Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7635 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bishoppesbishops

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

Puritas changed it: 1,166 times in 169 works
Consistency: 100% (1,166 of 1,166)
Reach if approved: ~1,225 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bishops
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,166 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,166 changes in 169 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,166)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the common wealth. To sée this also with such like put in execucion, the BishoppesBishops haue authoritie euery moneth in the yeare if they list, to call a cession …
With rule
… the common wealth. To sée this also with such like put in execucion, the BishoppesBishops haue authoritie euery moneth in the yeare if they list, to call a cession …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… purged them selues of accusations layd against them. Yea further I will proue that bishoppesbishops and Popes most iustly haue bene depriued frō all honours and administration for smaller …
With rule
… purged them selues of accusations layd against them. Yea further I will proue that bishoppesbishops and Popes most iustly haue bene depriued frō all honours and administration for smaller …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · Open in the reader
Printed
… this day haue set them selues against the Gospell: as the Pope and his BishoppesBishops, with all their faction, and with all the Kings and Princes of the earth …
With rule
… this day haue set them selues against the Gospell: as the Pope and his BishoppesBishops, with all their faction, and with all the Kings and Princes of the earth …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to know the trueth. Let thē that be paryshners and laye people reuerence the BishoppesBishops and other spirituall ministers, gyuynge them no lesse honour, than the chylde gy…eth …
With rule
… to know the trueth. Let thē that be paryshners and laye people reuerence the BishoppesBishops and other spirituall ministers, gyuynge them no lesse honour, than the chylde gy…eth …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
… which, namely, theſe are woorthy of memory, it forbiddeth ſute of appeale vntoo the BiſhoppesBishops of beyonde the Seas. But indeede this decree, woulde not the Biſhoppe of Rome …
With rule
… which, namely, theſe are woorthy of memory, it forbiddeth ſute of appeale vntoo the BiſhoppesBishops of beyonde the Seas. But indeede this decree, woulde not the Biſhoppe of Rome …
Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it tendeth alſo to this end. The diligence beloued which I hope your learned BiſhoppesBishops, Doctors and other great Diuines men of famous report haue taken in England, cannot …
With rule
… it tendeth alſo to this end. The diligence beloued which I hope your learned BiſhoppesBishops, Doctors and other great Diuines men of famous report haue taken in England, cannot …
John Penry · Equity of a Humble Supplication · Open in the reader
Printed
… Basilius magnus, and the generall Counsell holden at Nice, of three hundred and tenne BishoppesBishops, doeth constantly affirme and vouche, that the Image of Christe and of his Sanctes …
With rule
… Basilius magnus, and the generall Counsell holden at Nice, of three hundred and tenne BishoppesBishops, doeth constantly affirme and vouche, that the Image of Christe and of his Sanctes …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prophecie one by one, that al may learne and al maye haue conforte. But biſhoppesbishops wyll none of thys. It is ynough (ſay you) to haue it done once …
With rule
… prophecie one by one, that al may learne and al maye haue conforte. But biſhoppesbishops wyll none of thys. It is ynough (ſay you) to haue it done once …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.