Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11603 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

speedespeed

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

Puritas changed it: 764 times in 354 works
Consistency: 98.7% (764 of 774)
Reach if approved: ~813 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: speed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 774 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (764 changes in 354 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 764)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thys manne, whyche was deafe and dumbe, it pleased hym not to vse suche speedespeed: But hee doothe vse a syngular kynde of proceedynge and order in woorkynge of …
With rule
… thys manne, whyche was deafe and dumbe, it pleased hym not to vse suche speedespeed: But hee doothe vse a syngular kynde of proceedynge and order in woorkynge of …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in their fleſhe: for which cauſe they muſt earneſtlie deſire it, and with all ſpeedespeed that may ſtande with order & publike aſſemblie of the churche to haſten it, Gene …
With rule
… in their fleſhe: for which cauſe they muſt earneſtlie deſire it, and with all ſpeedespeed that may ſtande with order & publike aſſemblie of the churche to haſten it, Gene …
Dudley Fenner · The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
… He signifieth (sayth M. Allen) that a man in some case, might perhaps not speedespeed of a pardon in this life, & yet may obtayne it in the next: when …
With rule
… He signifieth (sayth M. Allen) that a man in some case, might perhaps not speedespeed of a pardon in this life, & yet may obtayne it in the next: when …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stayed now and then in our race, yet if we recouer our selues with speedespeed, and set sure…, and looke better to our steps, and make more haste in …
With rule
… stayed now and then in our race, yet if we recouer our selues with speedespeed, and set sure…, and looke better to our steps, and make more haste in …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
… day of assembly for diuers Christian Princes at Rauenna, and the Princes were making speedespeed thether to obeye him, but by the Popes commaūdement they went backe againe: and …
With rule
… day of assembly for diuers Christian Princes at Rauenna, and the Princes were making speedespeed thether to obeye him, but by the Popes commaūdement they went backe againe: and …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſalvation at command; why deferre not therefore this worke untill the laſt, but make ſpeedespeed, beginne betime and hold on conſtantly to the end that at laſt God may …
With rule
… ſalvation at command; why deferre not therefore this worke untill the laſt, but make ſpeedespeed, beginne betime and hold on conſtantly to the end that at laſt God may …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her, ſhee moulds thre buſhels of fineſt meale▪ & knedeth Cakes, the boye, with all ſpeedespeed killeth a fat and fayer ſteere, butter and milke is ſet them hym ſelfe …
With rule
… her, ſhee moulds thre buſhels of fineſt meale▪ & knedeth Cakes, the boye, with all ſpeedespeed killeth a fat and fayer ſteere, butter and milke is ſet them hym ſelfe …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… urst so many damned mis…reants insult, euen ouer God …imselfe. Let him make speedespeed …nd hasten his workes that wee may see it. Yea that dare breath defiance …
With rule
… urst so many damned mis…reants insult, euen ouer God …imselfe. Let him make speedespeed …nd hasten his workes that wee may see it. Yea that dare breath defiance …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 223 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
Successe, good or ill. 2 Iohn 10. Neither bid him good SpeedeSpeed.
With rule
Successe, good or ill. 2 Iohn 10. Neither bid him good SpeedeSpeed.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 459 · Open in the reader

A Commentary on the Song of Solomon A29507

Printed
… their wils as Captives to the victors, who led them naked and barefoote, Eſa. 20. 4. SpeedeSpeed hath ſomewhat a more plain efficacy, for he that is ſhod, treadeth more boldly …
With rule
… their wils as Captives to the victors, who led them naked and barefoote, Eſa. 20. 4. SpeedeSpeed hath ſomewhat a more plain efficacy, for he that is ſhod, treadeth more boldly …
Thomas Brightman · A Commentary on the Song of Solomon · p. 1057 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

Printed
… Glory be to God on high; and then proceeded in his Masse. Higden (and SpeedeSpeed out of him) records, That this testie old man could hardly be entreated by …
With rule
… Glory be to God on high; and then proceeded in his Masse. Higden (and SpeedeSpeed out of him) records, That this testie old man could hardly be entreated by …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as some conjecture from Pacatianus, who (as the Code of Theodosius, M. Cambden and SpeedeSpeed affirme) was Vicegerent of Brittaine some 330. yeares a…ter Christ. Who it was who …
With rule
… as some conjecture from Pacatianus, who (as the Code of Theodosius, M. Cambden and SpeedeSpeed affirme) was Vicegerent of Brittaine some 330. yeares a…ter Christ. Who it was who …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 486 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
SpeedeSpeed, Art, can turne, when ever he ſhall pleaſe,
With rule
SpeedeSpeed, Art, can turne, when ever he ſhall pleaſe,
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 43 · Open in the reader

A Dry Rod Blooming and Fruit Bearing A86695

Printed
… in this future notation three things are carried that concerne this fruit, The Order, SpeedeSpeed, and Duration of it.
With rule
… in this future notation three things are carried that concerne this fruit, The Order, SpeedeSpeed, and Duration of it.
George Hughes · A Dry Rod Blooming and Fruit Bearing · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
SpeedeSpeed, Art, can turne, when ever he ſhall pleaſe,
With rule
SpeedeSpeed, Art, can turne, when ever he ſhall pleaſe,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 43 · Open in the reader