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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7642 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wyueswives

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

Puritas changed it
608 times in 135 works
Consistency
96.2% (608 of 632)
Reach if approved
~664 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wives
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
632 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (608 changes in 135 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 608)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … men once entred into the miniſtery, might neither marry, nor yet accompany with their wyueswives maried before: but there alſo it was ſo withſtoode by one Paplinutius, that they …
    With rule
    … men once entred into the miniſtery, might neither marry, nor yet accompany with their wyueswives maried before: but there alſo it was ſo withſtoode by one Paplinutius, that they …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 154 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … It was neuer my argumente, neyther yet my reason, that prestes now may take wyueswives because prestes in the old lawe had wyueswives. For than I shulde graunte as …
    With rule
    … It was neuer my argumente, neyther yet my reason, that prestes now may take wyueswives because prestes in the old lawe had wyueswives. For than I shulde graunte as …

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

  3. Printed
    Of the and thy wyfe, thy iij. sonnes and their wyueswives,
    With rule
    Of the and thy wyfe, thy iij. sonnes and their wyueswives,

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

  4. Printed
    … their land shalbe layd waste, their enemies shal dwel in their strong holdes, there wyueswives and daughters shall be de…led, their children shall fall in the …dge of …
    With rule
    … their land shalbe layd waste, their enemies shal dwel in their strong holdes, there wyueswives and daughters shall be de…led, their children shall fall in the …dge of …

    John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … them away, as men do now a dayes. There was debate betwene these two wyueswives. Phenenna in yt doing of sacrifice, embrayded Anna by cause she was barren, and …
    With rule
    … them away, as men do now a dayes. There was debate betwene these two wyueswives. Phenenna in yt doing of sacrifice, embrayded Anna by cause she was barren, and …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in Aalianes, which shall ouerrunne his natural country, most shamefully defyle and abuse honest wyueswives, widdowes and virgyns euen before the faces of theyr husbandes, parentes and frindes. Thei …
    With rule
    … in Aalianes, which shall ouerrunne his natural country, most shamefully defyle and abuse honest wyueswives, widdowes and virgyns euen before the faces of theyr husbandes, parentes and frindes. Thei …

    Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … commaundemente. All Iuda came and stode before the Lorde wyth theyr yonge ones, theyr wyueswives and theyr children, to a…ke counsell of the Lorde.
    With rule
    … commaundemente. All Iuda came and stode before the Lorde wyth theyr yonge ones, theyr wyueswives and theyr children, to a…ke counsell of the Lorde.

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and troubles. Teach them faythful obedience toward theyr superiours. Teache thē to loue theyr wyueswives as theyr owne flesh, & to brynge vp theyr chyldren & familye in the feare & nourtoure …
    With rule
    … and troubles. Teach them faythful obedience toward theyr superiours. Teache thē to loue theyr wyueswives as theyr owne flesh, & to brynge vp theyr chyldren & familye in the feare & nourtoure …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

  • Printed
    … in clericis &c. There is more deuocyon sayeth he, in laye folke, and olde WyuesWives, These symple folke▪ the vulgar people, thē in the clarkes, they be better affected …
    With rule
    … in clericis &c. There is more deuocyon sayeth he, in laye folke, and olde WyuesWives, These symple folke▪ the vulgar people, thē in the clarkes, they be better affected …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

  • Printed
    WyuesWives.
    With rule
    WyuesWives.

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Flower of Godly Prayers A06743

  • Printed
    … haue so muche mynde of oure Fearmes: of our-O…en, and of oure WyuesWives, that wee haue no pleasure to god. God woulde gather vs to gether, as …
    With rule
    … haue so muche mynde of oure Fearmes: of our-O…en, and of oure WyuesWives, that wee haue no pleasure to god. God woulde gather vs to gether, as …

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

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … dead Carkesse? what should it haue booted them to haue forgone their Children, their WyuesWives, yea and themselues too for such a one? Should they not rather haue had …
    With rule
    … dead Carkesse? what should it haue booted them to haue forgone their Children, their WyuesWives, yea and themselues too for such a one? Should they not rather haue had …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 567 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Abuses A13086

  • Printed
    … you will learn to become abawde, vncleane, and to deuerginat Mayds, to deflour honest WyuesWives: if you will learne to murther, s…aie, kill, picke, steal, robbe and roue …
    With rule
    … you will learn to become abawde, vncleane, and to deuerginat Mayds, to deflour honest WyuesWives: if you will learne to murther, s…aie, kill, picke, steal, robbe and roue …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … so much, as I haue heard many impudently say, that they haue chosen their WyuesWives, and wyueswives their Husbands by dauncing: Which plainely proueth the wickednesse of it. Their …
    With rule
    … so much, as I haue heard many impudently say, that they haue chosen their WyuesWives, and wyueswives their Husbands by dauncing: Which plainely proueth the wickednesse of it. Their …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture A14150

  • Printed
    WyuesWives. Ephe. v.
    With rule
    WyuesWives. Ephe. v.

    William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WyuesWives ſubmytte your ſelues to your owne buſbandes / as vnto the lorde. For the huſbāde …
    With rule
    WyuesWives ſubmytte your ſelues to your owne buſbandes / as vnto the lorde. For the huſbāde …

    William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

  • Printed
    WyuesWives persuaded to prestes .20.
    With rule
    WyuesWives persuaded to prestes .20.

    John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    WyuesWives moe then one at once argued againſt. 288
    With rule
    WyuesWives moe then one at once argued againſt. 288

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WyuesWives manye permitted after a ſort to the fathers. 153. b
    With rule
    WyuesWives manye permitted after a ſort to the fathers. 153. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WyuesWives called concubines. 268
    With rule
    WyuesWives called concubines. 268

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WyuesWives duety. 204
    With rule
    WyuesWives duety. 204

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

An Antidote Against Popery B09202

  • Printed
    … Afflictions, even so by Chylde-birth in payne, (as one sorte there-of) if WyuesWives haue these saving Graces heere spoken of, they shall bee saved, and enter into …
    With rule
    … Afflictions, even so by Chylde-birth in payne, (as one sorte there-of) if WyuesWives haue these saving Graces heere spoken of, they shall bee saved, and enter into …

    William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 152 · Open in the reader