Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #52862 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thēthen

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

Puritas changed it: 895 times in 69 works
Consistency: 98.2% (895 of 911)
Reach if approved: ~1,059 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,008 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (895 changes in 69 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 895)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the new Religion in Mascon, which have been factions, you shall likewise keepe thēthen so that they escape not by paying rāsome, for I would not for any …
With rule
… of the new Religion in Mascon, which have been factions, you shall likewise keepe thēthen so that they escape not by paying rāsome, for I would not for any …
François Hotman · A Pattern of Popish Peace · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their prayers, to see what will be come of them, that they may laugh thēthen and their prayers to scorne, in such a cease as this is, if God …
With rule
… their prayers, to see what will be come of them, that they may laugh thēthen and their prayers to scorne, in such a cease as this is, if God …
Thomas Case · Gods Waiting to be Gracious Unto His People · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… put you in mind of my body and blood, and of my love stronger thēthen death, which made me deliver my selfe unto death to worke your peace with …
With rule
… put you in mind of my body and blood, and of my love stronger thēthen death, which made me deliver my selfe unto death to worke your peace with …
Peter du Moulin Jr · A Week of Soliloquies and Prayers · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that rebell against him, haue continuall toile and trouble, striuing and fighting alwaies against thēthen, that rise vp against him; neither can he be said to haue a glorious …
With rule
… that rebell against him, haue continuall toile and trouble, striuing and fighting alwaies against thēthen, that rise vp against him; neither can he be said to haue a glorious …
Francis Bunny · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alwaies with succession of bishops, what nedeth Iren. to speake of any diuorse betweene thēthen? nay, what nedeth hee to wil vs to looke vnto the trueth making the …
With rule
… alwaies with succession of bishops, what nedeth Iren. to speake of any diuorse betweene thēthen? nay, what nedeth hee to wil vs to looke vnto the trueth making the …
John Knewstubs · Answer Unto Assertion that Church of Rome is the True Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… in his worke, The mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation, on thēthen that feare him; As I liue (saith the Lord) J will not the death …
With rule
… in his worke, The mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation, on thēthen that feare him; As I liue (saith the Lord) J will not the death …
Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 357 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not left it to their discretions to be vsed, but so reignes & rules among thēthen, that manifold ^b ruines, rents and distractions doe daily breake forth, and increase among …
With rule
… not left it to their discretions to be vsed, but so reignes & rules among thēthen, that manifold ^b ruines, rents and distractions doe daily breake forth, and increase among …
Christopher Lawne · Brownish Turn Inside Outward · Open in the reader
Printed
… the hart: And therfore his ioy, as wee shewed was greater in outward things thēthen in spiritual: & hence it comes to passe that when for the retaining of these …
With rule
… the hart: And therfore his ioy, as wee shewed was greater in outward things thēthen in spiritual: & hence it comes to passe that when for the retaining of these …
Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

16 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.

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
ThēThen returning to the peculiar people of God againe it dooth thenceforth altogether proceede of …
With rule
ThēThen returning to the peculiar people of God againe it dooth thenceforth altogether proceede of …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · Open in the reader
Printed
ThēThen, his Lamentations. chap 11
With rule
ThēThen, his Lamentations. chap 11
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · Open in the reader
Printed
ThēThen twice of those that haue their time noted, and are followed by such as …
With rule
ThēThen twice of those that haue their time noted, and are followed by such as …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · Open in the reader
Printed
ThēThen, to cast our eies farther to that which followeth: & therein,
With rule
ThēThen, to cast our eies farther to that which followeth: & therein,
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · Open in the reader

The Buckler of the Faith A20936

Printed
… whom all the building coupled together, groweth vnto an holy temple of the Lord. ThēThen if the Church be grounded vpon the doctrine of the Apostles, the doctrine of …
With rule
… whom all the building coupled together, groweth vnto an holy temple of the Lord. ThēThen if the Church be grounded vpon the doctrine of the Apostles, the doctrine of …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Buckler of the Faith · p. 282 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Self-Deceiving A21024

Printed
… after wee haue well acquitted our selues in the performāce of some good duty. ThēThen wil our harts be seeking of vnlawful liberty, & offring to steale away from God …
With rule
… after wee haue well acquitted our selues in the performāce of some good duty. ThēThen wil our harts be seeking of vnlawful liberty, & offring to steale away from God …
Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · p. 275 · Open in the reader

The Christian Warfare Part 2 A69233

Printed
… the Wise man, The treasures of vnrighteousnes profit nothing; but righteousnes deliuereth from death? ThēThen shal we find the Prophets similitude fitted vnto vs: As the Partridge gathereth the …
With rule
… the Wise man, The treasures of vnrighteousnes profit nothing; but righteousnes deliuereth from death? ThēThen shal we find the Prophets similitude fitted vnto vs: As the Partridge gathereth the …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 2 · p. 506 · Open in the reader

Twelve Sermons A73176

Printed
… trauelled, the star walked, the wisemen came out of farre countries to worship him. ThēThen is not this Iehouah the mighty God, whose birth is glorious, whose life is …
With rule
… trauelled, the star walked, the wisemen came out of farre countries to worship him. ThēThen is not this Iehouah the mighty God, whose birth is glorious, whose life is …
Henry Smith · Twelve Sermons · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not suffer sin vnpunished, therfore he sends the Lord sēt out a mighty wind. ThēThen it was not by chāce, nor yet by witchcraft: for the mariners (notwithstāding they …
With rule
… not suffer sin vnpunished, therfore he sends the Lord sēt out a mighty wind. ThēThen it was not by chāce, nor yet by witchcraft: for the mariners (notwithstāding they …
Henry Smith · Twelve Sermons · p. 74 · Open in the reader

The Christian Combat B01212

Printed
… vs know, that the prayers which languish in prosperity, doe waxe hot by aduersity. ThēThen griefe formes in an instant the tongues, the most slowest, to an holy eloquence …
With rule
… vs know, that the prayers which languish in prosperity, doe waxe hot by aduersity. ThēThen griefe formes in an instant the tongues, the most slowest, to an holy eloquence …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Christian Combat · p. 40 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer B11845

Printed
… Father, both in doing that he biddeth, & in suffering that he laieth vpon vs. ThēThen also we learn to reform our selues according to the pattern that he setteth …
With rule
… Father, both in doing that he biddeth, & in suffering that he laieth vpon vs. ThēThen also we learn to reform our selues according to the pattern that he setteth …
Francis Bunny · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Sermon of Christ Crucified B13612

Printed
… trickling downe, and put à roede in hys hand in stead of à scepter. ThēThen beganne the cursed Iewes againe, some to smite hym vpon the head with à …
With rule
… trickling downe, and put à roede in hys hand in stead of à scepter. ThēThen beganne the cursed Iewes againe, some to smite hym vpon the head with à …
John Foxe · A Sermon of Christ Crucified · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

Printed
… in Christ / to be saued thorow his deeth and merites. And they answered ye. ThēThen confirmed he their baptim sayenge: I confirme you / that is / I denunce and declare …
With rule
… in Christ / to be saued thorow his deeth and merites. And they answered ye. ThēThen confirmed he their baptim sayenge: I confirme you / that is / I denunce and declare …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. xliiij · Open in the reader
Printed
… the minor / to vse scolars termes / & therfore the conclusion doeth mocke a mās witte. ThēThen disputeth he / the seruaunt is honowred for the masters sake / and what is done …
With rule
… the minor / to vse scolars termes / & therfore the conclusion doeth mocke a mās witte. ThēThen disputeth he / the seruaunt is honowred for the masters sake / and what is done …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. xlix · Open in the reader
Printed
… must first be corrupte with gyftes / yer a man may come at the kinge. ThēThen he saith / a mā maye praye to euery deed man. That me thinketh shuld …
With rule
… must first be corrupte with gyftes / yer a man may come at the kinge. ThēThen he saith / a mā maye praye to euery deed man. That me thinketh shuld …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. lxxiiij · Open in the reader
Printed
… stode by Christ when he henge on the crosse / they will saye nether nother ThēThen I axe him what meaneth it / that they saye oure lady of walsynggam praye …
With rule
… stode by Christ when he henge on the crosse / they will saye nether nother ThēThen I axe him what meaneth it / that they saye oure lady of walsynggam praye …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. lxxvij · Open in the reader