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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7699 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

welewell

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

Puritas changed it
261 times in 23 works
Consistency
95.6% (261 of 273)
Reach if approved
~287 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: wele
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
273 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (261 changes in 23 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 261)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Thu dysdaynest not, as welewell apereth thys daye,
    With rule
    Thu dysdaynest not, as welewell apereth thys daye,

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

  2. Printed
    Of fether and bone, I wote welewell I am wyght
    With rule
    Of fether and bone, I wote welewell I am wyght

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … agre, that a man may kyll his father, that hath cōmitted agaynſt the cōmen welewell. Secondarely if a tyrane be in a mageſtracy auctorite or office, and Cruelly and …
    With rule
    … agre, that a man may kyll his father, that hath cōmitted agaynſt the cōmen welewell. Secondarely if a tyrane be in a mageſtracy auctorite or office, and Cruelly and …

    Philipp Melanchthon · A Civil Nosegay · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … at home. The olde age. His pollicies & wittie deuises in behoue of the publique welewell The tyme of his departure, or deth Thynges that haue happened aboute his death.
    With rule
    … at home. The olde age. His pollicies & wittie deuises in behoue of the publique welewell The tyme of his departure, or deth Thynges that haue happened aboute his death.

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    minus Apertum. Ale, tale, gale, welewell.
    With rule
    minus Apertum. Ale, tale, gale, welewell.

    John Owen · Of the Divine Original Authority · p. 278 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … yow tearme y• matter) to declar what is a vow, & ther for they haue welewell furthered my diffinicion.
    With rule
    … yow tearme y• matter) to declar what is a vow, & ther for they haue welewell furthered my diffinicion.

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. xlviii · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Good dayes myght ye haue, ye speake it full welewell by the rode.
    With rule
    Good dayes myght ye haue, ye speake it full welewell by the rode.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Apo. xvi. Lo sir, the false prophete, whych is the wycked papyst, is so welewell touched here, as is eyther the Beast or the Dragon.
    With rule
    … Apo. xvi. Lo sir, the false prophete, whych is the wycked papyst, is so welewell touched here, as is eyther the Beast or the Dragon.

    John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Acts of English Votaries A02573

  • Printed
    … were. And answere was made hym, that they were of an yle called Englande. WeleWell maye they be called Angli (sayth he) for they haue verye Angelyck vysages. Se …
    With rule
    … were. And answere was made hym, that they were of an yle called Englande. WeleWell maye they be called Angli (sayth he) for they haue verye Angelyck vysages. Se …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Paulinus, and a great sort more to the nombre of .xl. all monkes & Italyanes. WeleWell armed were they with Aristotles artylerye, as with logyck, Phylosophye, and other craftye scyēces …
    With rule
    … Paulinus, and a great sort more to the nombre of .xl. all monkes & Italyanes. WeleWell armed were they with Aristotles artylerye, as with logyck, Phylosophye, and other craftye scyēces …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … syluer crosse thervpon, and so come to the kynge in processyon, syngynge the letanye. WeleWell myght thys be called a newe christyanyte, for neyther was yt knowne of Christ …
    With rule
    … syluer crosse thervpon, and so come to the kynge in processyon, syngynge the letanye. WeleWell myght thys be called a newe christyanyte, for neyther was yt knowne of Christ …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … certen tymes and persones, then pertayne not those vowes to the feast of trumpettes. WeleWell sayd maistre per sone, and reasoned full lyke a polityque pultar. If a nette …
    With rule
    … certen tymes and persones, then pertayne not those vowes to the feast of trumpettes. WeleWell sayd maistre per sone, and reasoned full lyke a polityque pultar. If a nette …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. liii · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

  • Printed
    WeleWell, take thy pleasure, and do it hardelye.
    With rule
    WeleWell, take thy pleasure, and do it hardelye.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WeleWell get the forewarde, for thu shalt sure dye.
    With rule
    WeleWell get the forewarde, for thu shalt sure dye.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

  • Printed
    … not / for he had by this tyme made her no verye beuityfull gentyll woman. WeleWell / now ye haue gotten the ouerhande of her enemyes / applye ye apace whyle ye …
    With rule
    … not / for he had by this tyme made her no verye beuityfull gentyll woman. WeleWell / now ye haue gotten the ouerhande of her enemyes / applye ye apace whyle ye …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … youre sowles in that kynde of clowtynge / that can I not welewell tell you. WeleWell I wote it is neyther welthe nor helthe vnto vs. For a great vndoynge …
    With rule
    … youre sowles in that kynde of clowtynge / that can I not welewell tell you. WeleWell I wote it is neyther welthe nor helthe vnto vs. For a great vndoynge …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    4 WeleWell maye that spyghtfull spiritual t… be called the kyngedom of Antichrist or beasi…ye …
    With rule
    4 WeleWell maye that spyghtfull spiritual t… be called the kyngedom of Antichrist or beasi…ye …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 69 · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

  • Printed
    WeleWell, yet blessed lorde, releue them with thy mercye.
    With rule
    WeleWell, yet blessed lorde, releue them with thy mercye.

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

  • Printed
    WeleWell, Esaias, for thys thy fydelyte,
    With rule
    WeleWell, Esaias, for thys thy fydelyte,

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