Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11708 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bretherenbrethren

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

Puritas changed it: 1,275 times in 393 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,275 of 1,277)
Reach if approved: ~1,342 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brethren
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,277 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,275 changes in 393 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,275)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Aarons line, my meaning was, that they of Aaron were only for Prieſts, & their bretherenbrethren of Leui, only for Leuites.
With rule
… Aarons line, my meaning was, that they of Aaron were only for Prieſts, & their bretherenbrethren of Leui, only for Leuites.
Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and haue giuen an occaſion of much diſhonour to God, and ſcandall to the bretherenbrethren, I ſay I am confident, it would haue been well pleaſing vnto the Lord …
With rule
… and haue giuen an occaſion of much diſhonour to God, and ſcandall to the bretherenbrethren, I ſay I am confident, it would haue been well pleaſing vnto the Lord …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to eſcape / if a man could tel howe to bringe the matter about. Now bretherenbrethren biſhops / your manner of dealing / is euen the very ſame. The puritans ſay truly …
With rule
… to eſcape / if a man could tel howe to bringe the matter about. Now bretherenbrethren biſhops / your manner of dealing / is euen the very ſame. The puritans ſay truly …
Martin Marprelate · Work for a Cooper 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… profyte and counfort the congregacions of Christe (we are all borne to profyte oure bretherenbrethren) lo here haste thou, ientle reader, a cleare brief exposicion of the moste harde …
With rule
… profyte and counfort the congregacions of Christe (we are all borne to profyte oure bretherenbrethren) lo here haste thou, ientle reader, a cleare brief exposicion of the moste harde …
Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… preſently reſolued with my ſelfe, to ſtand in the gap and breach betweene our BretherenBrethren and vs, and according to my poore abilitie, abilitie, to performe a ſeruice ſo …
With rule
… preſently reſolued with my ſelfe, to ſtand in the gap and breach betweene our BretherenBrethren and vs, and according to my poore abilitie, abilitie, to performe a ſeruice ſo …
Gabriel Powel · The Deprived and Silenced Ministers Arguments · Open in the reader
Printed
Commandements and exhortations to mercy in censuring our bretherenbrethren, 191.
With rule
Commandements and exhortations to mercy in censuring our bretherenbrethren, 191.
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · Open in the reader
Printed
… confeſsinge Chriſt your Sauiour before men (as by the example of thouſandes of your bretherenbrethren before your faces God doth mercifully incourage you) you may with all hope and …
With rule
… confeſsinge Chriſt your Sauiour before men (as by the example of thouſandes of your bretherenbrethren before your faces God doth mercifully incourage you) you may with all hope and …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the commentarie, which neuerthelesse I thought well bestowed for the comfort of my bretherenbrethren.
With rule
… of the commentarie, which neuerthelesse I thought well bestowed for the comfort of my bretherenbrethren.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Kings Chronicle A96897

Printed
… But I thanke you for the laſt, for that is notable, even of SAULS BRETHERENBRETHREN OF BENJAMIN. Davids cauſe was ſo juſt; Sauls quarrell ſo unjuſt; Davids Innocency ſo …
With rule
… But I thanke you for the laſt, for that is notable, even of SAULS BRETHERENBRETHREN OF BENJAMIN. Davids cauſe was ſo juſt; Sauls quarrell ſo unjuſt; Davids Innocency ſo …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle · p. 4 · Open in the reader