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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7478 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnlesseunless

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

Puritas changed it
13,538 times in 1,044 works
Consistency
99.9% (13,538 of 13,549)
Reach if approved
~14,236 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unless
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
13,549 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13,538 changes in 1,044 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 13,538)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    No indeed; not a whit: VnlesseUnless the asking of the Question doe ought in it.
    With rule
    No indeed; not a whit: VnlesseUnless the asking of the Question doe ought in it.

    Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Knight might well haue wiſhed this Mountebank had ſtudied leſſe the Chimicall Trade, vnleſſeunless he had left more fruit of his labours by proiection behinde him. And yet …
    With rule
    … the Knight might well haue wiſhed this Mountebank had ſtudied leſſe the Chimicall Trade, vnleſſeunless he had left more fruit of his labours by proiection behinde him. And yet …

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … hee was (as it is said of Dauid) Ore rubicundo, of a ruddy colour: vnlesseunless this redde had beene first grounded on white. His passion had lost the vertue …
    With rule
    … hee was (as it is said of Dauid) Ore rubicundo, of a ruddy colour: vnlesseunless this redde had beene first grounded on white. His passion had lost the vertue …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … booke, de doctrina Christiana, you said that the speech of our Saviour, Iohn the 6. VnlesseUnless you eate the flesh of the Sonne of man, you have no life in …
    With rule
    … booke, de doctrina Christiana, you said that the speech of our Saviour, Iohn the 6. VnlesseUnless you eate the flesh of the Sonne of man, you have no life in …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 212 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … clense him of suspition: for Charitie thinkes no euill. None? It thinkes no euill, vnlesseunless it perceiue it apparantly. To credite all were sillinesse; to credite none, sullinnesse. Against …
    With rule
    … clense him of suspition: for Charitie thinkes no euill. None? It thinkes no euill, vnlesseunless it perceiue it apparantly. To credite all were sillinesse; to credite none, sullinnesse. Against …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as it is certaine, that the word of God cannot bee kept in sinceritie, vnlesseunless the holy discipline bee observed, it is therefore by common consent of the whole …
    With rule
    … as it is certaine, that the word of God cannot bee kept in sinceritie, vnlesseunless the holy discipline bee observed, it is therefore by common consent of the whole …

    David Calderwood · An Answer to Forbes Peaceable Warning · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … are not Christs then, vnlesseunless we heare his voyce, neither can wee haue Faith, vnlesseunless the Doctrine of the Gospel sound vnto vs: and as without Faith there is …
    With rule
    … are not Christs then, vnlesseunless we heare his voyce, neither can wee haue Faith, vnlesseunless the Doctrine of the Gospel sound vnto vs: and as without Faith there is …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Rhodes, and a rode there where no anchor nor cable will holde the ship, vnlesseunless the mariner make the signe of the crosse ouer ye place where he casteth …
    With rule
    … Rhodes, and a rode there where no anchor nor cable will holde the ship, vnlesseunless the mariner make the signe of the crosse ouer ye place where he casteth …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 156 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

6 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.

Epigrams A08687

  • Printed
    VNlesseUnless the One Deale-…raftily,
    With rule
    VNlesseUnless the One Deale-…raftily,

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

  • Printed
    VNlesseUnless (saith D. Andreas) regeneratiō be alwaies vnited to baptisme, and remaineth in such as …
    With rule
    VNlesseUnless (saith D. Andreas) regeneratiō be alwaies vnited to baptisme, and remaineth in such as …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

  • Printed
    VNleſſeUnless thou doeſt aſſiſt vs (O moſt mightie God) with thy puyſſaunt power and readie …
    With rule
    VNleſſeUnless thou doeſt aſſiſt vs (O moſt mightie God) with thy puyſſaunt power and readie …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VNleſſeUnless, thou thy owne ſelfe (O moſt good and mercifull God) doeſt at this preſent …
    With rule
    VNleſſeUnless, thou thy owne ſelfe (O moſt good and mercifull God) doeſt at this preſent …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    VNlesseUnless we haue this assuraunce, whiche is bothe more excellent and of more force than …
    With rule
    VNlesseUnless we haue this assuraunce, whiche is bothe more excellent and of more force than …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Riches of Gods Love A64002

  • Printed
    VNleſſeUnless variation of Phraſes be argumentative, here is nothing but a begging of the queſtion …
    With rule
    VNleſſeUnless variation of Phraſes be argumentative, here is nothing but a begging of the queſtion …

    William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · p. 255 · Open in the reader