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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11115 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

euellevil

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

Puritas changed it
1,079 times in 117 works
Consistency
98.5% (1,079 of 1,095)
Reach if approved
~1,151 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: evil
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,095 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
even (1)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,079 changes in 117 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,079)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … agayne, they boaſte not in their ſinnes. they reioyce not when they haue done euellevil, and diſpyſe not Gods admonition. In that Chriſt loketh vpon Peter in the middeſt …
    With rule
    … agayne, they boaſte not in their ſinnes. they reioyce not when they haue done euellevil, and diſpyſe not Gods admonition. In that Chriſt loketh vpon Peter in the middeſt …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Proude lookes, a lyeng tounge, blondye handes, a minde ymagining miſchiefe, ſwift feete to euellevil, a falſe witneſſe, a vaine man, and ſower of ſtrife twixt brethren. A golden …
    With rule
    Proude lookes, a lyeng tounge, blondye handes, a minde ymagining miſchiefe, ſwift feete to euellevil, a falſe witneſſe, a vaine man, and ſower of ſtrife twixt brethren. A golden …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Serpent, for he is not maſter of his owne tounge, he curſeth or ſpeaketh euellevil of his ruler and gouernour. Euen ſo it fareth whether in publike or priuate …
    With rule
    … Serpent, for he is not maſter of his owne tounge, he curſeth or ſpeaketh euellevil of his ruler and gouernour. Euen ſo it fareth whether in publike or priuate …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … stones, some wt sweard, some other wyse? How were both they & theyr doctrine blaspemed & euellevil spoken of? Were not they reported & accused before the magistrates, princes & rulers, that they …
    With rule
    … stones, some wt sweard, some other wyse? How were both they & theyr doctrine blaspemed & euellevil spoken of? Were not they reported & accused before the magistrates, princes & rulers, that they …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … taught to practyse vertu & godlynes. For it is not ynough to cease from doynge euellevil, excepte we also do good, as the Psalmograph sayth. Departe from euel, & do good …
    With rule
    … taught to practyse vertu & godlynes. For it is not ynough to cease from doynge euellevil, excepte we also do good, as the Psalmograph sayth. Departe from euel, & do good …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … there is yet a true belefe in a mā, although he liue with an euellevil cōscience, and haue not loue: And also that a man is an inheriter of …
    With rule
    … there is yet a true belefe in a mā, although he liue with an euellevil cōscience, and haue not loue: And also that a man is an inheriter of …

    Philipp Melanchthon · A Weighing and Considering of the Interim · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to be obſerued in thinges indifferente / howe muche more in thinges which are abſolutely euellevil / muſt ye take heede that neither ye geue occaſion off concerninge the conſcience of …
    With rule
    … to be obſerued in thinges indifferente / howe muche more in thinges which are abſolutely euellevil / muſt ye take heede that neither ye geue occaſion off concerninge the conſcience of …

    Thomas Sampson · Letter to the True Professors of Christs Gospel · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … fyry dartes of the wicked, that ye maye be able to resiste in the euellevil daye of temptacyon, and namely at the houre of death.
    With rule
    … fyry dartes of the wicked, that ye maye be able to resiste in the euellevil daye of temptacyon, and namely at the houre of death.

    William Tyndale · The Parable of the Wicked Mammon · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

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

Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs A10777

  • Printed
    … in whome is true knowlege / and confession of the fayth / and off the Truthe. EuellEvil men (as it is in a glose of the Decrees) are in the churche …
    With rule
    … in whome is true knowlege / and confession of the fayth / and off the Truthe. EuellEvil men (as it is in a glose of the Decrees) are in the churche …

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader

The Practice of Prelates A14151

  • Printed
    … beforehande, sayth Mathew xviij. Wo be vnto ye world by reason of occasions of EuellEvil, and saythe also that it can not be auoyded but that occasyons shall come …
    With rule
    … beforehande, sayth Mathew xviij. Wo be vnto ye world by reason of occasions of EuellEvil, and saythe also that it can not be auoyded but that occasyons shall come …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A14354

  • Printed
    … supersticion / and Idolatrie: For this Rule of the holy ghoste doth euer remain certain / EuellEvil things ar not to be doone / that goode maye comme therof. This vnchaungeable rule …
    With rule
    … supersticion / and Idolatrie: For this Rule of the holy ghoste doth euer remain certain / EuellEvil things ar not to be doone / that goode maye comme therof. This vnchaungeable rule …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of dowe. To the same purpose he usith the vearse of the poete Menander. EuellEvil wordes do corrupt goode maniers. Ther Paul teachith / that the true doctrine of the …
    With rule
    … of dowe. To the same purpose he usith the vearse of the poete Menander. EuellEvil wordes do corrupt goode maniers. Ther Paul teachith / that the true doctrine of the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … holy ghost must now either rule the / or herafter in Godds iudgement cōfownde the. EuellEvil thinges are not to be done that Goode shuld come theron.
    With rule
    … holy ghost must now either rule the / or herafter in Godds iudgement cōfownde the. EuellEvil thinges are not to be done that Goode shuld come theron.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ād as Paule saith / Theyr belly / is their god. Augustine hath also this diuisiō. EuellEvil catholiques are they / which do lyue otherwise thē they saie that they do beleaue …
    With rule
    … ād as Paule saith / Theyr belly / is their god. Augustine hath also this diuisiō. EuellEvil catholiques are they / which do lyue otherwise thē they saie that they do beleaue …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 57 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of the Nature and Use of Things Indifferent A16623

  • Printed
    2 Firſt therfore Good & EuellEvil is ſuch, either in appearance onely, or indeed alſo. Whence arriſeth the firſt diſtinction …
    With rule
    2 Firſt therfore Good & EuellEvil is ſuch, either in appearance onely, or indeed alſo. Whence arriſeth the firſt diſtinction …

    William Bradshaw · A Treatise of the Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … indifferet in appearaunce onely, is that which is a mean betweene that Good and EuellEvil that is in ſheew and appearance onely. For that appeareth to be indifferent, that …
    With rule
    … indifferet in appearaunce onely, is that which is a mean betweene that Good and EuellEvil that is in ſheew and appearance onely. For that appeareth to be indifferent, that …

    William Bradshaw · A Treatise of the Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony A17171

  • Printed
    … moost pu rest wedlock of vs all, pure virgins, beyng both maried and vnmaried. EuellEvil wordes, saythe Paul, corrupte good manners, vnclennes and couetousnes, let them not once be …
    With rule
    … moost pu rest wedlock of vs all, pure virgins, beyng both maried and vnmaried. EuellEvil wordes, saythe Paul, corrupte good manners, vnclennes and couetousnes, let them not once be …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … rather to bee referred to reason, whose parte is to discerne betwene good and EuellEvil thynges: and the adiectiue Free, pertayneth properly to wyll, whyche may be tourned to …
    With rule
    … rather to bee referred to reason, whose parte is to discerne betwene good and EuellEvil thynges: and the adiectiue Free, pertayneth properly to wyll, whyche may be tourned to …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of a mā regenerate. I speake not of this, that he vseth these wordes, EuellEvil & Sinne, that thei which wil speake against vs may not cauil against those words …
    With rule
    … of a mā regenerate. I speake not of this, that he vseth these wordes, EuellEvil & Sinne, that thei which wil speake against vs may not cauil against those words …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his maye paciently beare whatsoeuer he sendeth vpon them. By the name of the EuellEvil, whether we vnderstande the Deuell or synne, it maketh litle mater. Satan in dede …
    With rule
    … his maye paciently beare whatsoeuer he sendeth vpon them. By the name of the EuellEvil, whether we vnderstande the Deuell or synne, it maketh litle mater. Satan in dede …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

  • Printed
    … euil men receaue it. But this argument were good (although I make no such.) EuellEvil men eate and drincke the sacrament, and yet they eate and drincke not Christes …
    With rule
    … euil men receaue it. But this argument were good (although I make no such.) EuellEvil men eate and drincke the sacrament, and yet they eate and drincke not Christes …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 223 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    … wickednes muſt alſo be, ſayth Chriſt Math. xxiiij. And Paul ſayth. ij. Timo. iij. EuellEvil mē and deceauers ſhall preuaile in euill, while they deceaue, and are deceaued them …
    With rule
    … wickednes muſt alſo be, ſayth Chriſt Math. xxiiij. And Paul ſayth. ij. Timo. iij. EuellEvil mē and deceauers ſhall preuaile in euill, while they deceaue, and are deceaued them …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 61 · Open in the reader