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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33246 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnhappieunhappy

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
362 times in 170 works
Consistency
97.8% (362 of 370)
Reach if approved
~389 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unhappy
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
370 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (362 changes in 170 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 362)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vntoo thys doubte, wee muste vnderstande, that not of the lawe rightely vsed, suche vnhappieunhappy Children are begotten, for wee knowe that the lawe is good, if a man …
    With rule
    … vntoo thys doubte, wee muste vnderstande, that not of the lawe rightely vsed, suche vnhappieunhappy Children are begotten, for wee knowe that the lawe is good, if a man …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … theirs altogyther: there are alſo whoſe place is prouided on the left hande: O vnhappieunhappy are they, for they haue no parte in Chriſt: let vs therefore looke vnto …
    With rule
    … theirs altogyther: there are alſo whoſe place is prouided on the left hande: O vnhappieunhappy are they, for they haue no parte in Chriſt: let vs therefore looke vnto …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in proceſſe of tyme wyl he turne back theyr captyuyte. Agayne, vnhappye, yee and vnhappieunhappy agayna are they, that haue this treaſure plenteouſlye at theyr dores, and yet care …
    With rule
    … in proceſſe of tyme wyl he turne back theyr captyuyte. Agayne, vnhappye, yee and vnhappieunhappy agayna are they, that haue this treaſure plenteouſlye at theyr dores, and yet care …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … duties as we ſhould, which beeing ſo, why may wee not lament with Gregorie vnhappieunhappy man that I am, what make I here in this Church? It is approued …
    With rule
    … duties as we ſhould, which beeing ſo, why may wee not lament with Gregorie vnhappieunhappy man that I am, what make I here in this Church? It is approued …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … knew how to know the viſitation from on high, Luk. 1.68.78, but more then thriſe vnhappieunhappy, through the hardnes of heart, and rebellion of the world, Eſai. 5.24. For is it …
    With rule
    … knew how to know the viſitation from on high, Luk. 1.68.78, but more then thriſe vnhappieunhappy, through the hardnes of heart, and rebellion of the world, Eſai. 5.24. For is it …

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 271 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … for thou art ſore plagued when thou art ſpared; neither is any thing more vnhappieunhappy, then this felicitie.
    With rule
    … for thou art ſore plagued when thou art ſpared; neither is any thing more vnhappieunhappy, then this felicitie.

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the Creatures, to contemplate the great goodnes of him their Creatour. We are vnhappieunhappy truants; if in this so richly furnished schoole of Gods good Creatures; we haue …
    With rule
    … of the Creatures, to contemplate the great goodnes of him their Creatour. We are vnhappieunhappy truants; if in this so richly furnished schoole of Gods good Creatures; we haue …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … their turne. For this cause Bellermine is iustlie called by some of them, an vnhappieunhappy devyser of distinctions: And wee may say of them all, as hee doeth of …
    With rule
    … their turne. For this cause Bellermine is iustlie called by some of them, an vnhappieunhappy devyser of distinctions: And wee may say of them all, as hee doeth of …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 87 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    VnhappieUnhappy Priest, demaund not me the last
    With rule
    VnhappieUnhappy Priest, demaund not me the last

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … any other Language) haue by their historicall labours discouered the World to it selfe. VnhappieUnhappy Italie, that still hast beaten the bush, for others to catch the Bird, and …
    With rule
    … any other Language) haue by their historicall labours discouered the World to it selfe. VnhappieUnhappy Italie, that still hast beaten the bush, for others to catch the Bird, and …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 617 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

  • Printed
    … and his church in this life, I will neuer rejoyce for all his kingdomes. VnhappieUnhappy is that man that ſunders from Chriſt what euer he be; is he a …
    With rule
    … and his church in this life, I will neuer rejoyce for all his kingdomes. VnhappieUnhappy is that man that ſunders from Chriſt what euer he be; is he a …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Sermons on the Ten Commandments A17717

  • Printed
    … I would procure his ſaluation as farre as lieth in me, I may ſay, VnhappieUnhappy man that thou art, take heede to thy ſelfe, it ſeemeth thou wouldeſt ſell …
    With rule
    … I would procure his ſaluation as farre as lieth in me, I may ſay, VnhappieUnhappy man that thou art, take heede to thy ſelfe, it ſeemeth thou wouldeſt ſell …

    John Calvin · Sermons on the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader