Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7598 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

besechebeseech

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

Puritas changed it: 408 times in 126 works
Consistency: 99.2% (408 of 411)
Reach if approved: ~432 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: beseech
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 411 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (408 changes in 126 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 408)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… already preſented to your Maieſtie, whereupon the preſent conference is to procede: we humbly beſechebeseech youre Maieſtie, to ſhewe vs againe ſo muche fauour, as to receiue it at …
With rule
… already preſented to your Maieſtie, whereupon the preſent conference is to procede: we humbly beſechebeseech youre Maieſtie, to ſhewe vs againe ſo muche fauour, as to receiue it at …
Theodore Beza · An Oration · Open in the reader
Printed
… your selues riches. What tempt ye I pray you to do, what is (I besechebeseech you in Christ Iesu) this your beginning, loke I pray you how great is …
With rule
… your selues riches. What tempt ye I pray you to do, what is (I besechebeseech you in Christ Iesu) this your beginning, loke I pray you how great is …
David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader
Printed
Now Reader I besechebeseech thee consider, what authoritie and faith is to be giuen to the sayinges of …
With rule
Now Reader I besechebeseech thee consider, what authoritie and faith is to be giuen to the sayinges of …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eyes, as that he had God euen alwayes boūd to his commaundemente ſayeth: we beſechebeseech the moſte merciful father, by Ieſus Chriſt oure Lord: that thou receyue and bleſſe …
With rule
… eyes, as that he had God euen alwayes boūd to his commaundemente ſayeth: we beſechebeseech the moſte merciful father, by Ieſus Chriſt oure Lord: that thou receyue and bleſſe …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
… mynde, forged anie lyes vpon me. I forgeue them wyth all my herte, I besechebeseech Christ to forgeue them that haue cōdempned me to death thys daye ignorauntly.
With rule
… mynde, forged anie lyes vpon me. I forgeue them wyth all my herte, I besechebeseech Christ to forgeue them that haue cōdempned me to death thys daye ignorauntly.
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
… messengers in the roume of Christ, euen as though God exhorted by vs. We besechebeseech you nowe therfore in Christes steade, that y… be at one with god. Agayne …
With rule
… messengers in the roume of Christ, euen as though God exhorted by vs. We besechebeseech you nowe therfore in Christes steade, that y… be at one with god. Agayne …
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
… this presēt day. As I maye speke nothynge of Englonde, (whome I moost hūbly besechebeseech God graciously to preserue ī prosperous estate, and alwaye to gyue her a glorious …
With rule
… this presēt day. As I maye speke nothynge of Englonde, (whome I moost hūbly besechebeseech God graciously to preserue ī prosperous estate, and alwaye to gyue her a glorious …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
Whiche is thus Englished▪ Graunt we besechebeseech thee O Lord to this thy seruaunt, the worthy frute of repentaūce that be …
With rule
Whiche is thus Englished▪ Graunt we besechebeseech thee O Lord to this thy seruaunt, the worthy frute of repentaūce that be …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 224 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

Wycliffes Wicket A15299

Printed
I BesecheBeseech ye brethren in the lorde Christ Iesu, and for the loue of hys spirite …
With rule
I BesecheBeseech ye brethren in the lorde Christ Iesu, and for the loue of hys spirite …
John Wycliffe · Wycliffes Wicket · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

Printed
I BesecheBeseech thē to beginne a litell afore / and they shall playnely heare Chryst hymself vnlose …
With rule
I BesecheBeseech thē to beginne a litell afore / and they shall playnely heare Chryst hymself vnlose …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader