Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33745 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shamelesnesseshamelessness

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 63 works
Consistency: 95.6% (111 of 116)
Reach if approved: ~122 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shamelessness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 116 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 63 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Papacie of Rome is throwne flat downe with an other thunderbolt: ſpeciallye that ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness or impudencie is conuinced and manifeſtly ſhewed in that the Romane Antichriſt doth boaſt …
With rule
… the Papacie of Rome is throwne flat downe with an other thunderbolt: ſpeciallye that ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness or impudencie is conuinced and manifeſtly ſhewed in that the Romane Antichriſt doth boaſt …
John Calvin · Commentary on Galatians · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after that faſhion. And therefore S. Paule ſcorning theyr hypocriſie which was matched with ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness, ſheweth that they pretended great zeale of the Lawe, and yet bewrayed all maner …
With rule
… after that faſhion. And therefore S. Paule ſcorning theyr hypocriſie which was matched with ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness, ſheweth that they pretended great zeale of the Lawe, and yet bewrayed all maner …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the moſt part, as whores in old time, did put on vails, covering their ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness with a more then ordinary ſemblance of ſhamefac'tneſſe, and by that affected modeſty were …
With rule
… the moſt part, as whores in old time, did put on vails, covering their ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness with a more then ordinary ſemblance of ſhamefac'tneſſe, and by that affected modeſty were …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had reſerved of the ſpoile of the Amalekites, 1 Sam. 15.14. and indeed ſuch is the ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness of moſt, that unleſſe they be convinced by ſome outward act, which is ſubject …
With rule
… had reſerved of the ſpoile of the Amalekites, 1 Sam. 15.14. and indeed ſuch is the ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness of moſt, that unleſſe they be convinced by ſome outward act, which is ſubject …
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtreet, in the Market; let ſhame keep thee from thouſands of inward ſinnes, that ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness hath brought forth and nouriſhed.
With rule
… ſtreet, in the Market; let ſhame keep thee from thouſands of inward ſinnes, that ſhameleſneſſeshamelessness hath brought forth and nouriſhed.
Nicholas Clagett · The Abuse of Gods Grace · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shamelesse impudencie crawled so aloft to the toppe gallant, yea aboue al whoor…sh shamelesnesseshamelessness? moreouer doth your insolent arrogancie so farre exceede all impudencie, that ye shame no …
With rule
… shamelesse impudencie crawled so aloft to the toppe gallant, yea aboue al whoor…sh shamelesnesseshamelessness? moreouer doth your insolent arrogancie so farre exceede all impudencie, that ye shame no …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the publike safety doe subsist, must needs bee abominable. Secondly, because impudency and shamelesnesseshamelessness, especially in committing sinne, is almost the very highest degree of sinne; yea they …
With rule
… and the publike safety doe subsist, must needs bee abominable. Secondly, because impudency and shamelesnesseshamelessness, especially in committing sinne, is almost the very highest degree of sinne; yea they …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 513 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to repentance (which was the case of these Iewes, 2. Chron. 36.) grow into the most shamelesnesseshamelessness of sinne of all others. The reason is; because, first, the word is either …
With rule
… to repentance (which was the case of these Iewes, 2. Chron. 36.) grow into the most shamelesnesseshamelessness of sinne of all others. The reason is; because, first, the word is either …
John Udall · Commentary Upon Lamentations · p. 23 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 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.

The Overthrow of Stage Plays A10335

Printed
… for feare least you cause your reader to suspect you of shamelesnesseshamelessness, or sophistrie. ShamelesnesseShamelessness, if you say, that, whatsoever it were which Nero gaue to Acte, he had …
With rule
… for feare least you cause your reader to suspect you of shamelesnesseshamelessness, or sophistrie. ShamelesnesseShamelessness, if you say, that, whatsoever it were which Nero gaue to Acte, he had …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 143 · Open in the reader