Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7497 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wylwill

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

Puritas changed it: 2,616 times in 200 works
Consistency: 99.2% (2,616 of 2,637)
Reach if approved: ~2,771 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: will
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,637 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,616 changes in 200 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,616)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Nay fyrst wylwill I serue ye, as I lately serued your mates
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Nay fyrst wylwill I serue ye, as I lately serued your mates
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… hym and his vnderlynges, that I hope any man, that loueth his owne honestie, wylwill for euer be ashamed to buye & sel w^t suche a shamefull makeshifte, suche a …
With rule
… hym and his vnderlynges, that I hope any man, that loueth his owne honestie, wylwill for euer be ashamed to buye & sel w^t suche a shamefull makeshifte, suche a …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
That is, I wylwill multiply the excedyngely, & wylwill make naciōs of the, yea & kinges shal spring out of the. These wordes were …
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That is, I wylwill multiply the excedyngely, & wylwill make naciōs of the, yea & kinges shal spring out of the. These wordes were …
Hugh Latimer · First Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… amendemēt of so many lackes in so great a multitude. How be it these wylwill serue, so that there maye be mo good Persons, good preachers, and good officers …
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… amendemēt of so many lackes in so great a multitude. How be it these wylwill serue, so that there maye be mo good Persons, good preachers, and good officers …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… and therfore hate the Lawe. Now wherſoeuer there is not a cheareful and ready wylwill to God and his lawe, there is ſinne and the wrath of God, though …
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… and therfore hate the Lawe. Now wherſoeuer there is not a cheareful and ready wylwill to God and his lawe, there is ſinne and the wrath of God, though …
Martin Luther · Preface to the Epistle of Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lo… wylwill cure our horsse. S. Dorothe wil saue our hearbs & flowers. S Sith wylwill bring again whatsoeuer we lose. S. Apoline wylwill heal th… pain of our tethe …
With rule
… Lo… wylwill cure our horsse. S. Dorothe wil saue our hearbs & flowers. S Sith wylwill bring again whatsoeuer we lose. S. Apoline wylwill heal th… pain of our tethe …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
… in ony poynte hynder the honour and glorye of God. For who so euer wylwill be Christes scoler, he must fyrst seke the glory of God aboue all thynges …
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… in ony poynte hynder the honour and glorye of God. For who so euer wylwill be Christes scoler, he must fyrst seke the glory of God aboue all thynges …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader
Printed
Vers. 21 Tell mee you that wylwill be vnder the Lawe, doo yee not heare the Lawe?
With rule
Vers. 21 Tell mee you that wylwill be vnder the Lawe, doo yee not heare the Lawe?
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

21 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.

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

Printed
… to ſatiſfie for al) what nedeth you to ſacrifice and offer him vp again? WylWill you or cā you kyl him againe? For that which is ſacrificed, muſt needs …
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… to ſatiſfie for al) what nedeth you to ſacrifice and offer him vp again? WylWill you or cā you kyl him againe? For that which is ſacrificed, muſt needs …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… it out thē, if you luſt. You are to much a wrāng lynge ſophiſte. WylWill you heare no ſcriptures that you maye ſeke ſome ſtarteynge holes? we are one …
With rule
… it out thē, if you luſt. You are to much a wrāng lynge ſophiſte. WylWill you heare no ſcriptures that you maye ſeke ſome ſtarteynge holes? we are one …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxii · Open in the reader
Printed
… therwyth vnto the Lorde. But God aſked hym by the prophet, in this wiſe. WylWill the Lorde haue holocaſtes & offeringes, and not rather obedience vnto the voice of the …
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… therwyth vnto the Lorde. But God aſked hym by the prophet, in this wiſe. WylWill the Lorde haue holocaſtes & offeringes, and not rather obedience vnto the voice of the …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxxxii · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Micah A01754

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WylWill you be loued of your ſubiectes? Wyll you haue no vproates nor commotion of …
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WylWill you be loued of your ſubiectes? Wyll you haue no vproates nor commotion of …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

An Admonition to the Faithful in London A04918

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… his truth, and make pacti… with the deuil and with his discei…able doctrine? WylWill ye tread the pr… cious bloude of his Testament vnder your feete, and set …
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… his truth, and make pacti… with the deuil and with his discei…able doctrine? WylWill ye tread the pr… cious bloude of his Testament vnder your feete, and set …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

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… our prayers shalbe heard: Et deus non faciet vindictam, he reasons after thys fashion: WylWill not GOD (sayth he) reuenge hys electe, and heare them? seyng the wycked Judge …
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… our prayers shalbe heard: Et deus non faciet vindictam, he reasons after thys fashion: WylWill not GOD (sayth he) reuenge hys electe, and heare them? seyng the wycked Judge …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hym hys lyfe. Where he was saued by … Magistrate, being but a priuate man. WylWill ye not allowe that some thyng be done as wel for sauing of the …
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… hym hys lyfe. Where he was saued by … Magistrate, being but a priuate man. WylWill ye not allowe that some thyng be done as wel for sauing of the …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

