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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7504 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuilldevil

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

Puritas changed it
10,778 times in 692 works
Consistency
99.9% (10,778 of 10,779)
Reach if approved
~11,326 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devil
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
10,779 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10,778 changes in 692 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10,778)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and ſo freely redeemed vs. For this cauſe doe wee profeſſe to forſake the DeuillDevil and all his workes, and as the Apoſtle ſaith, binde our ſelues to riſe …
    With rule
    … and ſo freely redeemed vs. For this cauſe doe wee profeſſe to forſake the DeuillDevil and all his workes, and as the Apoſtle ſaith, binde our ſelues to riſe …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … do ignorant men iudge of these thynges that they knowe not, as for this DeuillDevil, I suppose it was a flyinge Dragon, wherof we speake, very fearefull to loke …
    With rule
    … do ignorant men iudge of these thynges that they knowe not, as for this DeuillDevil, I suppose it was a flyinge Dragon, wherof we speake, very fearefull to loke …

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Idols in one Temple. The silly old Hermite was sory, that God and the DeuillDevil should be at such odds, and he would vndertake to make them friends: but …
    With rule
    … Idols in one Temple. The silly old Hermite was sory, that God and the DeuillDevil should be at such odds, and he would vndertake to make them friends: but …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … brought to their Solemne Maſſes. And within theſe few weekes to ſhew how the DeuillDevil was vexed by thoſe Romiſh geſticulations, ſhe roared with a very loud voice at …
    With rule
    … brought to their Solemne Maſſes. And within theſe few weekes to ſhew how the DeuillDevil was vexed by thoſe Romiſh geſticulations, ſhe roared with a very loud voice at …

    John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … grace of God may be in bondage and conſent to the worke of the deuilldevil. If this had been the matter in queſtion betweene vs, and he had ſaid …
    With rule
    … grace of God may be in bondage and conſent to the worke of the deuilldevil. If this had been the matter in queſtion betweene vs, and he had ſaid …

    George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Winchester taketh for his Sermon of the worshipping of imaginations, to wit, that the DeuillDevil seeing that Idolatrous Images would downe, he bent his whole device, in place of …
    With rule
    … Winchester taketh for his Sermon of the worshipping of imaginations, to wit, that the DeuillDevil seeing that Idolatrous Images would downe, he bent his whole device, in place of …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … blame who vſe indirect meanes, and ſo by conſequence commit their workes to the DeuillDevil. Saul did ſo palpably, in conſulting with the Witch at Endor, 1 Sam. 28.8. Others doe …
    With rule
    … blame who vſe indirect meanes, and ſo by conſequence commit their workes to the DeuillDevil. Saul did ſo palpably, in conſulting with the Witch at Endor, 1 Sam. 28.8. Others doe …

    Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … wise Auditours. The strange distinctions, which they giue in these dayes, that (claw the DeuillDevil) flatter an Vsurer for gaine, are beleeued, before the Sermons, of the Sonnes of …
    With rule
    … wise Auditours. The strange distinctions, which they giue in these dayes, that (claw the DeuillDevil) flatter an Vsurer for gaine, are beleeued, before the Sermons, of the Sonnes of …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 109 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.