Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33405 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forreigneforeign

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

Puritas changed it: 248 times in 152 works
Consistency: 88.8% (248 of 279)
Reach if approved: ~293 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: foreign
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 279 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (248 changes in 152 works, 88.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 248)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… godly live among wicked calumniators, they reckon themselves as banished men living in a forreigneforeign Countrey, and are made oft-times to lament their condition: Wo is me that …
With rule
… godly live among wicked calumniators, they reckon themselves as banished men living in a forreigneforeign Countrey, and are made oft-times to lament their condition: Wo is me that …
David Dickson · A Brief Explication of the Last Fifty Psalms · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… How they may proſper 405. They may fall into, and dye in the hands of forreigneforeign Enemies 429. Wicked ones are matter of lamentation 587, &c. They are unnaturall 588. They pervert the …
With rule
… How they may proſper 405. They may fall into, and dye in the hands of forreigneforeign Enemies 429. Wicked ones are matter of lamentation 587, &c. They are unnaturall 588. They pervert the …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… abroad, Et exterius omnia confiderat; qui sic interna despicit: and is so intentiue vpon forreigneforeign businesses, that he forgets his owne. They are common questions; Quid ille fecit? What …
With rule
… abroad, Et exterius omnia confiderat; qui sic interna despicit: and is so intentiue vpon forreigneforeign businesses, that he forgets his owne. They are common questions; Quid ille fecit? What …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 296 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſo for the time, the beaſt is not, becauſe put downe by a forreigneforeign power. That which is added, but ſhall aſcend out of the bottomleſſe pit, or …
With rule
… and ſo for the time, the beaſt is not, becauſe put downe by a forreigneforeign power. That which is added, but ſhall aſcend out of the bottomleſſe pit, or …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 485 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mercy he vvill turne away this plague of a stranger in Christian Israel, and forreigneforeign frenchmen in England. The onely noise of whose making hither toward, gaue al these …
With rule
… mercy he vvill turne away this plague of a stranger in Christian Israel, and forreigneforeign frenchmen in England. The onely noise of whose making hither toward, gaue al these …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… motion; nor perſwade you to begin, but to continue a good worke, nor propoſe forreigneforeign, but your owne Examples, to doe ſtill, as you haue done hitherto. For, for …
With rule
… motion; nor perſwade you to begin, but to continue a good worke, nor propoſe forreigneforeign, but your owne Examples, to doe ſtill, as you haue done hitherto. For, for …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. and ſo is not ſubject to want by reaſon of its dependence upon forreigneforeign ſupplies, how ſafe were ſuch a Citie, and how impregnable, and unconquerable? Why and …
With rule
… c. and ſo is not ſubject to want by reaſon of its dependence upon forreigneforeign ſupplies, how ſafe were ſuch a Citie, and how impregnable, and unconquerable? Why and …
Elidad Blackwell · A Caveat for Magistrates · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the proofe of the aſſumption, for the arguments before alleaged, and the practice of forreigneforeign popiſh, and our owne Cathedrall Churches is ſufficient to prove this, therefore for brevity …
With rule
… the proofe of the aſſumption, for the arguments before alleaged, and the practice of forreigneforeign popiſh, and our owne Cathedrall Churches is ſufficient to prove this, therefore for brevity …
Charles Chauncey · A Retraction · p. 34 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
… much outrage and assault breaking in, and distracting the advices of Reason, which is ForreigneForeign Incursion: For, though these two are not parts of a different Regiment; yet they …
With rule
… much outrage and assault breaking in, and distracting the advices of Reason, which is ForreigneForeign Incursion: For, though these two are not parts of a different Regiment; yet they …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 296 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
… upon those that trouble the peace of their Dominion, whether they be Civill or ForreigneForeign enemies, wherein is also required that it be denounced and undertaken by the Prince …
With rule
… upon those that trouble the peace of their Dominion, whether they be Civill or ForreigneForeign enemies, wherein is also required that it be denounced and undertaken by the Prince …
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 169 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

Printed
… the Queen, and suffered herself to be publikely named the Queen of England in ForreigneForeign Countries: All which accusations she either absolutely denyed, or else fairly extenuated, and though …
With rule
… the Queen, and suffered herself to be publikely named the Queen of England in ForreigneForeign Countries: All which accusations she either absolutely denyed, or else fairly extenuated, and though …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 33 · Open in the reader

An Answer to Two Treatises of John Can A30189

Printed
ForreigneForeign reformed Churches acknowledg us the true Churches of Chriſt p. 141.
With rule
ForreigneForeign reformed Churches acknowledg us the true Churches of Chriſt p. 141.
John Ball · An Answer to Two Treatises of John Can · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… But chiefly (if I may ſpeake freely) the grand concernment of it to all ForreigneForeign Nations, (as well as to us) that hope for future bliſſe, eſpecially to the …
With rule
… But chiefly (if I may ſpeake freely) the grand concernment of it to all ForreigneForeign Nations, (as well as to us) that hope for future bliſſe, eſpecially to the …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · Open in the reader

History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland A47584

Printed
… comparatively humane Authority is said to be absolute, when it is free from any ForreigneForeign Superiour Power. So when Henry the eighth, having cast off the Romish yoak, and …
With rule
… comparatively humane Authority is said to be absolute, when it is free from any ForreigneForeign Superiour Power. So when Henry the eighth, having cast off the Romish yoak, and …
John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · Open in the reader

Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light A56171

Printed
… hearing of Masse, or other exercise of the Romish Religion to the houses of ForreigneForeign Ambassadors, or Agents residing here, for the service of their severall Princes or States.
With rule
… hearing of Masse, or other exercise of the Romish Religion to the houses of ForreigneForeign Ambassadors, or Agents residing here, for the service of their severall Princes or States.
William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
4. Fourthly, the open and usuall resort to the houses and Chappels of ForreigneForeign Ambassadours.
With rule
4. Fourthly, the open and usuall resort to the houses and Chappels of ForreigneForeign Ambassadours.
William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Sermon to House of Commons A90288

Printed
If a Prince ſhould ſend an Embaſſadour to a ForreigneForeign State to treat about Peace, or to denounce War; who, when hee comes there …
With rule
If a Prince ſhould ſend an Embaſſadour to a ForreigneForeign State to treat about Peace, or to denounce War; who, when hee comes there …
John Owen · Sermon to House of Commons · p. 17 · Open in the reader