Davids Harp A06719

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… shewe … selfe thanckefull agayne vnto the LORDE▪ Wyll he gyue hym mountaynes of golde? WylWill he bryng him heapes of precious stones? Wyll he fetche hym frankensence, and other …
With rule
… shewe … selfe thanckefull agayne vnto the LORDE▪ Wyll he gyue hym mountaynes of golde? WylWill he bryng him heapes of precious stones? Wyll he fetche hym frankensence, and other …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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… wyll reape the fruictes, ye muste fyrste of all playe the husbandmen, and labour. WylWill ye not labour? So ought ye to require no fruictes: For they belonge not …
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… wyll reape the fruictes, ye muste fyrste of all playe the husbandmen, and labour. WylWill ye not labour? So ought ye to require no fruictes: For they belonge not …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

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WylWill it please you to take the payne, for to come wythe me into my …
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WylWill it please you to take the payne, for to come wythe me into my …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

News Out of Heaven A06966

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… the lawe. Who euer entred into the glorye by the fulfyllynge of the lawe? WylWill ye therfore seke to be iustifyed by the lawe, ye are vtterlye fallen from …
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… the lawe. Who euer entred into the glorye by the fulfyllynge of the lawe? WylWill ye therfore seke to be iustifyed by the lawe, ye are vtterlye fallen from …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of captyuitie, & to obtayne the fauoure of God. What wyll ye now do? WylWill ye inuent new thiges of your owne fātasy, & offer thē to God of a …
With rule
… out of captyuitie, & to obtayne the fauoure of God. What wyll ye now do? WylWill ye inuent new thiges of your owne fātasy, & offer thē to God of a …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries A17692

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… vs conſidre whiche of vs hathe the deſyre and iudgment that dauid thē had. WylWill they think you (who ſet their hole felicitie in thoſe goodes which they now …
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… vs conſidre whiche of vs hathe the deſyre and iudgment that dauid thē had. WylWill they think you (who ſet their hole felicitie in thoſe goodes which they now …
John Calvin · Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries · Open in the reader

Catechism for Children A19564

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I WylWill not be long good children in declarynge vnto you the tenth commaundemēt, part lye …
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I WylWill not be long good children in declarynge vnto you the tenth commaundemēt, part lye …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Catechism for Children · p. xcix · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad A19656

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WylWill… thou w…t… thy maker contend
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WylWill… thou w…t… thy maker contend
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the Misshapen Answer to a Wicked Ballad · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the 13 Articles A19657

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… doeth ſtynke, if it do not then ceaſe to be the bodye of Chriſt. WylWill you burne Chriſt as an herityke, wyll you be more cruell to hym, then …
With rule
… doeth ſtynke, if it do not then ceaſe to be the bodye of Chriſt. WylWill you burne Chriſt as an herityke, wyll you be more cruell to hym, then …
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader
Printed
… loke to be made partakers wyth hym, by other meanes then he hath appointed? WylWill you (villayne wret rhes) take vpon you to make marchaundiſe of Chriſtes merytes.
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… loke to be made partakers wyth hym, by other meanes then he hath appointed? WylWill you (villayne wret rhes) take vpon you to make marchaundiſe of Chriſtes merytes.
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

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… els when the officer dyeth, how coulde we put an other in hys roome? WylWill… thou ſo teach xx. xxx. xl. or fifty yeares, that no man ſhall haue …
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… els when the officer dyeth, how coulde we put an other in hys roome? WylWill… thou ſo teach xx. xxx. xl. or fifty yeares, that no man ſhall haue …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
… Let this be his definition. A wylwill tending vnto the ende by ſome meanes. WylWill, which is his generall woord, is an act of the power that wylleth. The …
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… Let this be his definition. A wylwill tending vnto the ende by ſome meanes. WylWill, which is his generall woord, is an act of the power that wylleth. The …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Two Notable Sermons A68970

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… departed, the Apoſtels are gone. What uow is the cauſe of theſe your miſeries? WylWill you at the length confeſſe it is your ſyunes? Nay now it is to …
With rule
… departed, the Apoſtels are gone. What uow is the cauſe of theſe your miſeries? WylWill you at the length confeſſe it is your ſyunes? Nay now it is to …
John Bradford · Two Notable Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… plagues in hell, for ſo diſhonouring God, to think that he is not true. WylWill he be found falſe now? The matter hangeth not on thy worthynes, but it …
With rule
… plagues in hell, for ſo diſhonouring God, to think that he is not true. WylWill he be found falſe now? The matter hangeth not on thy worthynes, but it …
John Bradford · Two Notable Sermons · Open in the reader