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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11501 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

redyready

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

Puritas changed it
630 times in 158 works
Consistency
98.1% (630 of 642)
Reach if approved
~675 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ready
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
642 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (630 changes in 158 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 630)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … so furiousely haue gone about to stynge me. In deede I haue prepared al redyready moderate defence, but I staye vppon certayne dóubtes that are these:
    With rule
    … so furiousely haue gone about to stynge me. In deede I haue prepared al redyready moderate defence, but I staye vppon certayne dóubtes that are these:

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … we are not onlye affrayed to dyſpleaſe God oure father, but alſo prompt and redyready, lyke obediente chyldren to expreſſe in our lyuyng, Iudgement and merci, the two ſpecial …
    With rule
    … we are not onlye affrayed to dyſpleaſe God oure father, but alſo prompt and redyready, lyke obediente chyldren to expreſſe in our lyuyng, Iudgement and merci, the two ſpecial …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … haue al men to repent, and be saued: Thou art slowe to anger and redyready to forgiue: Thy wrath is consaued in the morning and forgot in the evening …
    With rule
    … haue al men to repent, and be saued: Thou art slowe to anger and redyready to forgiue: Thy wrath is consaued in the morning and forgot in the evening …

    Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … whyther ye shal resorte, when ye be in any distres. Hys good wyl is redyready, alwayes at hande, when so euer we shal cal for it. And therefore he …
    With rule
    … whyther ye shal resorte, when ye be in any distres. Hys good wyl is redyready, alwayes at hande, when so euer we shal cal for it. And therefore he …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    This is the moſte ſouereigne conſideration in the whiche we be all redyready ſo by lifted vp, not onely aboue our euelles: but alſo aboue our goodneſſe …
    With rule
    This is the moſte ſouereigne conſideration in the whiche we be all redyready ſo by lifted vp, not onely aboue our euelles: but alſo aboue our goodneſſe …

    Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … seruaunt of the Lorde maye not fighte, but be peaceable & gentel toward all, and redyready to tech, sufferīg the euil wyth meknes, enforming thē that re…ist if at …
    With rule
    … seruaunt of the Lorde maye not fighte, but be peaceable & gentel toward all, and redyready to tech, sufferīg the euil wyth meknes, enforming thē that re…ist if at …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. lix · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … God, there can no more mischief be wyshed vnto them, then they suffer all redyready. For seing they heare not the worde of God, they are not of God …
    With rule
    … God, there can no more mischief be wyshed vnto them, then they suffer all redyready. For seing they heare not the worde of God, they are not of God …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … oure brother lieth here: visited with thy mercifull hand al weake, feble, sicke, and redyready to yealde vp his soule into thy holy hāds. O loke vpō him (moste …
    With rule
    … oure brother lieth here: visited with thy mercifull hand al weake, feble, sicke, and redyready to yealde vp his soule into thy holy hāds. O loke vpō him (moste …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 518 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay A05547

  • Printed
    RedyReady to shote they haue six great cannouns
    With rule
    RedyReady to shote they haue six great cannouns

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

  • Printed
    … is called, vnfayned Humilite. The seconde, pure innocency, The thyrd, faythful obedience. The fourth, RedyReady assistence. The fyfte, Chri sten Charite. These be such floures, as who so euer …
    With rule
    … is called, vnfayned Humilite. The seconde, pure innocency, The thyrd, faythful obedience. The fourth, RedyReady assistence. The fyfte, Chri sten Charite. These be such floures, as who so euer …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … moost vertuous Prince withe all submission & lowlynes of herte. Youre fourthe flowre is named, RedyReady assistence, and it auaylethe very muche to teache you, how ye ought to behaue …
    With rule
    … moost vertuous Prince withe all submission & lowlynes of herte. Youre fourthe flowre is named, RedyReady assistence, and it auaylethe very muche to teache you, how ye ought to behaue …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Smel wel on this your floure, RedyReady assistence. Let euery man looke not for his owne profit, but for the profyt …
    With rule
    Smel wel on this your floure, RedyReady assistence. Let euery man looke not for his owne profit, but for the profyt …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … obediēt vnto the death, euē the death of y• Crosse. Here is youre floure, RedyReady asistence. Here is an example that ye shoulde be redyready to assist & helpe your …
    With rule
    … obediēt vnto the death, euē the death of y• Crosse. Here is youre floure, RedyReady asistence. Here is an example that ye shoulde be redyready to assist & helpe your …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Thus much dere brothers, haue I spoken concernynge thys youre floure, RedyReady assistence. of the which ye maye easely learne to knowe youre duty toward your …
    With rule
    Thus much dere brothers, haue I spoken concernynge thys youre floure, RedyReady assistence. of the which ye maye easely learne to knowe youre duty toward your …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

  • Printed
    RedyReady to dye
    With rule
    RedyReady to dye

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    RedyReady For hym to ryde
    With rule
    RedyReady For hym to ryde

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    RedyReady the to deſtroye
    With rule
    RedyReady the to deſtroye

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader