Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7558 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nedesneeds

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

Puritas changed it: 1,437 times in 215 works
Consistency: 99.3% (1,437 of 1,446)
Reach if approved: ~1,519 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: needs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,446 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,437 changes in 215 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,437)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Destroyed was, what nedesneeds proces more
With rule
Destroyed was, what nedesneeds proces more
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader
Printed
… an others, none knowyng his propre fūctione what he hathe to do, thus muſt nedesneeds be that all runne in hepes, in tumultes, & in confuſion to gether. Wherfore it …
With rule
… an others, none knowyng his propre fūctione what he hathe to do, thus muſt nedesneeds be that all runne in hepes, in tumultes, & in confuſion to gether. Wherfore it …
Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… must enter into grace. He is the vyne, in whome we beyng ingrassed muste nedesneeds brynge forth muche fruyte. He is oure wisdome, righteousnes, sanctificacion & redē ciō. He is …
With rule
… must enter into grace. He is the vyne, in whome we beyng ingrassed muste nedesneeds brynge forth muche fruyte. He is oure wisdome, righteousnes, sanctificacion & redē ciō. He is …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader
Printed
… wheras here is chiefly mētion made of y^e sonne & y^e moon, if we wil nedesneeds by signs, vnderstad for shewing, thei shalbe vnto signes of he… whē y^t son …
With rule
… wheras here is chiefly mētion made of y^e sonne & y^e moon, if we wil nedesneeds by signs, vnderstad for shewing, thei shalbe vnto signes of he… whē y^t son …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… Oathes, he thinks himselfe by this time a high Christian, and that God must nedesneeds blesse him, he is so repentant. If the long perswasions of many Sermons, can …
With rule
… Oathes, he thinks himselfe by this time a high Christian, and that God must nedesneeds blesse him, he is so repentant. If the long perswasions of many Sermons, can …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
And in all their nedesneeds, to hym to make their mone.
With rule
And in all their nedesneeds, to hym to make their mone.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… be vnworthie to be of the comuniō of the ſaintes vpon earth, they muſt nedesneeds thereby much more be made vnworthy to be of the comunion of the Saintes …
With rule
… be vnworthie to be of the comuniō of the ſaintes vpon earth, they muſt nedesneeds thereby much more be made vnworthy to be of the comunion of the Saintes …
Thomas Helwys · Admonition Unto Congregations · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as before is touched, doth plainly affirme, that whersoeuer womē beare dominiō, there must nedesneeds the people be disordred, liuinge and abounding in all intēperancie, geuen to pride, excesse …
With rule
… as before is touched, doth plainly affirme, that whersoeuer womē beare dominiō, there must nedesneeds the people be disordred, liuinge and abounding in all intēperancie, geuen to pride, excesse …
John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 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.

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

Printed
NedesNeeds must we serue hym, as we ones serued Christ.
With rule
NedesNeeds must we serue hym, as we ones serued Christ.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

Printed
NedesNeeds must we serue hym, as we ones serued Christ.
With rule
NedesNeeds must we serue hym, as we ones serued Christ.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 A02825

Printed
… the great Prophete of the lorde / and so were receyued of the excecate worlde. NedesNeeds wolde they seme to be the sū ne / beynge the verye shaddowes of deathe.
With rule
… the great Prophete of the lorde / and so were receyued of the excecate worlde. NedesNeeds wolde they seme to be the sū ne / beynge the verye shaddowes of deathe.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the great whore or coūterfett churche of Hipocrites / as God hath appoynted yt. NedesNeeds must thys whore b… Rome / for that which ys here after spoken / that she …
With rule
… of the great whore or coūterfett churche of Hipocrites / as God hath appoynted yt. NedesNeeds must thys whore b… Rome / for that which ys here after spoken / that she …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

Printed
… poete with his prodigyouse poesyes / to non other ende but to seduce the simple. NedesNeeds wyll he haue heresye the father to stryfe & debate. And I am not ageynst …
With rule
… poete with his prodigyouse poesyes / to non other ende but to seduce the simple. NedesNeeds wyll he haue heresye the father to stryfe & debate. And I am not ageynst …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… we wold desier to be reuenged. But the law preuayleth nothing by her controllinge. NedesNeeds muste there be in oure nature, anger, variance, vnpacientnes, hatred, enuie, pride, & such lyke …
With rule
… we wold desier to be reuenged. But the law preuayleth nothing by her controllinge. NedesNeeds muste there be in oure nature, anger, variance, vnpacientnes, hatred, enuie, pride, & such lyke …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

Printed
… much to be praysed, & there is no ende of hys greatnes, sayth the Psalmographe. NedesNeeds must our Lord god be great, seyng he replenysheth bothe heauen and ear the …
With rule
… much to be praysed, & there is no ende of hys greatnes, sayth the Psalmographe. NedesNeeds must our Lord god be great, seyng he replenysheth bothe heauen and ear the …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

Printed
NedesNeeds haue by ſea or lande.
With rule
NedesNeeds haue by ſea or lande.
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… that we may cloth our ſelues with the like glorie that god is clothed? NedesNeeds then muſt men be out of their wittes, when they will be ſo blinde …
With rule
… that we may cloth our ſelues with the like glorie that god is clothed? NedesNeeds then muſt men be out of their wittes, when they will be ſo blinde …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 795 · Open in the reader