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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7634 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mercyfullmerciful

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

Puritas changed it
595 times in 175 works
Consistency
98.3% (595 of 605)
Reach if approved
~636 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: merciful
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
605 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (595 changes in 175 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 595)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … God, O father of all mercye the father of our Lord Iesus Chryst, be mercyfullmerciful to me a synner, haue pytie on me, ād quickly helpe me poore wretche …
    With rule
    … God, O father of all mercye the father of our Lord Iesus Chryst, be mercyfullmerciful to me a synner, haue pytie on me, ād quickly helpe me poore wretche …

    Thomas Becon · The Physic of the Soul · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … were) not ſimply by himſelfe. Againe, when we conceiue him as perfectly wiſe, iuſt & mercyfullmerciful, wee rather rife to the knowledge of his effects, than of his being, by …
    With rule
    … were) not ſimply by himſelfe. Againe, when we conceiue him as perfectly wiſe, iuſt & mercyfullmerciful, wee rather rife to the knowledge of his effects, than of his being, by …

    Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … with much compassion of the deceaseds misery, to procure with study and care Gods mercyfullmerciful pardon towardes them, that such a one especially shall finde grace and fauour at …
    With rule
    … with much compassion of the deceaseds misery, to procure with study and care Gods mercyfullmerciful pardon towardes them, that such a one especially shall finde grace and fauour at …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 278 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … is alwayes to corrupt / yea / the verye elect yf God were not the more mercyfullmerciful. And that caused Christ oure sauer to saye vnto his Apostles / ye can not …
    With rule
    … is alwayes to corrupt / yea / the verye elect yf God were not the more mercyfullmerciful. And that caused Christ oure sauer to saye vnto his Apostles / ye can not …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … milke and hony, therein did he ſhew himſelfe, as a mightie ſo a moſt mercyfullmerciful God: but bleſſed be the father of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, whiche according to …
    With rule
    … milke and hony, therein did he ſhew himſelfe, as a mightie ſo a moſt mercyfullmerciful God: but bleſſed be the father of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, whiche according to …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the kyng of hys honoure, and the realme of hys wealth. How beit the mercyfullmerciful goodnes of bothe god and the kyng hath sent me hyther thys daye, to …
    With rule
    … the kyng of hys honoure, and the realme of hys wealth. How beit the mercyfullmerciful goodnes of bothe god and the kyng hath sent me hyther thys daye, to …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … laugh when it is angrye. Let this be ſufficient to thée that God is mercyfullmerciful to thée. For what is the malice of this worlde to be compared with …
    With rule
    … laugh when it is angrye. Let this be ſufficient to thée that God is mercyfullmerciful to thée. For what is the malice of this worlde to be compared with …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 150 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … shall be without mercy, to thē that hath shewed no mercye. Blessed are the mercyfullmerciful, fo… they shall obtayne mercye. Gyue almesse of that ye haue, and behold al …
    With rule
    … shall be without mercy, to thē that hath shewed no mercye. Blessed are the mercyfullmerciful, fo… they shall obtayne mercye. Gyue almesse of that ye haue, and behold al …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

10 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … after euery mānys own deuocyō, in such thinges as he may lawfully forbeat &c. MercyfullMerciful God, what cōfuse matter & vnfrutefull baggage is this? Placed is it not in ye …
    With rule
    … after euery mānys own deuocyō, in such thinges as he may lawfully forbeat &c. MercyfullMerciful God, what cōfuse matter & vnfrutefull baggage is this? Placed is it not in ye …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

  • Printed
    MercyfullMerciful father, thy pytiefull grace extende,
    With rule
    MercyfullMerciful father, thy pytiefull grace extende,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    MercyfullMerciful maker, my crabbed voyce dyrect,
    With rule
    MercyfullMerciful maker, my crabbed voyce dyrect,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    MercyfullMerciful Tobias and constaunt Mardocheus.
    With rule
    MercyfullMerciful Tobias and constaunt Mardocheus.

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent A05397

  • Printed
    O MercyfullMerciful Lorde, what a grefe is it to se those which a man loueth hartely …
    With rule
    O MercyfullMerciful Lorde, what a grefe is it to se those which a man loueth hartely …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) A14133

  • Printed
    MercyfullMerciful, to be mercyfullmerciful what. fo. xvii. ſ. ii
    With rule
    MercyfullMerciful, to be mercyfullmerciful what. fo. xvii. ſ. ii

    William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader

A Godly Meditation A16579

  • Printed
    MErcyfullMerciful father yu art wont to ſend to thy ſeruāts & mē of ſimple hartes, thyn …
    With rule
    MErcyfullMerciful father yu art wont to ſend to thy ſeruāts & mē of ſimple hartes, thyn …

    John Bradford · A Godly Meditation · Open in the reader

Death Made Comfortable A47293

  • Printed
    O! Most Gracious and MercyfullMerciful Father, Give me Grace to be allways fit for thy Mercy, that I may …
    With rule
    O! Most Gracious and MercyfullMerciful Father, Give me Grace to be allways fit for thy Mercy, that I may …

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · p. 285 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … thereby to a good Master, whom as I have ever found most Gracious and MercyfullMerciful all my Life, I shall now much more finde soe at my Death, thro …
    With rule
    … thereby to a good Master, whom as I have ever found most Gracious and MercyfullMerciful all my Life, I shall now much more finde soe at my Death, thro …

    John Kettlewell · Death Made Comfortable · p. 290 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached Fourth Sunday in Lent A68350

  • Printed
    O MercyfullMerciful Lorde, what a grefe is it to ſe thoſe which a man loueth hartely …
    With rule
    O MercyfullMerciful Lorde, what a grefe is it to ſe thoſe which a man loueth hartely …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Fourth Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader