eſtimacyon / and whome I alſo pryuatelye haue in reuerence with all my hart. OnelyeOnly of ther goodnes let them graunte me this to receaue nothyng againſt the iudgement …
With rule
… high eſtimacyon / and whome I alſo pryuatelye haue in reuerence with all my hart. OnelyeOnly of ther goodnes let them graunte me this to receaue nothyng againſt the iudgement …
Henrich Bullinger · Two Epistles · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the 13 Articles A19657

Printed
… knowe not newe from olde, nor whether the Englyſhe bookes be good or not. OnelyeOnly he muſte preſente the readers of theym to the ordinarye, and ſaye they be …
With rule
… knowe not newe from olde, nor whether the Englyſhe bookes be good or not. OnelyeOnly he muſte preſente the readers of theym to the ordinarye, and ſaye they be …
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader