Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7543 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

swetesweet

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

Puritas changed it: 724 times in 146 works
Consistency: 99.1% (724 of 730)
Reach if approved: ~767 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sweet
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 730 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (724 changes in 146 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 724)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hope wil not be longe, especially if he light once in one of these swetesweet Deanries or Bishopricks. Then I trust a man may speake with him vnder a …
With rule
… hope wil not be longe, especially if he light once in one of these swetesweet Deanries or Bishopricks. Then I trust a man may speake with him vnder a …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not of all this longe season in the true feare of god, regarded the swetesweet promises therof?
With rule
… not of all this longe season in the true feare of god, regarded the swetesweet promises therof?
John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader
Printed
… offende them, (whych onlye are allowed in the ſcirpturs for they brynge in no ſwetesweet profyghtes with thē. Some of the frutes of thys your eare confeſſyon, haue I …
With rule
… offende them, (whych onlye are allowed in the ſcirpturs for they brynge in no ſwetesweet profyghtes with thē. Some of the frutes of thys your eare confeſſyon, haue I …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… assured ly he wyll come before you be ware. His worde is lyke vnto swetesweet smellynge oyntmēt or fragrant flowres, which …eue▪ can be moued nor hād…, but forth …
With rule
… assured ly he wyll come before you be ware. His worde is lyke vnto swetesweet smellynge oyntmēt or fragrant flowres, which …eue▪ can be moued nor hād…, but forth …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neuer felt death nor taſted the bytternes therof, cā not tell how pretious and ſwetesweet is lyfe. And as he whiche neuer felt hūger, cā not iuge how good …
With rule
… neuer felt death nor taſted the bytternes therof, cā not tell how pretious and ſwetesweet is lyfe. And as he whiche neuer felt hūger, cā not iuge how good …
Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aboute them that feare hym / and deliuereth theym. Thys kynde of prayer is a swetesweet smellynge sacryfice vnto God / & moste hyly pleaseth hym. Therefore was it the dayly exercise …
With rule
… aboute them that feare hym / and deliuereth theym. Thys kynde of prayer is a swetesweet smellynge sacryfice vnto God / & moste hyly pleaseth hym. Therefore was it the dayly exercise …
Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader
Printed
… shoulders, & …ēderly brought it home agayne to the shepefolde. O here is y^e most swetesweet, louing, & tender father, which w^t so greate ioy & embrasing armes receiued home againe the …
With rule
… shoulders, & …ēderly brought it home agayne to the shepefolde. O here is y^e most swetesweet, louing, & tender father, which w^t so greate ioy & embrasing armes receiued home againe the …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader
Printed
… can be gotten, and infarse theyr bodies like belyed Hy crites with all the swetesweet meates … eyther Potecaries or ony other cā inuēt or imagyne, yea & that so vn …
With rule
… can be gotten, and infarse theyr bodies like belyed Hy crites with all the swetesweet meates … eyther Potecaries or ony other cā inuēt or imagyne, yea & that so vn …
Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 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.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

Printed
… Perpetua after writers) And to saye vnto her in the myddes of the multitude. SweteSweet wyfe remēbre thy Lorde Iesus Christ / & feare not thē which sleyth the bodye / for …
With rule
… Perpetua after writers) And to saye vnto her in the myddes of the multitude. SweteSweet wyfe remēbre thy Lorde Iesus Christ / & feare not thē which sleyth the bodye / for …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

Printed
SweteSweet lorde the promyse, that thy self here hath made me,
With rule
SweteSweet lorde the promyse, that thy self here hath made me,
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

Printed
A SweteSweet message
With rule
A SweteSweet message
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith A15880

Printed
… ſo be bewitched, that thou ſhalt thynke, that cheſe is chalke, and chalk cheſe. SweteSweet is ſowre, and ſowre ſwetesweet, good is euel, and euel good, and conſequently, that …
With rule
… ſo be bewitched, that thou ſhalt thynke, that cheſe is chalke, and chalk cheſe. SweteSweet is ſowre, and ſowre ſwetesweet, good is euel, and euel good, and conſequently, that …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
SweteSweet bread vſed why. 116. b
With rule
SweteSweet bread vſed why. 116. b
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader