Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7613 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

euyllevil

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

Puritas changed it: 1,162 times in 161 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,162 of 1,165)
Reach if approved: ~1,224 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: evil
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,165 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,162 changes in 161 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,162)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… And of so honest and cleanly cōuersation, that we geue no man occasion of euyllevil. Graunte nowe that in steade of our old fayned works we may be occupied …
With rule
… And of so honest and cleanly cōuersation, that we geue no man occasion of euyllevil. Graunte nowe that in steade of our old fayned works we may be occupied …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… prohibit alſo hereſes .i. wycked & vngodly techinges & puniſhe he retykes, that is auctors of euyllevil & wycked tecahinges, but in obſcure thynges the cognicion of the churche goeth before, & thus …
With rule
… prohibit alſo hereſes .i. wycked & vngodly techinges & puniſhe he retykes, that is auctors of euyllevil & wycked tecahinges, but in obſcure thynges the cognicion of the churche goeth before, & thus …
Philipp Melanchthon · A Civil Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… dothe oughte to be accompted euill, eyther that he is the occaſion of any euyllevil, whiche onely is the minde, ſence, ſpirite, and power of the Lawe, wythout whom …
With rule
… dothe oughte to be accompted euill, eyther that he is the occaſion of any euyllevil, whiche onely is the minde, ſence, ſpirite, and power of the Lawe, wythout whom …
Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader
Printed
After hys teachynges, that he do yow non euyllevil,
With rule
After hys teachynges, that he do yow non euyllevil,
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader
Printed
… manye false miracles / denyeth Christ / destroyeth peoples / woundeth vnto death / assoyleth for monye / iudgeth euyllevil good and good euyllevil / is worshypped of Princes / burneth in concupiscence / and shall be …
With rule
… manye false miracles / denyeth Christ / destroyeth peoples / woundeth vnto death / assoyleth for monye / iudgeth euyllevil good and good euyllevil / is worshypped of Princes / burneth in concupiscence / and shall be …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… this worlde, that are knowen to haue so euyllevil a father, the worlde, so euyllevil a grandefather, the dyuell, can not chose but be euyllevil. Surely the fyrste heed …
With rule
… this worlde, that are knowen to haue so euyllevil a father, the worlde, so euyllevil a grandefather, the dyuell, can not chose but be euyllevil. Surely the fyrste heed …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader
Printed
The gude with euyllevil, and euyllevil with gude
With rule
The gude with euyllevil, and euyllevil with gude
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
… they cannot fulfyll the Law. For all men naturally are bent and inclined to euyllevil, and therfore hate the Lawe. Now wherſoeuer there is not a cheareful and ready …
With rule
… they cannot fulfyll the Law. For all men naturally are bent and inclined to euyllevil, and therfore hate the Lawe. Now wherſoeuer there is not a cheareful and ready …
Martin Luther · Preface to the Epistle of Romans · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Anti-Prognostication A01297

Printed
EuyllEvil dayes to bye and sell be holydais, and suche tymes as menne shoulde be …
With rule
EuyllEvil dayes to bye and sell be holydais, and suche tymes as menne shoulde be …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law A02604

Printed
… in sinners repenting and amending, but onely in them which be euyllevil and wicked. EuyllEvil men here I call all such, which walking in sinful flesh, are not yet …
With rule
… in sinners repenting and amending, but onely in them which be euyllevil and wicked. EuyllEvil men here I call all such, which walking in sinful flesh, are not yet …
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion A10213

Printed
¶EuyllEvil instrumentes, (euyllevil I saye, not by creation, but by corruption) in so farre as …
With rule
¶EuyllEvil instrumentes, (euyllevil I saye, not by creation, but by corruption) in so farre as …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader