Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11238 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

greuousgrievous

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

Puritas changed it: 945 times in 185 works
Consistency: 99.5% (945 of 949)
Reach if approved: ~997 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: grievous
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 949 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (945 changes in 185 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 945)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of god in vayne. But I wyll shewe thē, y^• it is greter & more greuousgrievous thā y^• brekyng of al y^• cōmaūdemētes y^t follow. For he y^• is a …
With rule
… of god in vayne. But I wyll shewe thē, y^• it is greter & more greuousgrievous thā y^• brekyng of al y^• cōmaūdemētes y^t follow. For he y^• is a …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xxvii · Open in the reader
Printed
WHen as Gods iuſt wrath againſt ſinne committed by our firſt parents, was ſo greuousgrievous that no creature in heauen & in earth, was able in any parte to appeaſe …
With rule
WHen as Gods iuſt wrath againſt ſinne committed by our firſt parents, was ſo greuousgrievous that no creature in heauen & in earth, was able in any parte to appeaſe …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to dye, then to be ſubiect vnto him: yet thys preſent neceſſitie and more greuousgrievous bondage that we ſuffre nowe vnder the byſhoppes the lymes of the Romiſhe Antichriſt …
With rule
… to dye, then to be ſubiect vnto him: yet thys preſent neceſſitie and more greuousgrievous bondage that we ſuffre nowe vnder the byſhoppes the lymes of the Romiſhe Antichriſt …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxix · Open in the reader
Printed
… the testimonie of a gude Conscience. Siklike, I knaw sum men that hes committit greuousgrievous sinnis: That hes nathing to do with my Conscience, for it is ane vther …
With rule
… the testimonie of a gude Conscience. Siklike, I knaw sum men that hes committit greuousgrievous sinnis: That hes nathing to do with my Conscience, for it is ane vther …
Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more precioūs than the bodye: euen so is the paynes of the soule more greuousgrievous thanne the … of the bodye: Therfore there is an other which writeth, Horror mortis …
With rule
… more precioūs than the bodye: euen so is the paynes of the soule more greuousgrievous thanne the … of the bodye: Therfore there is an other which writeth, Horror mortis …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
Be Iuste Iugement, for our greuousgrievous offence
With rule
Be Iuste Iugement, for our greuousgrievous offence
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
… he recyteth vp to good men all theyr ſinnes, and makyth them much more greuousgrievous than they be. In thys poynt he can ſo depraue and fauty all thy …
With rule
… he recyteth vp to good men all theyr ſinnes, and makyth them much more greuousgrievous than they be. In thys poynt he can ſo depraue and fauty all thy …
Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for wāt of succoure, & therfore was he cast in to hell fyre, and there greuousgrievous…y punys…hed.
With rule
… for wāt of succoure, & therfore was he cast in to hell fyre, and there greuousgrievous…y punys…hed.
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Romans A14353

Printed
… the roaring of a Lion: he which prouoketh it, ſinneth againſt his owne ſoule. GreuousGrievous puniſhments are appoynted for ſeditious perſons, and for rebels. In the olde law it …
With rule
… the roaring of a Lion: he which prouoketh it, ſinneth againſt his owne ſoule. GreuousGrievous puniſhments are appoynted for ſeditious perſons, and for rebels. In the olde law it …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
GreuousGrievous vnto God, what it is. 37
With rule
GreuousGrievous vnto God, what it is. 37
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

Printed
GreuousGrievous is my sorrow
With rule
GreuousGrievous is my sorrow
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
GreuousGrievous ſinne not rebuked. 426. b
With rule
GreuousGrievous ſinne not rebuked. 426. b
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader