Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11312 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

verelyverily

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

Puritas changed it: 2,294 times in 433 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,294 of 2,297)
Reach if approved: ~2,418 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: verily
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,301 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,294 changes in 433 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,294)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… whereof Isaac was made an heyre by the mercy and grace of God. And verelyverily there ought no persecution to be so greeuous vnto vs, as when wee se …
With rule
… whereof Isaac was made an heyre by the mercy and grace of God. And verelyverily there ought no persecution to be so greeuous vnto vs, as when wee se …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men vnder heauen, but God ſaith to euery one of them, Thou foole. And verelyverily their follie is exceeding great in forſaking the Lord God, who is almightie and …
With rule
… men vnder heauen, but God ſaith to euery one of them, Thou foole. And verelyverily their follie is exceeding great in forſaking the Lord God, who is almightie and …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the fulneſſe of their deſire, was their deſtruction, Num. 11. 32. 33. And our Sauiour ſaith, Matth. 6. VerelyVerily, they haue their reward. So that this ſuppoſed contentation, of allſo earneſtly laboured for …
With rule
… the fulneſſe of their deſire, was their deſtruction, Num. 11. 32. 33. And our Sauiour ſaith, Matth. 6. VerelyVerily, they haue their reward. So that this ſuppoſed contentation, of allſo earneſtly laboured for …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the person that so presenteth himselfe. But one th'other side, where the man verelyverily perswadeth him selfe that he is baptized, and the minister hath no knowledge of …
With rule
… in the person that so presenteth himselfe. But one th'other side, where the man verelyverily perswadeth him selfe that he is baptized, and the minister hath no knowledge of …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and hath beene continued in all well gouerned Churches euer ſince. And I am verelyverily perſwaded, that one ſpeciall reaſon, why both many, who are for profeſsion Diuines, are …
With rule
… and hath beene continued in all well gouerned Churches euer ſince. And I am verelyverily perſwaded, that one ſpeciall reaſon, why both many, who are for profeſsion Diuines, are …
Samuel Hieron · The Doctrines Trial · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… long time, and ſo far of, and to take charge of another place. Neither verelyverily had Paul any need ſo to take away a proper Paſtor from his flocke …
With rule
… long time, and ſo far of, and to take charge of another place. Neither verelyverily had Paul any need ſo to take away a proper Paſtor from his flocke …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the …, in the hand of … Kyng of Babylon, who shall take it. The … verelyverily shal euter into it. & they shal burne it wyth fyre: they shal burne it …
With rule
… of the …, in the hand of … Kyng of Babylon, who shall take it. The … verelyverily shal euter into it. & they shal burne it wyth fyre: they shal burne it …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… humbled, dejected Spirit, (that must bee the worke of greater gifts and longer time) VerelyVerily as the Bee drawes honey from every herbe, eve… weeds and venemous plants; so …
With rule
… humbled, dejected Spirit, (that must bee the worke of greater gifts and longer time) VerelyVerily as the Bee drawes honey from every herbe, eve… weeds and venemous plants; so …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 18 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Prelections Upon Revelation A01320

Printed
VErelyVerily that is the newe monarchie of Rome, whiche shall ascend out of the bottomlesse …
With rule
VErelyVerily that is the newe monarchie of Rome, whiche shall ascend out of the bottomlesse …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 115 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

Printed
VErelyVerily euē to put them out from me and my kyngdome, and to enhaunce and …
With rule
VErelyVerily euē to put them out from me and my kyngdome, and to enhaunce and …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Confutation of the Popes Bull A17167

Printed
VErelyVerily I am not ignorant how there fly abroad many Epistles of these holy Romane …
With rule
VErelyVerily I am not ignorant how there fly abroad many Epistles of these holy Romane …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · p. 31 · Open in the reader