Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11700 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sowensown

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

Puritas changed it: 1,191 times in 613 works
Consistency: 99.2% (1,191 of 1,200)
Reach if approved: ~1,261 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sown
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,200 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,191 changes in 613 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,191)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hyrelinges pluckinge of the fleeses a pase, and reaping that which other men haue sowensown, whose handes moreouer be alwayes readye in theyr baskets and pouches, but theyr backes …
With rule
… hyrelinges pluckinge of the fleeses a pase, and reaping that which other men haue sowensown, whose handes moreouer be alwayes readye in theyr baskets and pouches, but theyr backes …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
4 Strong: it is ſowensown in weaknes, it ſhal riſe in ſtrength. 1. Cor. 15.
With rule
4 Strong: it is ſowensown in weaknes, it ſhal riſe in ſtrength. 1. Cor. 15.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… earth to and fro, comes euen where the immortall ſeed of the word is ſowensown, to ſteale it away, and enters into the holieſt cloſets where the heartieſt praiers …
With rule
… earth to and fro, comes euen where the immortall ſeed of the word is ſowensown, to ſteale it away, and enters into the holieſt cloſets where the heartieſt praiers …
William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 234 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all thys realme. Yea and truly ye be detters vnto theim: For they haue sowensown amongeste you the spirituall treasures of goddes wdrde, for the whyche they oughte to …
With rule
… all thys realme. Yea and truly ye be detters vnto theim: For they haue sowensown amongeste you the spirituall treasures of goddes wdrde, for the whyche they oughte to …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… there remained in Adam certaine seedes of Virtues, which by the Creators gift, are sowensown in the minde of euery man.
With rule
… there remained in Adam certaine seedes of Virtues, which by the Creators gift, are sowensown in the minde of euery man.
Daniel Featley · A Parallel of New-Old Pelgiarminian Error · Open in the reader
Printed
… valleies are couered ouer with corne: so it is his plague, that we haue sowensown much, and bring in little; that the mower filleth not his hand, nor he …
With rule
… valleies are couered ouer with corne: so it is his plague, that we haue sowensown much, and bring in little; that the mower filleth not his hand, nor he …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… somewhat by experience, this we all do see, that one carnell of wheat being sowensown, doth grow vp and bring forth a whole eare, with an hundreth carnels in …
With rule
… somewhat by experience, this we all do see, that one carnell of wheat being sowensown, doth grow vp and bring forth a whole eare, with an hundreth carnels in …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… perfection: for so he dealeth with other things in the world. Some corne is sowensown and neuer riseth: some springeth, and yet shortly withereth: some groweth vp to an …
With rule
… perfection: for so he dealeth with other things in the world. Some corne is sowensown and neuer riseth: some springeth, and yet shortly withereth: some groweth vp to an …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 245 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

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

The Saints Qualification A10010

Printed
… this presents nothing but confusion, yet here is hope for us; There is light SowenSown unto the righteous: All the consolation and all the comfort wee have in these …
With rule
… this presents nothing but confusion, yet here is hope for us; There is light SowenSown unto the righteous: All the consolation and all the comfort wee have in these …
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 80 · Open in the reader

The Orphans Legacy A42922

Printed
… Corn upon his Wives Land, and dyes, This is good, whether the Corn were SowenSown before the Marriage or after.
With rule
… Corn upon his Wives Land, and dyes, This is good, whether the Corn were SowenSown before the Marriage or after.
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 224 · Open in the reader