Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7471 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thyngesthings

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

Puritas changed it: 6,531 times in 226 works
Consistency: 99.8% (6,531 of 6,541)
Reach if approved: ~6,873 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: things
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,541 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,531 changes in 226 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,531)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the lost shéepe vnto whom he was sent: In which saying we haue two thyngesthings to be obserued: first, that we must acknowledge that we are al lost, or …
With rule
… the lost shéepe vnto whom he was sent: In which saying we haue two thyngesthings to be obserued: first, that we must acknowledge that we are al lost, or …
William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader
Printed
… let vs see the peruerse corruption of our iudgement, that before God, and in thyngesthings belongyng to God, we be bruite beastes, not able to discerne thinges that differ …
With rule
… let vs see the peruerse corruption of our iudgement, that before God, and in thyngesthings belongyng to God, we be bruite beastes, not able to discerne thinges that differ …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… the vtter dampnacion of my sowle. Sathan hath suggested vnto me the loue of thyngesthings corruptible, the desyre of fleshlye pleasurs, the appetyte of voluptuouse fedinges, the delyght of …
With rule
… the vtter dampnacion of my sowle. Sathan hath suggested vnto me the loue of thyngesthings corruptible, the desyre of fleshlye pleasurs, the appetyte of voluptuouse fedinges, the delyght of …
John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader
Printed
… Adam, mannys wyll was fre. Sens hath yt not bene fre but in bodylye thyngesthings, as to eate, drynke, and ſlepe, or to do all maner of wyckedneſſe. Now …
With rule
… Adam, mannys wyll was fre. Sens hath yt not bene fre but in bodylye thyngesthings, as to eate, drynke, and ſlepe, or to do all maner of wyckedneſſe. Now …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… brought out: longe before thys tyme, manye hath taken in hande to brynge manye thyngesthings vnto passe, but finallye theyr workes came vnto smalle effect and profyt. Nowe I …
With rule
… brought out: longe before thys tyme, manye hath taken in hande to brynge manye thyngesthings vnto passe, but finallye theyr workes came vnto smalle effect and profyt. Nowe I …
Hugh Latimer · First Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… charged you wythal. For by whose faute or negligence so euer it was, that thyngesthings afore tyme haue ben vncharytably abused, suerlye it is your charge, whiche be nowe …
With rule
… charged you wythal. For by whose faute or negligence so euer it was, that thyngesthings afore tyme haue ben vncharytably abused, suerlye it is your charge, whiche be nowe …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… that thyng that is faucles: wherin this wycked ſpirit paſſeth and excellyth all, ſuch thyngesthings as god dothe teach & commaund vs thoo thyngesthings he corruptyth, deprauyth & expoundyth them other …
With rule
… that thyng that is faucles: wherin this wycked ſpirit paſſeth and excellyth all, ſuch thyngesthings as god dothe teach & commaund vs thoo thyngesthings he corruptyth, deprauyth & expoundyth them other …
Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for / but present death and destruccion. All was lyke to go to hauocke / all thyngesthings were brought to such an extremitie. The commission is written and sealed with the …
With rule
… for / but present death and destruccion. All was lyke to go to hauocke / all thyngesthings were brought to such an extremitie. The commission is written and sealed with the …
Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

Printed
3 For to sett forth ThyngesThings nothynge vvorth.
With rule
3 For to sett forth ThyngesThings nothynge vvorth.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 28 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

Printed
… vnder the ſunne, and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde. ThyngesThings crooked can not be ſtraight, nor the imperfection of thyngesthings can be numbred.
With rule
… vnder the ſunne, and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde. ThyngesThings crooked can not be ſtraight, nor the imperfection of thyngesthings can be numbred.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
ThyngesThings generally spoken without al circumstaunces, are more proper vnto the Logiciā, who talketh of …
With rule
ThyngesThings generally spoken without al circumstaunces, are more proper vnto the Logiciā, who talketh of …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… deuises in behoue of the publique wele The tyme of his departure, or deth ThyngesThings that haue happened aboute his death.
With rule
… deuises in behoue of the publique wele The tyme of his departure, or deth ThyngesThings that haue happened aboute his death.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
i. ThyngesThings honest.
With rule
i. ThyngesThings honest.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
ThyngesThings wantyng, make good pastyme beyng aptely vsed. Alacke, alacke, if suche a one had …
With rule
ThyngesThings wantyng, make good pastyme beyng aptely vsed. Alacke, alacke, if suche a one had …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
ThyngesThings gathered by a mānes saiyng, otherwise then he ment.
With rule
ThyngesThings gathered by a mānes saiyng, otherwise then he ment.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper A19571

Printed
ThyngesThings sufficente for a christen mans faythe, concernyng this sacrament
With rule
ThyngesThings sufficente for a christen mans faythe, concernyng this sacrament
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader