Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11224 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beleuedbelieved

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

Puritas changed it: 1,738 times in 236 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,738 of 1,742)
Reach if approved: ~1,830 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: believed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,742 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,738 changes in 236 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,738)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
xv.b. Abrahā beleuedbelieved God, and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteouſnes Roma. iiij.a. Galat. iij …
With rule
xv.b. Abrahā beleuedbelieved God, and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteouſnes Roma. iiij.a. Galat. iij …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader
Printed
… not iustified before God by workes, but the Scripture was fulfilled which sayd, Abraham beleuedbelieved God, and it was reputed to him for iustice, which is as S. Paule …
With rule
… not iustified before God by workes, but the Scripture was fulfilled which sayd, Abraham beleuedbelieved God, and it was reputed to him for iustice, which is as S. Paule …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 335 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euen such as did take themselues to be very wise: for they haue verely beleuedbelieved that witches could do great wonders, ascribing such power vnto deuils as belongeth onely …
With rule
… euen such as did take themselues to be very wise: for they haue verely beleuedbelieved that witches could do great wonders, ascribing such power vnto deuils as belongeth onely …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… chaplayue do, lete hym brynge thē fourth, and he shall be soonar hearde than beleuedbelieved. Whan Christ sent the women to declare hys resurreccion and ascencion to hys Apostels …
With rule
… chaplayue do, lete hym brynge thē fourth, and he shall be soonar hearde than beleuedbelieved. Whan Christ sent the women to declare hys resurreccion and ascencion to hys Apostels …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxx · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſufferings, they vnderſtood not that ſaying; when Mary told them of his Reſurrection, they beleuedbelieved it not; when hee ſpake of his tarrying with them a little, and then …
With rule
… ſufferings, they vnderſtood not that ſaying; when Mary told them of his Reſurrection, they beleuedbelieved it not; when hee ſpake of his tarrying with them a little, and then …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
And Dauid ſayth: I haue beleuedbelieved / & therefore I haue ſpoken / but I was ſore trobled / as Dauid wolde ſaye / I …
With rule
And Dauid ſayth: I haue beleuedbelieved / & therefore I haue ſpoken / but I was ſore trobled / as Dauid wolde ſaye / I …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… choſen conſulls. My predeceſſors made no ſuertie to the people Romaine for me: They beleuedbelieved my ſelf: It is your dutye to aſke of me that thing which myne …
With rule
… choſen conſulls. My predeceſſors made no ſuertie to the people Romaine for me: They beleuedbelieved my ſelf: It is your dutye to aſke of me that thing which myne …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Iſraell receaued the law. For it is ſaid to Abraham: Becauſe thou haſt beleuedbelieved God and haſt geuen glory vnto him, therefore thou ſhalt be a father of …
With rule
… of Iſraell receaued the law. For it is ſaid to Abraham: Becauſe thou haſt beleuedbelieved God and haſt geuen glory vnto him, therefore thou ſhalt be a father of …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 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.

Commentary on Galatians A06492

Printed
… Now, this Bleſſing is receaued onely by faith. For the text ſaith plainely: Abraham BeleuedBelieved and it vvas accounted vnto him for righteouſnes. Wherefore it is a meere ſpirituall …
With rule
… Now, this Bleſſing is receaued onely by faith. For the text ſaith plainely: Abraham BeleuedBelieved and it vvas accounted vnto him for righteouſnes. Wherefore it is a meere ſpirituall …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Davids Harp A06719

Printed
I BeleuedBelieved. Our fyrste yea and base strynge is fayth, & that not wyth oute an vrgente …
With rule
I BeleuedBelieved. Our fyrste yea and base strynge is fayth, & that not wyth oute an vrgente …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader