Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11296 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

commaundethcommandeth

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

Puritas changed it: 2,307 times in 407 works
Consistency: 99.7% (2,307 of 2,312)
Reach if approved: ~2,429 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: commandeth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,312 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,307 changes in 407 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,307)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… committed vpon the Admirals perſon, and for the ſedition which hapned at Paris, and commaundethcommandeth that the Edict of Pacificatiō ſhould be kept and reteined.
With rule
… committed vpon the Admirals perſon, and for the ſedition which hapned at Paris, and commaundethcommandeth that the Edict of Pacificatiō ſhould be kept and reteined.
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. lXXXVIII · Open in the reader
Printed
… in vs / almyghty God hath ſhewed vnto vs / by hys lawe. Wherin it is commaundethcommandeth vs that we lowe oure lorde God with all oure herte / with all oure …
With rule
… in vs / almyghty God hath ſhewed vnto vs / by hys lawe. Wherin it is commaundethcommandeth vs that we lowe oure lorde God with all oure herte / with all oure …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the same (as before is said) tobeleue, folowe and obeye that whych God commaundethcommandeth be it neuer so harde, so vnapparent or contrarie to their affeccions. And therfore …
With rule
… of the same (as before is said) tobeleue, folowe and obeye that whych God commaundethcommandeth be it neuer so harde, so vnapparent or contrarie to their affeccions. And therfore …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… also prohibitiue, for he whiche forbiddeth adulteterie, commaundethcommandeth a chaste life, and he whiche commaundethcommandeth to honour our parentes, forbiddeth vs to disobey the same. But because faithe, whiche …
With rule
… also prohibitiue, for he whiche forbiddeth adulteterie, commaundethcommandeth a chaste life, and he whiche commaundethcommandeth to honour our parentes, forbiddeth vs to disobey the same. But because faithe, whiche …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
True it is; God approueth whatsoeuer he commaundethcommandeth. But Gods approbation of what hee commaundethcommandeth, giueth no warrant for what he doth not likewise commaund. That which this Authour …
With rule
True it is; God approueth whatsoeuer he commaundethcommandeth. But Gods approbation of what hee commaundethcommandeth, giueth no warrant for what he doth not likewise commaund. That which this Authour …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
Paule therfore commaundethcommandeth, that no mā iudge vs in our meate and drinke or parte of the …
With rule
Paule therfore commaundethcommandeth, that no mā iudge vs in our meate and drinke or parte of the …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cc · Open in the reader
Printed
… should powre fourth mine owne heart, the word itself must be considered, the Apostle commaundethcommandeth saying 1. Thessaloniaus. 5.19. extinguish ye not the spirit. Now to suppresse and leaue vnvttered the …
With rule
… should powre fourth mine owne heart, the word itself must be considered, the Apostle commaundethcommandeth saying 1. Thessaloniaus. 5.19. extinguish ye not the spirit. Now to suppresse and leaue vnvttered the …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ther power. But ther cruell enterpryſe ys now all in vayne. The more Pharao commaundethcommandeth the mydwyues to flee the menne chyldren of the hebrues, the more they increaſe …
With rule
… ther power. But ther cruell enterpryſe ys now all in vayne. The more Pharao commaundethcommandeth the mydwyues to flee the menne chyldren of the hebrues, the more they increaſe …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 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.

Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers A02198

Printed
… true God afther an other maner then he hath taught, is Idolatrie. But he CommaundethCommandeth vs to come vnto him, heavie loaden vvith contrite heartes, to cry unto him …
With rule
… true God afther an other maner then he hath taught, is Idolatrie. But he CommaundethCommandeth vs to come vnto him, heavie loaden vvith contrite heartes, to cry unto him …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 23 · Open in the reader

More Work for Priests A02199

Printed
… true God after an other maner then he hath taught, is Idolatrie. But he CommaundethCommandeth vs to come vnto him, heavie loaden with contrite hearts, to cry unto him …
With rule
… true God after an other maner then he hath taught, is Idolatrie. But he CommaundethCommandeth vs to come vnto him, heavie loaden with contrite hearts, to cry unto him …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb A80608

Printed
Firſt, Mat. 13.30, 38. Chriſt CommaundethCommandeth to let alone the Tares, to grow up together with the wheat, untill the …
With rule
Firſt, Mat. 13.30, 38. Chriſt CommaundethCommandeth to let alone the Tares, to grow up together with the wheat, untill the …
John Cotton · The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb · p. 36 · Open in the reader