Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11426 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

slaunderslander

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

Puritas changed it: 1,087 times in 363 works
Consistency: 94.9% (1,087 of 1,145)
Reach if approved: ~1,203 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: slander
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,145 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,087 changes in 363 works, 94.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,087)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Iames, S Peter, S. Iohn, Sainct Iude, with the Apocalips, it is a diuelish slaunderslander, as God knoweth and the wo…ld can beare vs witnesse.
With rule
… Iames, S Peter, S. Iohn, Sainct Iude, with the Apocalips, it is a diuelish slaunderslander, as God knoweth and the wo…ld can beare vs witnesse.
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all one thynge heare you accuſe vs of our beliefe, to bringe vs into ſlaunderslander, as though we were warueringe and vnſtable. But what our beliefe is in god …
With rule
… all one thynge heare you accuſe vs of our beliefe, to bringe vs into ſlaunderslander, as though we were warueringe and vnſtable. But what our beliefe is in god …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
I am not goynge, why doest thu slaunderslander me?
With rule
I am not goynge, why doest thu slaunderslander me?
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Gods field. Matth 13.28. The enemy hath done this. The devill hath raised this slaunderslander, and suggested it into the minds of men, to terrifie them from Gods service …
With rule
… in Gods field. Matth 13.28. The enemy hath done this. The devill hath raised this slaunderslander, and suggested it into the minds of men, to terrifie them from Gods service …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 446 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with his Righteouſneſſe, but are likewiſe cloathed with his Spirit. Therefore our aduerſaries wittingly ſlaunderslander vs, when they inforce vpon vs ſuch conceits, as if we ſeuered the imputed …
With rule
… with his Righteouſneſſe, but are likewiſe cloathed with his Spirit. Therefore our aduerſaries wittingly ſlaunderslander vs, when they inforce vpon vs ſuch conceits, as if we ſeuered the imputed …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · Open in the reader
Printed
Take heede whome ye slaunderslander, for Goddes worde, and the kynges lawes and statutes be open vnto euery mannes …
With rule
Take heede whome ye slaunderslander, for Goddes worde, and the kynges lawes and statutes be open vnto euery mannes …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… Besides … this, the world ceaseth not to vexe vs, the aduersaries of the wo… slaunderslander vs and our doctrine, and falsely accuse vs, seeking a thousand occasions to molest …
With rule
… Besides … this, the world ceaseth not to vexe vs, the aduersaries of the wo… slaunderslander vs and our doctrine, and falsely accuse vs, seeking a thousand occasions to molest …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whē maiſter Hooper heard, he directed a letter wherein he purgeth himſelf of that ſlaunderslander. Vpon munday morning, Boner came to Newgate, and there diſgraded him. And the fifte …
With rule
… whē maiſter Hooper heard, he directed a letter wherein he purgeth himſelf of that ſlaunderslander. Vpon munday morning, Boner came to Newgate, and there diſgraded him. And the fifte …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 128 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (58)

52 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 28 are listed here. 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
5. SlaunderSlander is a water in great request: euery guest of the Deuill is continually sipping …
With rule
5. SlaunderSlander is a water in great request: euery guest of the Deuill is continually sipping …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 65 · Open in the reader

The Christian Exercise of Fasting A03464

Printed
26. SlaunderSlander and rayling muſt haue 7. dayes faſt.
With rule
26. SlaunderSlander and rayling muſt haue 7. dayes faſt.
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies A09002

Printed
The SlaunderSlander of the Croſſe. Chap. 9.
With rule
The SlaunderSlander of the Croſſe. Chap. 9.
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
The SlaunderSlander of the Croſſe, Sect. 1. CHAP. IX.
With rule
The SlaunderSlander of the Croſſe, Sect. 1. CHAP. IX.
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · Open in the reader

Display of Popish Practices A09918

Printed
The firſt Article, that is, the firste SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The firſt Article, that is, the firste SlaunderSlander.
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Sycophantes fifth Argumente to the thirde SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The Sycophantes fifth Argumente to the thirde SlaunderSlander.
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Sycophants arguments to the fourth SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The Sycophants arguments to the fourth SlaunderSlander.
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
WIit thou Diuel neuer leaue to SlaunderSlander: No one man within all memorie hathe beaten downe eyther more vehemently, or more …
With rule
WIit thou Diuel neuer leaue to SlaunderSlander: No one man within all memorie hathe beaten downe eyther more vehemently, or more …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Sycophants tenth Argument to the ſeauenth SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The Sycophants tenth Argument to the ſeauenth SlaunderSlander.
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Observations Divine and Moral A10839

