Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33655 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cloggeclog

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

Puritas changed it: 130 times in 106 works
Consistency: 97.0% (130 of 134)
Reach if approved: ~141 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: clog
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 (130 changes in 106 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 130)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… what is good, but likewise to doe somthing what is active. They dampe, and cloggeclog and prohibite the spirit, when it is about any good; and therefore it is …
With rule
… what is good, but likewise to doe somthing what is active. They dampe, and cloggeclog and prohibite the spirit, when it is about any good; and therefore it is …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… performances, he cannot goe so naturally to prayer, and to hearing, conscience layes a cloggeclog upon him, hee is shackled, in prayer especially he hath not liberty to the …
With rule
… performances, he cannot goe so naturally to prayer, and to hearing, conscience layes a cloggeclog upon him, hee is shackled, in prayer especially he hath not liberty to the …
Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as …imorous men never thinke themselves sure enough,) are not content with this, but cloggeclog your inference with other needlesse circumstances, as in saying, absolutely necessary, and that not …
With rule
… as …imorous men never thinke themselves sure enough,) are not content with this, but cloggeclog your inference with other needlesse circumstances, as in saying, absolutely necessary, and that not …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 347 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pittie this poore Soule that panteth at thy feete, draw it out of this cloggeclog of clay: B…e with mee vnto the end: Graue thine owne shape deepe …
With rule
… pittie this poore Soule that panteth at thy feete, draw it out of this cloggeclog of clay: B…e with mee vnto the end: Graue thine owne shape deepe …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1072 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Rome / and Alexandria: that the biſhops euen in his time / and vnder the cloggeclog off perſequutiō / ſeemed to paſſe the rage of wordly Princes. And where he ſaith …
With rule
… of Rome / and Alexandria: that the biſhops euen in his time / and vnder the cloggeclog off perſequutiō / ſeemed to paſſe the rage of wordly Princes. And where he ſaith …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DXI · Open in the reader
Printed
This is the plague and cloggeclog of the Fashion, that it is neuer vnhamperd of Debets. Pride begins with Habeo …
With rule
This is the plague and cloggeclog of the Fashion, that it is neuer vnhamperd of Debets. Pride begins with Habeo …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ye increaſynge lyes to deſtruccyon. All hypocrites yokes brynge ye vpon the peple, to cloggeclog them downe to hell, for nothynge make they towardes heauen. Paule the firſt pope …
With rule
… ye increaſynge lyes to deſtruccyon. All hypocrites yokes brynge ye vpon the peple, to cloggeclog them downe to hell, for nothynge make they towardes heauen. Paule the firſt pope …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… prison lyenge wyde open, nor stondynge ryghte vp, nor bowynge his knees, for the cloggeclog, wherwyth his feete were bound, dyd not suffer hym, yet seynge that he lyenge …
With rule
… prison lyenge wyde open, nor stondynge ryghte vp, nor bowynge his knees, for the cloggeclog, wherwyth his feete were bound, dyd not suffer hym, yet seynge that he lyenge …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

0 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.