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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7608 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

blyndeblind

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

Puritas changed it
754 times in 181 works
Consistency
99.0% (754 of 761)
Reach if approved
~800 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: blind
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
761 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (754 changes in 181 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 754)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … go thou awaye, thy fayth hath ſaued the. So he ſayde alſo to the blyndeblind man in Hiericho. In the xviij. chap. of Luke Faith is called the gyfte …
    With rule
    … go thou awaye, thy fayth hath ſaued the. So he ſayde alſo to the blyndeblind man in Hiericho. In the xviij. chap. of Luke Faith is called the gyfte …

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

  2. Printed
    … requireth to bestowe their life. Take away from vs al those curates, whyche are blyndeblind, with out knowledge, dumme dogges not able to barke, which haue plesure to behold …
    With rule
    … requireth to bestowe their life. Take away from vs al those curates, whyche are blyndeblind, with out knowledge, dumme dogges not able to barke, which haue plesure to behold …

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

  3. Printed
    … here euen too your selfe, Lombard, what if any man woulde inuite you being blyndeblind… or other wyse buddewynked of both eyes to raw… fleshe as in that horrible …
    With rule
    … here euen too your selfe, Lombard, what if any man woulde inuite you being blyndeblind… or other wyse buddewynked of both eyes to raw… fleshe as in that horrible …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    A. Manye blyndeblind them ſelues that waye, ſuppoſing that in time of perſecution, for to ſaue their …
    With rule
    A. Manye blyndeblind them ſelues that waye, ſuppoſing that in time of perſecution, for to ſaue their …

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Ye thinke to blyndeblind vs wt your bablynges, do ye not? No, no, go do your feate amonge …
    With rule
    Ye thinke to blyndeblind vs wt your bablynges, do ye not? No, no, go do your feate amonge …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. ciii · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thowgh it be the expresse commaundement of Christ so to be vsed. Without the blyndeblind bussynges of a Papyst / maye no synne be soluted / for that is the vpholdynge …
    With rule
    … thowgh it be the expresse commaundement of Christ so to be vsed. Without the blyndeblind bussynges of a Papyst / maye no synne be soluted / for that is the vpholdynge …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and miſcheuous workes. And the ſprete of God appeareth by the mouthe of the blyndeblind / whome Ieſus Chriſt doth illuminate by theſe wordes / we knowe that God heareth no …
    With rule
    … and miſcheuous workes. And the ſprete of God appeareth by the mouthe of the blyndeblind / whome Ieſus Chriſt doth illuminate by theſe wordes / we knowe that God heareth no …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · p. iiij · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in superstition, so ofte we beate them. To be short, as ofte as we blyndeblind, leade theym blyndeblind, so oft we beate and greuously stryke our felowes. Whanne we …
    With rule
    … in superstition, so ofte we beate them. To be short, as ofte as we blyndeblind, leade theym blyndeblind, so oft we beate and greuously stryke our felowes. Whanne we …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 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
    1 BlyndeBlind obstynacye.
    With rule
    1 BlyndeBlind obstynacye.

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … seuen myles. First he begāne his hygh thetorykes in subtyle tropes of allegorye with BlyndeBlind obstinacie / Dame ignoraunce / Debate / Ambicion / and so forth. And when that wolde no longar …
    With rule
    … seuen myles. First he begāne his hygh thetorykes in subtyle tropes of allegorye with BlyndeBlind obstinacie / Dame ignoraunce / Debate / Ambicion / and so forth. And when that wolde no longar …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the fleshe / the bodye / the bones. This is the holye Gospell that he maynteyneth. BlyndeBlind are they called here of Pantolabus / which will not folowe these vertuouse rewles to …
    With rule
    … the fleshe / the bodye / the bones. This is the holye Gospell that he maynteyneth. BlyndeBlind are they called here of Pantolabus / which will not folowe these vertuouse rewles to …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Letter to Ministers in Geneva A68306

  • Printed
    August. 1 A BlyndeBlind woman.
    With rule
    August. 1 A BlyndeBlind woman.

    John Knox · Letter to Ministers in Geneva · p. 120 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    BlyndeBlind reaſons of Papiſtes. 308
    With rule
    BlyndeBlind reaſons of Papiſtes. 308

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader