Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #52428 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

diveldevil

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 2,742 times in 453 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,742 of 2,746)
Reach if approved: ~2,937 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devil
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,795 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,742 changes in 453 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,742)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… had coupled togither, that which by harlots and bawds his owne proper Deacons the DivelDevil had ioined, those doeth God by those Ministers of his rightly put asunder againe …
With rule
… had coupled togither, that which by harlots and bawds his owne proper Deacons the DivelDevil had ioined, those doeth God by those Ministers of his rightly put asunder againe …
Edmund Bunny · Of Divorce for Adultery · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be aſhamed to haue knowne what they do; although the entiſement of the DivelDevil doe allure and embolden them to do it, yet they wil vſe all cloakes …
With rule
… to be aſhamed to haue knowne what they do; although the entiſement of the DivelDevil doe allure and embolden them to do it, yet they wil vſe all cloakes …
John Andrewes · Christs Cross · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the powers and principalities of darknes, therfore Pet. 1. Ep. 5. willeth vs to reſiſt the diveldevil, by being ſtedfaſt in the faith, thereby to teach vs, that in a ſtedfaſt …
With rule
… the powers and principalities of darknes, therfore Pet. 1. Ep. 5. willeth vs to reſiſt the diveldevil, by being ſtedfaſt in the faith, thereby to teach vs, that in a ſtedfaſt …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alwayes done; Moſes, yea CHRIST Himſelfe eſcaped not. Revel. 12.15. The Serpent, that is, the DivelDevil, is ſaid to caſt out of his mouth, water as a flood after the …
With rule
… alwayes done; Moſes, yea CHRIST Himſelfe eſcaped not. Revel. 12.15. The Serpent, that is, the DivelDevil, is ſaid to caſt out of his mouth, water as a flood after the …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he came some said he was a good man, others that he was a diveldevil: some said that the Apostles were good, some that they were bad: See how …
With rule
… he came some said he was a good man, others that he was a diveldevil: some said that the Apostles were good, some that they were bad: See how …
John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Captare tempora impacata & inquieta, whose best fishing is in troubled waters: for as the DivelDevil (as Optatus speaks) is tormented with the peace of Brethren; so is he most …
With rule
… Captare tempora impacata & inquieta, whose best fishing is in troubled waters: for as the DivelDevil (as Optatus speaks) is tormented with the peace of Brethren; so is he most …
Edward Reynolds · Sermon Touching Peace and Edification of the Church · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it ſelfe: that it is the loathſomeſt thing in the world; worſe then the DivelDevil himſelf: for it is ſin which makes him a Divell. That Corruption, Pride, Worldlines …
With rule
… it ſelfe: that it is the loathſomeſt thing in the world; worſe then the DivelDevil himſelf: for it is ſin which makes him a Divell. That Corruption, Pride, Worldlines …
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 322 · Open in the reader
Printed
It is an inspiration of the DivelDevil,
With rule
It is an inspiration of the DivelDevil,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… made partakers of th… sacred mysteries, that they should RENOVNCE THE WORSHIP OF THE DIVELDEVIL THEIR ADVERSARY, AND ALL HIS POMPES, OF WHICH SVCH SPECTACLES OR STAGEPLAYES ARE NOT …
With rule
… made partakers of th… sacred mysteries, that they should RENOVNCE THE WORSHIP OF THE DIVELDEVIL THEIR ADVERSARY, AND ALL HIS POMPES, OF WHICH SVCH SPECTACLES OR STAGEPLAYES ARE NOT …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 661 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

Printed
OF ONE ERROR IN THE POPE: WHICH MAKETH HIM NEXT THE DIVELDEVIL: WHERE THE DIVELDEVIL WOVLD TREMBLE; TO BEE SO IMPVDENT OPENLY.
With rule
OF ONE ERROR IN THE POPE: WHICH MAKETH HIM NEXT THE DIVELDEVIL: WHERE THE DIVELDEVIL WOVLD TREMBLE; TO BEE SO IMPVDENT OPENLY.
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
OF ONE ERROR IN THE POPE: WHICH MAKETH HIM NEXT THE DIVELDEVIL: WHERE THE DIVELDEVIL WOVLD TREMBLE; TO BEE SO IMPVDENT OPENLY.
With rule
OF ONE ERROR IN THE POPE: WHICH MAKETH HIM NEXT THE DIVELDEVIL: WHERE THE DIVELDEVIL WOVLD TREMBLE; TO BEE SO IMPVDENT OPENLY.
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Christ Tempted A85774

Printed
CHRIST TEMPTED: THE DIVELDEVIL CONQUERED. OR, A ſhort and plain EXPOSITION on a part of the fourth Chapter …
With rule
CHRIST TEMPTED: THE DIVELDEVIL CONQUERED. OR, A ſhort and plain EXPOSITION on a part of the fourth Chapter …
John Gumbleden · Christ Tempted · Open in the reader