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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33916 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

romysheromish

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

Puritas changed it
89 times in 40 works
Consistency
89.9% (89 of 99)
Reach if approved
~104 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: romish
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
99 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (89 changes in 40 works, 89.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 89)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hyghe lookis and crownes declare they themselues to be sworne subiectes & seruauntes to the RomysheRomish beast, as do these hoo ded fryers and monkes, and shorne polled priestes and …
    With rule
    … hyghe lookis and crownes declare they themselues to be sworne subiectes & seruauntes to the RomysheRomish beast, as do these hoo ded fryers and monkes, and shorne polled priestes and …

    Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the happye and blessed lyfe, so that perseuerynge in the obey…aunce towardes the RomysheRomish seate, & communicatynge of the ceremonyes, how soeuer they be approued by the same seate …
    With rule
    … the happye and blessed lyfe, so that perseuerynge in the obey…aunce towardes the RomysheRomish seate, & communicatynge of the ceremonyes, how soeuer they be approued by the same seate …

    Martin Bucer · Gratulation · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … is ſtyll, ſchiſmaticall: and therefore the name Catholick is no méete name for that RomyſheRomish Church. They denie the frée iuſtification by fayth, which S. Paule taught the firſt …
    With rule
    … is ſtyll, ſchiſmaticall: and therefore the name Catholick is no méete name for that RomyſheRomish Church. They denie the frée iuſtification by fayth, which S. Paule taught the firſt …

    Robert Crowley · Friar John Francis of France · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the whole face of the earth, with any newe lawes and tradycyons: So ye RomyſheRomish or Papiſtical church (which is only a particulare churche, yf ſo bee that they …
    With rule
    … the whole face of the earth, with any newe lawes and tradycyons: So ye RomyſheRomish or Papiſtical church (which is only a particulare churche, yf ſo bee that they …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Image of Both Pastors Set Forth · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … same. He abhorred all the supersticyouse sorceryes (ceremonyes I shuld saye) of the proude RomysheRomish churche. F…o… thens forth he brought all thynges to the towche stone of …
    With rule
    … same. He abhorred all the supersticyouse sorceryes (ceremonyes I shuld saye) of the proude RomysheRomish churche. F…o… thens forth he brought all thynges to the towche stone of …

    John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … syege of Hierusalem. Not with…standinge / yet shall this beast ryse agayne in the RomysheRomish pope and Mahomete / ād in their false prelates & doctours.
    With rule
    … syege of Hierusalem. Not with…standinge / yet shall this beast ryse agayne in the RomysheRomish pope and Mahomete / ād in their false prelates & doctours.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Images, in gildyng, painting, in …, Diriges, Trenfauls, Chauntryes and suche vayne thinges of the RomysheRomish Pharyseis and Papistes inuentyng.
    With rule
    … Images, in gildyng, painting, in …, Diriges, Trenfauls, Chauntryes and suche vayne thinges of the RomysheRomish Pharyseis and Papistes inuentyng.

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … obediente to the poVVers that beare rule, Here is none excepted, no not that RomysheRomish Porke, which chalengeth so great authorite ouer all parsons in the worlde, that he …
    With rule
    … obediente to the poVVers that beare rule, Here is none excepted, no not that RomysheRomish Porke, which chalengeth so great authorite ouer all parsons in the worlde, that he …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

  • Printed
    … nor lyppe ſeruyce, dead ſhaddowes nor Idel obſeruacyons, with ſoche lyke pylde pedlarye and romyſheromish ware. For it is ther owne proper good. And that wyl plentuouſlie apere here …
    With rule
    … nor lyppe ſeruyce, dead ſhaddowes nor Idel obſeruacyons, with ſoche lyke pylde pedlarye and romyſheromish ware. For it is ther owne proper good. And that wyl plentuouſlie apere here …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the fyrſt latyne maſſe was ſayd. For as wytneſſeth platina in the lyues of romyſheromish byſſhoppes, Iohan byſſhoppe of portuenſe was the fyrſt that euer ſayd maſſe openlye, pope …
    With rule
    … the fyrſt latyne maſſe was ſayd. For as wytneſſeth platina in the lyues of romyſheromish byſſhoppes, Iohan byſſhoppe of portuenſe was the fyrſt that euer ſayd maſſe openlye, pope …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to vtter a proceſſe in an vnknowne language amonge the peple, yet ſett your romyſheromish wyſdome ageinſt them both, and ſtande faſt in your olde popyſhe opynyon, makynge Gods …
    With rule
    … to vtter a proceſſe in an vnknowne language amonge the peple, yet ſett your romyſheromish wyſdome ageinſt them both, and ſtande faſt in your olde popyſhe opynyon, makynge Gods …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    OBedyence to the romyſheromish pope. 24. b. 34. a. 92. a
    With rule
    OBedyence to the romyſheromish pope. 24. b. 34. a. 92. a

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    … faith, and of the true Church, with the Idolatrous and superstitious mametry of theyr romysheromish Sinagogue, cause the poore and simple people, for lacke of knowledge, oftentimes to fall …
    With rule
    … faith, and of the true Church, with the Idolatrous and superstitious mametry of theyr romysheromish Sinagogue, cause the poore and simple people, for lacke of knowledge, oftentimes to fall …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1974 · Open in the reader