Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1588 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

onlyeonly

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 820 times in 151 works
Consistency: 95.5% (820 of 858)
Reach if approved: ~902 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: only
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 858 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (820 changes in 151 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 820)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… respect set downe / for otherwise it had bene to build againe the thinges destroied / onlyeonly they thus counselled and admonished the Gentiles to vse their libertye in these thinges …
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… respect set downe / for otherwise it had bene to build againe the thinges destroied / onlyeonly they thus counselled and admonished the Gentiles to vse their libertye in these thinges …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 61 · Open in the reader
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… wyttes can go no furder. For who knoweth what is in man / but God onlyeonly? This right and lawfull othe was commanded of god for the conforte / helpe / and …
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… wyttes can go no furder. For who knoweth what is in man / but God onlyeonly? This right and lawfull othe was commanded of god for the conforte / helpe / and …
Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · Open in the reader
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… that he ys ignoraunt in the hyſtoryes, and alſo that ſoche dyrtye doctrine ſtandeth onlyeonly by lyes. Ioannes andreas (whom they call the fountayne of ther canon lawe) was …
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… that he ys ignoraunt in the hyſtoryes, and alſo that ſoche dyrtye doctrine ſtandeth onlyeonly by lyes. Ioannes andreas (whom they call the fountayne of ther canon lawe) was …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 70 · Open in the reader
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… institution, and geue thē the names of the clergy. I meane not the name onlyeonly, but let them do the function of a bishop, and liue of the same …
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… institution, and geue thē the names of the clergy. I meane not the name onlyeonly, but let them do the function of a bishop, and liue of the same …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 36 · Open in the reader
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… they mind by such procedinges of theirs to stablish Antichristes kingdom, thou shalt not onlyeonly (by thy obedience & aide) make thy selfe partaker of al these abhominacions before rehersed …
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… they mind by such procedinges of theirs to stablish Antichristes kingdom, thou shalt not onlyeonly (by thy obedience & aide) make thy selfe partaker of al these abhominacions before rehersed …
Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader
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… wee our selues are not able to thyncke a good thought. It is thou onlyeonly that doest worke in vs both the will & the dede.
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… wee our selues are not able to thyncke a good thought. It is thou onlyeonly that doest worke in vs both the will & the dede.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
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… of his moost blessed body on the Altare of the Crosse, and that not onlyeonly from the faute, but also from the payne due and belon gynge vnto the …
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… of his moost blessed body on the Altare of the Crosse, and that not onlyeonly from the faute, but also from the payne due and belon gynge vnto the …
Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader
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… that wée were not chosen before the foundations of the worlde were layde, but onlyeonly in him appoynted to dye, Ephes. 1… 4… and. 1. Peter. 1. 20. Wherefore he is also called the …
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… that wée were not chosen before the foundations of the worlde were layde, but onlyeonly in him appoynted to dye, Ephes. 1… 4… and. 1. Peter. 1. 20. Wherefore he is also called the …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (38)

37 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary Upon Micah A01754

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… I do wryte to them that do ſyt and ar able to geue iudgmēt. OnlyeOnly I wold haue vs to thyncke that the Iewes hadde the oracles, the promyſes …
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… I do wryte to them that do ſyt and ar able to geue iudgmēt. OnlyeOnly I wold haue vs to thyncke that the Iewes hadde the oracles, the promyſes …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

The Acts of English Votaries A02573

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… and Paule reporteth, they shall be destroyed without hā des. Esa. 11. Dani. 8. et. 2. Thes. 2. OnlyeOnly ys yt Gods true knowlege, that nobleth yow before hym, be therfor no longar …
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… and Paule reporteth, they shall be destroyed without hā des. Esa. 11. Dani. 8. et. 2. Thes. 2. OnlyeOnly ys yt Gods true knowlege, that nobleth yow before hym, be therfor no longar …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle A02633

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… Epistle to Pope Martyne the fyft / and in his solempne sermon de funere regis. OnlyeOnly soche reasons haue I added therunto / as the afore named Thomas Vvalden proponed to …
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… Epistle to Pope Martyne the fyft / and in his solempne sermon de funere regis. OnlyeOnly soche reasons haue I added therunto / as the afore named Thomas Vvalden proponed to …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader

Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country A02788

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… most pestylentlye to depryue the cō mon people all together of the Byble readyng. OnlyeOnly was it than admitted to. iii. degrees of menne / to gentyll menne / mer chandes …
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… most pestylentlye to depryue the cō mon people all together of the Byble readyng. OnlyeOnly was it than admitted to. iii. degrees of menne / to gentyll menne / mer chandes …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be the instrumentes of sathan / vnderstandynge the scripturs and beholdynge theyr daylye doyinges: OnlyeOnly persecute they simple menne vnto death for beleuynge in Christ / and neuer for the …
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… to be the instrumentes of sathan / vnderstandynge the scripturs and beholdynge theyr daylye doyinges: OnlyeOnly persecute they simple menne vnto death for beleuynge in Christ / and neuer for the …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 26 · Open in the reader
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OnlyeOnly are they great enemyes to maryage which is holye / and neuer to the stynkynge …
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OnlyeOnly are they great enemyes to maryage which is holye / and neuer to the stynkynge …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 A02825

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14 OnlyeOnly shalt thu destroye them that destroyed the earthe / compellynge both it and all that …
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14 OnlyeOnly shalt thu destroye them that destroyed the earthe / compellynge both it and all that …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader
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… faythe doth all thys ryff raff hynder. This dyrtye baggage accōbreth not their sowles. OnlyeOnly are they satysfyed with the wholsom doctryne of Christes sprete. And the earthe ded …
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… faythe doth all thys ryff raff hynder. This dyrtye baggage accōbreth not their sowles. OnlyeOnly are they satysfyed with the wholsom doctryne of Christes sprete. And the earthe ded …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader
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… are all their Idell obseruacions hauynge no expresse commaundementes of the worde of God. OnlyeOnly loke we (saith Paule) in sprete to be iustyfied through faythe / which by loue …
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… are all their Idell obseruacions hauynge no expresse commaundementes of the worde of God. OnlyeOnly loke we (saith Paule) in sprete to be iustyfied through faythe / which by loue …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader
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… ys nothynge. No more maketh the one than the other / to a Christē lyfe. OnlyeOnly ys yt faythe effectuallye workynge by loue / that the lorde requyreth of vs.
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… ys nothynge. No more maketh the one than the other / to a Christē lyfe. OnlyeOnly ys yt faythe effectuallye workynge by loue / that the lorde requyreth of vs.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader
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… affliccyon / so rowe / peyne / penurye / / wrathe / condēpnacyon / and deathe / shall be past with them. OnlyeOnly shall they be trodden downe in this wynefatt of Gods wrathe / that lyued here …
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… affliccyon / so rowe / peyne / penurye / / wrathe / condēpnacyon / and deathe / shall be past with them. OnlyeOnly shall they be trodden downe in this wynefatt of Gods wrathe / that lyued here …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 93 · Open in the reader

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

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OnlyeOnly couetousnesse & ambycion interdicted this marryage / which hath geuen or casion to wonderfull mischeues / as …
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OnlyeOnly couetousnesse & ambycion interdicted this marryage / which hath geuen or casion to wonderfull mischeues / as …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 19 · Open in the reader
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2 OnlyeOnly is poore Iohan Frith a captayne sounde out here to his purpose / because he …
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2 OnlyeOnly is poore Iohan Frith a captayne sounde out here to his purpose / because he …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 31 · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

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… he (ſayth the Prophete) which truſteth in māne, and appoynteh hys ſtrēgth vnto fleſhe. OnlyeOnly ſchall the lorde with the breathe of hys mouthe, or ſprete of … deſtroye that …
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… he (ſayth the Prophete) which truſteth in māne, and appoynteh hys ſtrēgth vnto fleſhe. OnlyeOnly ſchall the lorde with the breathe of hys mouthe, or ſprete of … deſtroye that …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 7 · Open in the reader
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… not performe thys. For yt maye be non acte of manne by hys promes. OnlyeOnly ys that wonderfull conqueſt ouer the enemyes of God reſerued to hys worde, and …
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… not performe thys. For yt maye be non acte of manne by hys promes. OnlyeOnly ys that wonderfull conqueſt ouer the enemyes of God reſerued to hys worde, and …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
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… couetouſneſſe, cruelte, rape, and mourther ys neyther here blamed nor yet ſpoken yll of. OnlyeOnly ys Gods verite here condēpned vnder the blacke tyttle of hereſye, the poore member …
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… couetouſneſſe, cruelte, rape, and mourther ys neyther here blamed nor yet ſpoken yll of. OnlyeOnly ys Gods verite here condēpned vnder the blacke tyttle of hereſye, the poore member …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 20 · Open in the reader
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… receyue them in faythe without vnderſtandynge, as a fulfyllynge of ther dutye to god. OnlyeOnly are they inſtytucyons of popes, As of Damaſus, Gelaſiꝰ, Pelagius, Gregorius, Vitelianus, Vrbanus. And …
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… receyue them in faythe without vnderſtandynge, as a fulfyllynge of ther dutye to god. OnlyeOnly are they inſtytucyons of popes, As of Damaſus, Gelaſiꝰ, Pelagius, Gregorius, Vitelianus, Vrbanus. And …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 88 · Open in the reader
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… but are vtterlye ageynſt yt. As to haue all thynges cōmen amongeſt the peple. OnlyeOnly ys thys opynyon holden and maynteyned of the Anabaptyſtes, whych had yt firſt of …
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… but are vtterlye ageynſt yt. As to haue all thynges cōmen amongeſt the peple. OnlyeOnly ys thys opynyon holden and maynteyned of the Anabaptyſtes, whych had yt firſt of …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Pleasure and Pain Heaven and Hell A19667

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OnlyeOnly to poſſeſſe
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OnlyeOnly to poſſeſſe
Robert Crowley · Pleasure and Pain Heaven and Hell · Open in the reader