Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7678 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sorowesorrow

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

Puritas changed it: 453 times in 166 works
Consistency: 98.6% (453 of 459)
Reach if approved: ~482 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sorrow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 459 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (453 changes in 166 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 453)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… angrye wyth hym selfe, repēteth of his former misdedes, and conceiueth suche an inward sorowesorrow in hys hearte, that hee delyteth in no worldlye thynge, neyther in meate, dryncke …
With rule
… angrye wyth hym selfe, repēteth of his former misdedes, and conceiueth suche an inward sorowesorrow in hys hearte, that hee delyteth in no worldlye thynge, neyther in meate, dryncke …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
… them lyeng vpon our bed sycke, we are stricken with a wonderful feare and sorowesorrow as Paule sayth, indignacion & wrath…afflyction, & grefe of mynde, …s against euery soule of …
With rule
… them lyeng vpon our bed sycke, we are stricken with a wonderful feare and sorowesorrow as Paule sayth, indignacion & wrath…afflyction, & grefe of mynde, …s against euery soule of …
Thomas Becon · The Physic of the Soul · Open in the reader
Printed
… gladnesse, shalbe furthest from the most happie cōdition of the blessed ones. For no sorowesorrow, no griefe shall come vppon there happinesse, by which they shold lesse haue the …
With rule
… gladnesse, shalbe furthest from the most happie cōdition of the blessed ones. For no sorowesorrow, no griefe shall come vppon there happinesse, by which they shold lesse haue the …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Beaste. 3. and his kyngedome waxed darke. 4. And they gnewe their tonges for sorowesorrow 5. and blasphemed the God of heauen for sorowesorrow / and payne of their sores. 6. and …
With rule
… of the Beaste. 3. and his kyngedome waxed darke. 4. And they gnewe their tonges for sorowesorrow 5. and blasphemed the God of heauen for sorowesorrow / and payne of their sores. 6. and …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they ſprong. Wherin, whether they waile the ruyne and ſubuerſion of their nation, or ſorowesorrow the ignorance, cruelty, impiety, & ſhame of their aunceſtors: Let them looke nearer thē ſelues …
With rule
… they ſprong. Wherin, whether they waile the ruyne and ſubuerſion of their nation, or ſorowesorrow the ignorance, cruelty, impiety, & ſhame of their aunceſtors: Let them looke nearer thē ſelues …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… fainted thorowe fear…, & let your hertes that haue in these dolourouse dayes …cped in sorowesorrow, awake, and heare the voyce of your God, who swereth by him selfe, that …
With rule
… fainted thorowe fear…, & let your hertes that haue in these dolourouse dayes …cped in sorowesorrow, awake, and heare the voyce of your God, who swereth by him selfe, that …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
Mixid with sorowesorrow, drede and inconstance
With rule
Mixid with sorowesorrow, drede and inconstance
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader
Printed
… blacke darke valleye, where a man can ſe nother pleaſure, nor ioye: but trouble, ſorowesorrow, and aduerſyte. For the deuell wyth al his power ſetteth hym ſelfe agaynſt it …
With rule
… blacke darke valleye, where a man can ſe nother pleaſure, nor ioye: but trouble, ſorowesorrow, and aduerſyte. For the deuell wyth al his power ſetteth hym ſelfe agaynſt it …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
SoroweSorrow nedelesse, when necessitee ruleth.
With rule
SoroweSorrow nedelesse, when necessitee ruleth.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
SoroweSorrow immoderate, not naturall.
With rule
SoroweSorrow immoderate, not naturall.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
Sorow. SoroweSorrow hath filled your hearts. 16. 6.
With rule
Sorow. SoroweSorrow hath filled your hearts. 16. 6.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
SoroweSorrow.
With rule
SoroweSorrow.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader