Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7515 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hymselfehimself

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

Puritas changed it: 1,801 times in 152 works
Consistency: 100% (1,801 of 1,801)
Reach if approved: ~1,892 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: himself
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,801 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,801 changes in 152 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,801)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are in England nor in the world. Why dyd Samuell thys? marye to purge hymselfehimself, he was enforced to it, for he was wrōgfullye deposed.
With rule
… are in England nor in the world. Why dyd Samuell thys? marye to purge hymselfehimself, he was enforced to it, for he was wrōgfullye deposed.
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſtians, he is now theyr aduauntage, they loſe nothynge by hym, but he byteth hymſelfehimself to death vpon them.
With rule
… Chriſtians, he is now theyr aduauntage, they loſe nothynge by hym, but he byteth hymſelfehimself to death vpon them.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
Adam transgressed thē commaundement of God in Paradise, and by his transgression made both hymselfehimself and all vs bound to eternall dampnation.
With rule
Adam transgressed thē commaundement of God in Paradise, and by his transgression made both hymselfehimself and all vs bound to eternall dampnation.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… sayth: euery one that exalteth himselfe, shall be made low. And he that humbleth hymselfehimself, shall be exalted S▪ Peter also sayth, humble youre selues before God, that he …
With rule
… sayth: euery one that exalteth himselfe, shall be made low. And he that humbleth hymselfehimself, shall be exalted S▪ Peter also sayth, humble youre selues before God, that he …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… sitting lyke the whore of Babylon, euen in her seat at Rome. Ioan. Sheweth hymselfehimself to haue respecte to the Hebrewe and greke tongue, as in other places in …
With rule
… sitting lyke the whore of Babylon, euen in her seat at Rome. Ioan. Sheweth hymselfehimself to haue respecte to the Hebrewe and greke tongue, as in other places in …
Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… Agayne, wee all doo knowe and beleeue, that though GOD, in reſpect both of hymſelfehimself, and his almighty power, with whome all thinges, yea, the moſt hardeſt, are poſſible …
With rule
… Agayne, wee all doo knowe and beleeue, that though GOD, in reſpect both of hymſelfehimself, and his almighty power, with whome all thinges, yea, the moſt hardeſt, are poſſible …
Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a monke at Mailros, Saynt Cuthbert thā beynge abbot there. The sayd Drithelmus fayned hymselfehimself on a tyme to be dead there was knauerye vpon knauerye) and reported in …
With rule
… a monke at Mailros, Saynt Cuthbert thā beynge abbot there. The sayd Drithelmus fayned hymselfehimself on a tyme to be dead there was knauerye vpon knauerye) and reported in …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
And daunger hymselfehimself, as ap…reth euydent.
With rule
And daunger hymselfehimself, as ap…reth euydent.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.