Printed
CHAP. XLI. Of SlaunderSlander.
With rule
CHAP. XLI. Of SlaunderSlander.
John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 221 · Open in the reader

A Scourge for a Railer A15419

Printed
9. SlaunderSlander. That he bitterly exclaimeth against the whole state of the Church: 1. b. p. 10. reuiueth …
With rule
9. SlaunderSlander. That he bitterly exclaimeth against the whole state of the Church: 1. b. p. 10. reuiueth …
Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
17. SlaunderSlander. According to your sense, all that will follow Christ, must suffer the death of …
With rule
17. SlaunderSlander. According to your sense, all that will follow Christ, must suffer the death of …
Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
19. SlaunderSlander. That the flames and torments of hell fire are temporall: and that eternall continuance …
With rule
19. SlaunderSlander. That the flames and torments of hell fire are temporall: and that eternall continuance …
Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
20. SlaunderSlander. By which wicked and intolerable speech, you send to hell, not onely those, which …
With rule
20. SlaunderSlander. By which wicked and intolerable speech, you send to hell, not onely those, which …
Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
22. SlaunderSlander. That he vtterly condemneth allegories. 3. b. p. 166. Here this endlesse wrangler committeth the same …
With rule
22. SlaunderSlander. That he vtterly condemneth allegories. 3. b. p. 166. Here this endlesse wrangler committeth the same …
Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Discovery of a False Detection A15420

Printed
… rebound it vpon the accusers head. See the answere more at large to the 7. SlaunderSlander.
With rule
… rebound it vpon the accusers head. See the answere more at large to the 7. SlaunderSlander.
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · Open in the reader
Printed
The third SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The third SlaunderSlander.
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
The sixt SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The sixt SlaunderSlander.
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ninth SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The ninth SlaunderSlander.
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
The twelfth SlaunderSlander.
With rule
The twelfth SlaunderSlander.
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
SlaunderSlander proued by amplificacion a greater offense then Thefte.
With rule
SlaunderSlander proued by amplificacion a greater offense then Thefte.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion A17676

Printed
SlaunderSlander His works but ſpeak of them with the titles of
With rule
SlaunderSlander His works but ſpeak of them with the titles of
John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
SlaunderSlander.
With rule
SlaunderSlander.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 683 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pearſed with any weapon: So ſome men are ſuch, as are neuer hurt with SlaunderSlander, or reproach.
With rule
… pearſed with any weapon: So ſome men are ſuch, as are neuer hurt with SlaunderSlander, or reproach.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 683 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good name is to be much more eſteemed then ſiluer: So the wound of SlaunderSlander & defamation, is almoſt incurable; ſo that a mā may better beware of ſuch as …
With rule
… good name is to be much more eſteemed then ſiluer: So the wound of SlaunderSlander & defamation, is almoſt incurable; ſo that a mā may better beware of ſuch as …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 683 · Open in the reader
Printed
4 As when a wound is cured, there remaineth a ſcarce: So againſt a SlaunderSlander, howſoeuer a man purge & iuſtifie himſelfe, yet will there ſtil remaine an euill opinion …
With rule
4 As when a wound is cured, there remaineth a ſcarce: So againſt a SlaunderSlander, howſoeuer a man purge & iuſtifie himſelfe, yet will there ſtil remaine an euill opinion …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 683 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them all: So likewiſe, if he to whom thou haſt opened thy mouth, to SlaunderSlander and backbite thy brother, hath no more hold of his tongue, then thou haſt …
With rule
… them all: So likewiſe, if he to whom thou haſt opened thy mouth, to SlaunderSlander and backbite thy brother, hath no more hold of his tongue, then thou haſt …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 684 · Open in the reader

Second Reply to Baxter A36626

Printed
… preaching against, and calling to Repentance, the one as well as the other, without SlaunderSlander: (Implying, he had as good ground by common Report and fame for the one …
With rule
… preaching against, and calling to Repentance, the one as well as the other, without SlaunderSlander: (Implying, he had as good ground by common Report and fame for the one …
Henry Danvers · Second Reply to Baxter · p. 154 · Open in the reader