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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33624 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

woolueswolves

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

Puritas changed it
134 times in 64 works
Consistency
100% (134 of 134)
Reach if approved
~141 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wolves
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
134 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (134 changes in 64 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    First, the Pope ought to driue WooluesWolves, and bad leaders, heretique Kings (that is, Protestants:) àgrege & dominio, not only excommunicate, but …
    With rule
    First, the Pope ought to driue WooluesWolves, and bad leaders, heretique Kings (that is, Protestants:) àgrege & dominio, not only excommunicate, but …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … will first declare what this meaneth, that they should be sent as sheepe amongst woolueswolves. Although menne are cruell and bloudy, the Lorde could mittigate theyr crueltie, who tameth …
    With rule
    … will first declare what this meaneth, that they should be sent as sheepe amongst woolueswolves. Although menne are cruell and bloudy, the Lorde could mittigate theyr crueltie, who tameth …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 274 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as our Lord Ieſus Chriſt alſo putteth a differēce betwene the hyrelings and the woolueswolves. After he hath ſpoken of the good and faythfull ſheepeherds which ſeeke the cōmon …
    With rule
    … as our Lord Ieſus Chriſt alſo putteth a differēce betwene the hyrelings and the woolueswolves. After he hath ſpoken of the good and faythfull ſheepeherds which ſeeke the cōmon …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … So do tirannes behaue themſelues, they waſt and rauen all thinges, they kil lyke woolueswolves, and take awaye all refreſhing and commodity from their ſubiectes: when as yet if …
    With rule
    … So do tirannes behaue themſelues, they waſt and rauen all thinges, they kil lyke woolueswolves, and take awaye all refreſhing and commodity from their ſubiectes: when as yet if …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … more is, there is heere a foretelling that some of themselues shall degenerat into woolueswolves. This authoritie therefore that foretelleth ye entring in of woolfs, & prophesieth of the degenerating …
    With rule
    … more is, there is heere a foretelling that some of themselues shall degenerat into woolueswolves. This authoritie therefore that foretelleth ye entring in of woolfs, & prophesieth of the degenerating …

    John Knewstubs · Answer Unto Assertion that Church of Rome is the True Church · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … false Prophets, which come to you in Sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauenyng WooluesWolves: ye shal know them by their fruites. Math. 7.
    With rule
    … false Prophets, which come to you in Sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauenyng WooluesWolves: ye shal know them by their fruites. Math. 7.

    Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not out the ſtinge, or that will place foxes among the tender vines, or woolueswolves among ſheepe. Yf you bid me caſt mine eies vpon Fraunce and the low …
    With rule
    … not out the ſtinge, or that will place foxes among the tender vines, or woolueswolves among ſheepe. Yf you bid me caſt mine eies vpon Fraunce and the low …

    Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … people, a bitter and a furious nation, wel manned, and horſes as fierſe as woolueswolves, ſwifter than the Leopards, and of flight like the eagle haſting after her meate.
    With rule
    … people, a bitter and a furious nation, wel manned, and horſes as fierſe as woolueswolves, ſwifter than the Leopards, and of flight like the eagle haſting after her meate.

    John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 115 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.