Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33545 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

meriemerry

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

Puritas changed it: 167 times in 79 works
Consistency: 96.5% (167 of 173)
Reach if approved: ~182 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: merry
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 173 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (167 changes in 79 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 167)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… comfortably cheare them with theſe ſweete words: O yee friends, eate, drinke, and be meriemerry, O ye beloued.
With rule
… comfortably cheare them with theſe ſweete words: O yee friends, eate, drinke, and be meriemerry, O ye beloued.
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 328 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ouer captious, there was good neighbourhood and friendſhip before he came, they could bee meriemerry together, and bee in vnitie, without any iarre: had it not beene better to …
With rule
… ouer captious, there was good neighbourhood and friendſhip before he came, they could bee meriemerry together, and bee in vnitie, without any iarre: had it not beene better to …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be holy ends: and the children of God may ſing Pſalmes to make themſelues meriemerry in the Lord, and feed vpon bread and wine not onely for neceſſity but …
With rule
… be holy ends: and the children of God may ſing Pſalmes to make themſelues meriemerry in the Lord, and feed vpon bread and wine not onely for neceſſity but …
James Balmford · To the Major Aldermen · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſwallowed vp. Whereby we poſſeſſe our Conſciences without feare, and haue our hartes ioyful, meriemerry, and bold, without beyng afraied of any thing. All whiche, the knowledge of GOD …
With rule
… ſwallowed vp. Whereby we poſſeſſe our Conſciences without feare, and haue our hartes ioyful, meriemerry, and bold, without beyng afraied of any thing. All whiche, the knowledge of GOD …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… hid, and the Popes plauſible Pardons opened vp, and offered to them, and made meriemerry in their Chriſtmas and Eaſter feaſtes, ſending for gladnes their propines and gifts at …
With rule
… hid, and the Popes plauſible Pardons opened vp, and offered to them, and made meriemerry in their Chriſtmas and Eaſter feaſtes, ſending for gladnes their propines and gifts at …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
But many do lament the pulling downe of Abbayes, they ſay it was neuer meriemerry world ſince: They highly commend their liberalitie to the poore: their curteſie to their …
With rule
But many do lament the pulling downe of Abbayes, they ſay it was neuer meriemerry world ſince: They highly commend their liberalitie to the poore: their curteſie to their …
Francis Trigge · Defense of our Days over the Days of our Forefathers · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of wine: namely, more then might suffice an hundred and fiftie men to a meriemerry banquet.
With rule
… of wine: namely, more then might suffice an hundred and fiftie men to a meriemerry banquet.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that which they threaten come to paſſe, and in the whilſt we will make meriemerry. Thus the Prophet recounts the ſpeeches of the wicked, whereby they ſhewed in what …
With rule
… that which they threaten come to paſſe, and in the whilſt we will make meriemerry. Thus the Prophet recounts the ſpeeches of the wicked, whereby they ſhewed in what …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
Mirth and MerieMerry.
With rule
Mirth and MerieMerry.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
The children of God may, and ought to be MerieMerry. 376. a 33.
With rule
The children of God may, and ought to be MerieMerry. 376. a 33.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
VVorldlings can not bee MerieMerry, but when they forget God. 437. a 36.
With rule
VVorldlings can not bee MerieMerry, but when they forget God. 437. a 36.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader