Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33896 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnlawfulnesunlawfulness

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

Puritas changed it: 84 times in 51 works
Consistency: 97.6% (84 of 86)
Reach if approved: ~90 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unlawfulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 86 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 51 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Vniuerſities in Chriſtendome to diſpute the queſtion: as alſo in Oxford & Cambridge, wher the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of the matrimonie was concluded: ſo y^t the K. prepared a ſolemne embaſſage & ſent …
With rule
… Vniuerſities in Chriſtendome to diſpute the queſtion: as alſo in Oxford & Cambridge, wher the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of the matrimonie was concluded: ſo y^t the K. prepared a ſolemne embaſſage & ſent …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… places, or at leaſt to ſuffer thoſe, that haue their conſciences perſwaded of the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of their Callinges, to be free, even as Chriſt hath made them free both …
With rule
… places, or at leaſt to ſuffer thoſe, that haue their conſciences perſwaded of the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of their Callinges, to be free, even as Chriſt hath made them free both …
Henry Jacob · A Christian and Modest Offer · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Martin Marprelates writinges, together with other learned discourses mo; whereby the corruption, and the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of the places, and proceedings of L. bishops, are shamefully laide open vnto the …
With rule
… Martin Marprelates writinges, together with other learned discourses mo; whereby the corruption, and the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of the places, and proceedings of L. bishops, are shamefully laide open vnto the …
Martin Marprelate · Protestation · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… admitting all were even as you pretend: yet your stage-playing being convicted of vnlawfulnesunlawfulness, your pretēses for it are grinded all to powder; iust is their damnation, who …
With rule
… admitting all were even as you pretend: yet your stage-playing being convicted of vnlawfulnesunlawfulness, your pretēses for it are grinded all to powder; iust is their damnation, who …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now you haue heard the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of Vsurie, you shall heare how many kindes there be of it. As other …
With rule
Now you haue heard the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of Vsurie, you shall heare how many kindes there be of it. As other …
Henry Smith · The Examination of Usury · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the worde of GOD muſ…e bee our warrant, to trye the lawfulnes, or vnlawfulnesunlawfulness, of the ſame, ſo alſo in this moſt chiefly, when wee vowe or promiſe …
With rule
… the worde of GOD muſ…e bee our warrant, to trye the lawfulnes, or vnlawfulnesunlawfulness, of the ſame, ſo alſo in this moſt chiefly, when wee vowe or promiſe …
John Stockwood · A Bartholomew Fairing for Parents to Bestow · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
To that I alledged, to proue the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of the circumciſion by Moſes wife, for that she did it, in preſence of …
With rule
To that I alledged, to proue the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of the circumciſion by Moſes wife, for that she did it, in preſence of …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vp. Nehe. 8, 5. Can thoſe that vrge and preſſe the neceſsity of ſitting, and the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of kneeling vnder the hard & heauy doome of Idolatry, ſhew ſo many precepts and …
With rule
… vp. Nehe. 8, 5. Can thoſe that vrge and preſſe the neceſsity of ſitting, and the vnlawfulnesunlawfulness of kneeling vnder the hard & heauy doome of Idolatry, ſhew ſo many precepts and …
William Attersoll · The New Covenant · p. 406 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker A03243

Printed
… of the Nature, & vſe of Lotts, giveth to Arguments in a Dialogue concerning the VnlawfulnesUnlawfulness of Games conſiſting in Chance.
With rule
… of the Nature, & vſe of Lotts, giveth to Arguments in a Dialogue concerning the VnlawfulnesUnlawfulness of Games conſiſting in Chance.
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · Open in the reader
Printed
A SHORT AND PLAINE DIALOGVE CONCERNING THE VNLAWfulnesUnlawfulness of playing at Cards, or Tables, or any other Game conſiſting in chance.
With rule
A SHORT AND PLAINE DIALOGVE CONCERNING THE VNLAWfulnesUnlawfulness of playing at Cards, or Tables, or any other Game conſiſting in chance.
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · Open in the reader