Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7616 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shepesheep

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

Puritas changed it: 856 times in 165 works
Consistency: 96.4% (856 of 888)
Reach if approved: ~933 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sheep
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 888 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (856 changes in 165 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 856)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are called Bishopes and Pastors, and when it cometh to the watering of Christes shepesheep with the water of lyfe, they ather suffer them to die for thrist or …
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… are called Bishopes and Pastors, and when it cometh to the watering of Christes shepesheep with the water of lyfe, they ather suffer them to die for thrist or …
David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do that onlie, whiche the liuinge Lorde commā deth. And if we be the ſhepesheep of the Lordes foulde, it is not ſufficiēt for vs to heare the voyce …
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… do that onlie, whiche the liuinge Lorde commā deth. And if we be the ſhepesheep of the Lordes foulde, it is not ſufficiēt for vs to heare the voyce …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
To fatche to thy folde, thy first shepesheep goynge a straye.
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To fatche to thy folde, thy first shepesheep goynge a straye.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader
Printed
Where ye aske if these be y^e shepesheep, which Christ sent furth in the middes of wolues. And if the shepesheep can …
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Where ye aske if these be y^e shepesheep, which Christ sent furth in the middes of wolues. And if the shepesheep can …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shepesheep to dunge theyr grounde for bearynge of corne (for if they haue no shepesheep to healpe to fat the ground, they shal haue but bare corne and thynne …
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… shepesheep to dunge theyr grounde for bearynge of corne (for if they haue no shepesheep to healpe to fat the ground, they shal haue but bare corne and thynne …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… did, ſhalbe a good diſputer with Paule againſt the lawe. For he deliuered neither ſhepesheep, oxe, golde nor ſiluer, but euen God him ſelfe entierly and wholy, for me …
With rule
… did, ſhalbe a good diſputer with Paule againſt the lawe. For he deliuered neither ſhepesheep, oxe, golde nor ſiluer, but euen God him ſelfe entierly and wholy, for me …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and teare their clawes in peeces, &c. Hee shall nourishe hymselfe, and not the shepesheep. And this Prophete criyng out on hym, saieth: O thou shepheard and Idoll, forsakyng …
With rule
… and teare their clawes in peeces, &c. Hee shall nourishe hymselfe, and not the shepesheep. And this Prophete criyng out on hym, saieth: O thou shepheard and Idoll, forsakyng …
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
… colours, as whē y^• guids of the Lords flocke be either absent frō their shepesheep, orels are negligēt in doīg theyr dutie, I mean in preching gods word, & in …
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… colours, as whē y^• guids of the Lords flocke be either absent frō their shepesheep, orels are negligēt in doīg theyr dutie, I mean in preching gods word, & in …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (32)

27 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel A01304

Printed
… booke of seruice, by their aucthoritie being confirmed. But whereas you complaine, that the ShepeSheep in that firste Parliament, tooke vpon thē against their shepherdes, I aunswer naie, but …
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… booke of seruice, by their aucthoritie being confirmed. But whereas you complaine, that the ShepeSheep in that firste Parliament, tooke vpon thē against their shepherdes, I aunswer naie, but …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Prince, with the nobles, and senatours of that Parliamente, to deliuer the ShepeSheep out of their cruell tyrānie, and to banishe, and remoue all suche raueinous beastes …
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… of the Prince, with the nobles, and senatours of that Parliamente, to deliuer the ShepeSheep out of their cruell tyrānie, and to banishe, and remoue all suche raueinous beastes …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sanguinem, nō cogitans etiam nunc se accipere in poculo sanguinem. He saith that the ShepeSheep hath giuen place to the breade, as though he were ignoraunt, that then also …
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… sanguinem, nō cogitans etiam nunc se accipere in poculo sanguinem. He saith that the ShepeSheep hath giuen place to the breade, as though he were ignoraunt, that then also …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

Printed
… now commen, whose perfourmaunce God so earnestly in the olde lawe required. Bullock, Calfe, ShepeSheep, & Gote offerynges, be now all past. My opynyon is therin, as S. Paules was …
With rule
… now commen, whose perfourmaunce God so earnestly in the olde lawe required. Bullock, Calfe, ShepeSheep, & Gote offerynges, be now all past. My opynyon is therin, as S. Paules was …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxi · Open in the reader

Collected Sermons A06521

Printed
A SERMON OF D. MARTIN LVTHER OF THE LOST SHEPESHEEP.
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A SERMON OF D. MARTIN LVTHER OF THE LOST SHEPESHEEP.
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 92 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Psalm 22 A06532

Printed
… and many tymes els in the ſcripture) a ſhepeherde. For in this only word ShepeSheep herde, is almoſt all comprehēded together, what good and comfortable thynge ſo euer is …
With rule
… and many tymes els in the ſcripture) a ſhepeherde. For in this only word ShepeSheep herde, is almoſt all comprehēded together, what good and comfortable thynge ſo euer is …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Christ and Antichrist A06652

Printed
… Is it to bee thought that this Shephearde will giue his life for his ShepeSheep?
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… Is it to bee thought that this Shephearde will giue his life for his ShepeSheep?
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
60 Christ chargeth Peter three tymes, to keepe well and nourishe his ShepeSheep.
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60 Christ chargeth Peter three tymes, to keepe well and nourishe his ShepeSheep.
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
Antichrist chargeth his Officers, to keepe well his money. And as for the ShepeSheep, he hymself taketh paines to shere theim, and to keepe theim lowe with iufinite …
With rule
Antichrist chargeth his Officers, to keepe well his money. And as for the ShepeSheep, he hymself taketh paines to shere theim, and to keepe theim lowe with iufinite …
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
14 Christe saieth, that thei, whiche are his ShepeSheep, and belong vnto his Shepefold, that is, vnto his holy congregation, heare not the …
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14 Christe saieth, that thei, whiche are his ShepeSheep, and belong vnto his Shepefold, that is, vnto his holy congregation, heare not the …
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, so that his pouche maie bee filled with golde and siluer. Let the ShepeSheep of Christ runne a straie where thei will, hange on euery Brier, fall into …
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… God, so that his pouche maie bee filled with golde and siluer. Let the ShepeSheep of Christ runne a straie where thei will, hange on euery Brier, fall into …
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… put forthe this parable vnto theim, saiyng: What manne emong you, hauyng a hundred ShepeSheep (if he lose one of theim) dooeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the …
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… put forthe this parable vnto theim, saiyng: What manne emong you, hauyng a hundred ShepeSheep (if he lose one of theim) dooeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… louers and neighbours, saiyng vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my ShepeSheep whiche was loste. I saie vnto you, that likewise ioye shall bee in heauen …
With rule
… louers and neighbours, saiyng vnto them: Reioyce with me, for I haue founde my ShepeSheep whiche was loste. I saie vnto you, that likewise ioye shall bee in heauen …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… hym should not perishe, but haue euerlastyng life. For this are synners and straunge ShepeSheep recouered, when the Shepherde is exalted on the Crosse, that he might beare theim …
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… hym should not perishe, but haue euerlastyng life. For this are synners and straunge ShepeSheep recouered, when the Shepherde is exalted on the Crosse, that he might beare theim …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
Therefore Marke saieth: Thei were as ShepeSheep without a Shepheard. It is an extreme miserie, when a shepesheep is without a …
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Therefore Marke saieth: Thei were as ShepeSheep without a Shepheard. It is an extreme miserie, when a shepesheep is without a …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… extreme miserie, when a shepesheep is without a shepherd. The reason is. For a ShepeSheep beeyng but a weake and vndefensed beaste, is in ieopardie of the Wolfe, or …
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… extreme miserie, when a shepesheep is without a shepherd. The reason is. For a ShepeSheep beeyng but a weake and vndefensed beaste, is in ieopardie of the Wolfe, or …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

Printed
… muste heare hym. This Christe is also our Shepehearde. If we wyll be hys ShepeSheep, we muste heare hys voyce, as he hym selfe sayth: My shepesheep heare my …
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… muste heare hym. This Christe is also our Shepehearde. If we wyll be hys ShepeSheep, we muste heare hys voyce, as he hym selfe sayth: My shepesheep heare my …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… and conscience? Dyd not Abell offer to the Lorde the fyrst lynges of hys ShepeSheep? Are ye more ryghteous than he, which was the first righteous of al men …
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… and conscience? Dyd not Abell offer to the Lorde the fyrst lynges of hys ShepeSheep? Are ye more ryghteous than he, which was the first righteous of al men …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… manner of tythes should bee payde to the Priestes, both corne, Haye, Fruite, Oxen, ShepeSheep, Goates, &c. (For all tythes are sanctifyed to the Lorde.) And forasmuche as many …
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… manner of tythes should bee payde to the Priestes, both corne, Haye, Fruite, Oxen, ShepeSheep, Goates, &c. (For all tythes are sanctifyed to the Lorde.) And forasmuche as many …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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… shall men endued with suche giftes, hate his euen christian, and eschewe companie? When ShepeSheep dooe straie, or cattell doo striue one against another, there are Dogges ready to …
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… shall men endued with suche giftes, hate his euen christian, and eschewe companie? When ShepeSheep dooe straie, or cattell doo striue one against another, there are Dogges ready to …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he had, what plate, what apparell, what householde stuffe, what lande and Lordeshippes, what ShepeSheep, goodes, Parkes, and Medowes, yea, whatsoeuer he had, moueable, or vnmoueable, his house, and …
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… he had, what plate, what apparell, what householde stuffe, what lande and Lordeshippes, what ShepeSheep, goodes, Parkes, and Medowes, yea, whatsoeuer he had, moueable, or vnmoueable, his house, and …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 110 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel A19666

Printed
ShepeSheep, as ſoone as the olde.
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ShepeSheep, as ſoone as the olde.
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader
Printed
ShepeSheep take the murraine rote:
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ShepeSheep take the murraine rote:
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
… are they verely vnto the Realmes with their Counſell, as the Wolues vnto the ShepeSheep, or the Foxes vnto the Geeſe.
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… are they verely vnto the Realmes with their Counſell, as the Wolues vnto the ShepeSheep, or the Foxes vnto the Geeſe.
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 152 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
… what the ſpirite ſayeth to the congregations. Therefore the paſtour is named, but y^e ShepeSheep are not excluded. All degrees & ſtates in the church know, what is ſayd vnto …
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… what the ſpirite ſayeth to the congregations. Therefore the paſtour is named, but y^e ShepeSheep are not excluded. All degrees & ſtates in the church know, what is ſayd vnto …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Romanes. The example of our Sauiour. Hath thaugh… alſo, bringing againe that ſtrayed ShepeSheep vpon his ſhulde… into the ſhepefolde. Therefore the lord ſpeaketh here of t… obſtinate …
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… the Romanes. The example of our Sauiour. Hath thaugh… alſo, bringing againe that ſtrayed ShepeSheep vpon his ſhulde… into the ſhepefolde. Therefore the lord ſpeaketh here of t… obſtinate …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 51 · Open in the reader