Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11201 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

theymthem

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

Puritas changed it: 1,056 times in 79 works
Consistency: 100% (1,056 of 1,056)
Reach if approved: ~1,111 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: them
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,057 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,056 changes in 79 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,056)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wold aunſwere with modeſtie and humylitye, and conforme hymſelfe to the Catholyke Churche wyth theymthem. And ſo yet myghte duplicate page duplicate page he find mercy, becauſe thei would be loth to vſe …
With rule
… wold aunſwere with modeſtie and humylitye, and conforme hymſelfe to the Catholyke Churche wyth theymthem. And ſo yet myghte duplicate page duplicate page he find mercy, becauſe thei would be loth to vſe …
John Bradford · All the Examinations of the Martyr John Bradford · Open in the reader
Printed
… but fynde me one (I praye you) that doth ſo. I requyre nothynge off theymthem, but to folowe that whyche ſo manye thouſande Martyres haue done before vs, men …
With rule
… but fynde me one (I praye you) that doth ſo. I requyre nothynge off theymthem, but to folowe that whyche ſo manye thouſande Martyres haue done before vs, men …
John Calvin · What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do · Open in the reader
Printed
… made them halt and lame, that is to ſay, had greuouſly afflycted and ſkourged theymthem for ſo is the ſame woorde of haltynge vſed for greuous afflyccion. Pſalm. xxv …
With rule
… made them halt and lame, that is to ſay, had greuouſly afflycted and ſkourged theymthem for ſo is the ſame woorde of haltynge vſed for greuous afflyccion. Pſalm. xxv …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe and worshyp hym. He lyed lyke a faulse harlot, he could not gyue theymthem he was not able to giue so much as a gose wynge: for they …
With rule
… downe and worshyp hym. He lyed lyke a faulse harlot, he could not gyue theymthem he was not able to giue so much as a gose wynge: for they …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rulers: there was much grasse in the place, god had prouided muche grasse for theymthem that loked for no carpets: geuyng all godly gouernours example to prouyde thynges necessarye …
With rule
… Rulers: there was much grasse in the place, god had prouided muche grasse for theymthem that loked for no carpets: geuyng all godly gouernours example to prouyde thynges necessarye …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… god stirred vp Gildas to prech vnto the olde Britannes a…d too exhorte theymthem vnto repentaunce and amendemente o… lyfe, and afore wa…ne theymthem of the plages …
With rule
… god stirred vp Gildas to prech vnto the olde Britannes a…d too exhorte theymthem vnto repentaunce and amendemente o… lyfe, and afore wa…ne theymthem of the plages …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… Finally, there are many other horryble and pernicious deuiſes, that when I thynke of theymthem, Lorde howe I tremble and quake of feare.
With rule
… Finally, there are many other horryble and pernicious deuiſes, that when I thynke of theymthem, Lorde howe I tremble and quake of feare.
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… true bond men. An c. men ar ether choſen out by lotes / or offer theymthem ſelues vp for the ſafegarde of the citi / to the capitane / he maketh them …
With rule
… true bond men. An c. men ar ether choſen out by lotes / or offer theymthem ſelues vp for the ſafegarde of the citi / to the capitane / he maketh them …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.