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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11820 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

procedeproceed

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

Puritas changed it
751 times in 160 works
Consistency
99.6% (751 of 754)
Reach if approved
~792 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: proceed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
754 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (751 changes in 160 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 751)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to vnity & concord, there remayned that Themperour as aduocate of the Catholike faith ſhuld procedeproceed further. And that it was the Emperours ordinaunce, he ſhoulde wythin .xx. dayes, returne …
    With rule
    … to vnity & concord, there remayned that Themperour as aduocate of the Catholike faith ſhuld procedeproceed further. And that it was the Emperours ordinaunce, he ſhoulde wythin .xx. dayes, returne …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a kynde of argument called Syllogismus conuciatorius, or no? these doubtes resolued I wold… procedeproceed. As for Uaughan I haue nothing to dooe with hym, but to wysshe hym …
    With rule
    … a kynde of argument called Syllogismus conuciatorius, or no? these doubtes resolued I wold… procedeproceed. As for Uaughan I haue nothing to dooe with hym, but to wysshe hym …

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſuffer thy flatterers ſtyl to bolſter the vp in thy wyckednes, and bid the procedeproceed in thine own imaginacions, ſaying: that God is mercyful, he wyl not ſtryke. Surely …
    With rule
    … ſuffer thy flatterers ſtyl to bolſter the vp in thy wyckednes, and bid the procedeproceed in thine own imaginacions, ſaying: that God is mercyful, he wyl not ſtryke. Surely …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of counſell, and ſincerenes of lyfe. That from ſo fayre and comelye countenaunce, ſhoulde procedeproceed wyſe talke, and ſpiced with learning. But if contrary wiſe, it happen that ſome …
    With rule
    … of counſell, and ſincerenes of lyfe. That from ſo fayre and comelye countenaunce, ſhoulde procedeproceed wyſe talke, and ſpiced with learning. But if contrary wiſe, it happen that ſome …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … these wordes, yet shortely after, God did giue witnesse that those words did not procedeproceed from flesh nor bloud, but from Gods verie spirite. For not long after, being …
    With rule
    … these wordes, yet shortely after, God did giue witnesse that those words did not procedeproceed from flesh nor bloud, but from Gods verie spirite. For not long after, being …

    John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … imputeth all theſe miſcheeues vnto Ignoraunce, as vnto the Spring, out of whom thei procedeproceed and flowe. For where perfect faithe and true knowledge of Chriſt is lackyng, there …
    With rule
    … imputeth all theſe miſcheeues vnto Ignoraunce, as vnto the Spring, out of whom thei procedeproceed and flowe. For where perfect faithe and true knowledge of Chriſt is lackyng, there …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … kynge the worde of God (whereby are to be vnderstande all good workes that procedeproceed & come forth oute of faythe) he nowe syngethe of the Crosse, & sheweth that he …
    With rule
    … kynge the worde of God (whereby are to be vnderstande all good workes that procedeproceed & come forth oute of faythe) he nowe syngethe of the Crosse, & sheweth that he …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … this new yeare with many other, maye euer begyn vnto you wyth good fortune, procedeproceed wt better, ende wyth y• whiche is beste, and alwaye be prosperous and fortunate …
    With rule
    … this new yeare with many other, maye euer begyn vnto you wyth good fortune, procedeproceed wt better, ende wyth y• whiche is beste, and alwaye be prosperous and fortunate …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

Certain Precepts of the Instruction of Youth A15875

  • Printed
    … of opinions / but alwayes to do thynges that are hard ande great with God. ProcedeProceed therfore (thou Gentle yongman) to increaſe wyth the …ru… ſeruauntes of nobilite / thy kynred …
    With rule
    … of opinions / but alwayes to do thynges that are hard ande great with God. ProcedeProceed therfore (thou Gentle yongman) to increaſe wyth the …ru… ſeruauntes of nobilite / thy kynred …

    Ulrich Zwingli · Certain Precepts of the Instruction of Youth · Open in the reader