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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7518 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beyngebeing

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

Puritas changed it
1,023 times in 145 works
Consistency
99.2% (1,023 of 1,031)
Reach if approved
~1,083 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: being
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,031 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,023 changes in 145 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,023)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … his princelye honour / the maynte…aunce of his tytles / or the realmes common welthe / beyngebeing nothynge lesse in the ende / but an vpholdynge of you in youre myscheues.
    With rule
    … his princelye honour / the maynte…aunce of his tytles / or the realmes common welthe / beyngebeing nothynge lesse in the ende / but an vpholdynge of you in youre myscheues.

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … an ſeale of that righteueſnes which is by faith / which faith he had / yet beyngebeing vncircumciſed. That he ſhulde be the father of all them that beleue / thougt they …
    With rule
    … an ſeale of that righteueſnes which is by faith / which faith he had / yet beyngebeing vncircumciſed. That he ſhulde be the father of all them that beleue / thougt they …

    John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … And it is wyth me as it is wyth a scholler of Cambridge, who beyngebeing demaunded of his Tutoure howe he vnderstoode hys lesson, and what it mente: I …
    With rule
    … And it is wyth me as it is wyth a scholler of Cambridge, who beyngebeing demaunded of his Tutoure howe he vnderstoode hys lesson, and what it mente: I …

    Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … horryble in ſight, deade and deſtitute of alher ſtrenghtes: It ſeeth alſo, that ſhe beyngebeing deade, can not helpe her ſelfe, that none in earth can call her agayne …
    With rule
    … horryble in ſight, deade and deſtitute of alher ſtrenghtes: It ſeeth alſo, that ſhe beyngebeing deade, can not helpe her ſelfe, that none in earth can call her agayne …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    A praier for a faithful manne beyngebeing in trouble or enduraunce.
    With rule
    A praier for a faithful manne beyngebeing in trouble or enduraunce.

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. lv · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … droncken, was vncouered in hys Tente, & laye with his priuities bare. Remember that Loth beyngebeing dronken committed incest with his owne doughters Remember that whan the chyldren of Israel …
    With rule
    … droncken, was vncouered in hys Tente, & laye with his priuities bare. Remember that Loth beyngebeing dronken committed incest with his owne doughters Remember that whan the chyldren of Israel …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … By thys faythe they were made iuſte, nat by fulfyllynge of the lawe. This beyngebeing that ſame faythe wherby in al theyr perilles and terrors they were comforted and …
    With rule
    … By thys faythe they were made iuſte, nat by fulfyllynge of the lawe. This beyngebeing that ſame faythe wherby in al theyr perilles and terrors they were comforted and …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xxv · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … so commen to other tempestes, that either they are knowen well enoughe, or els beyngebeing neuer so well knowen, in a seldome calamytie they woulde lytle bée feared. The …
    With rule
    … so commen to other tempestes, that either they are knowen well enoughe, or els beyngebeing neuer so well knowen, in a seldome calamytie they woulde lytle bée feared. The …

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

7 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … any suche thynges, as the fulfyllynge therof, myght brynge vs to a greatter euyll, BeyngeBeing instructed by more wholsom counsell, we may wele breake that othe, and rather for …
    With rule
    … any suche thynges, as the fulfyllynge therof, myght brynge vs to a greatter euyll, BeyngeBeing instructed by more wholsom counsell, we may wele breake that othe, and rather for …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

  • Printed
    BeyngeBeing infynyte, as all other thynges are in the.
    With rule
    BeyngeBeing infynyte, as all other thynges are in the.

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BeyngeBeing thy subiect, he is vndreneth thy cure,
    With rule
    BeyngeBeing thy subiect, he is vndreneth thy cure,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England A06710

  • Printed
    BeyngeBeing greued with anye kynde of adue…sitie / they hasted not vnto sai…es with …
    With rule
    BeyngeBeing greued with anye kynde of adue…sitie / they hasted not vnto sai…es with …

    Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

  • Printed
    … which doth fyght with the fearefull tormentes of our conſcience, he doeth ſaye furthermore. BeyngeBeing iuſtified by faythe we haue peace, and attōment: and fre paſſage vnto god.
    With rule
    … which doth fyght with the fearefull tormentes of our conſcience, he doeth ſaye furthermore. BeyngeBeing iuſtified by faythe we haue peace, and attōment: and fre paſſage vnto god.

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xiiii · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … wee haue shewed that hee hathe donne to greate profyte wyth commaundementes towarde them. BeyngeBeing enfourmed of the wyll of God, by hys commaundementes, we are put in minde …
    With rule
    … wee haue shewed that hee hathe donne to greate profyte wyth commaundementes towarde them. BeyngeBeing enfourmed of the wyll of God, by hys commaundementes, we are put in minde …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Sermons on the Song of Hezekiah A17716

  • Printed
    BeyngeBeing fled from thee, ſo as I dred to take
    With rule
    BeyngeBeing fled from thee, ſo as I dred to take

    John Calvin · Sermons on the Song of Hezekiah · Open in the reader