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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7702 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fylthyefilthy

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

Puritas changed it
183 times in 44 works
Consistency
98.3% (183 of 186)
Reach if approved
~195 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: filthy
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
186 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (183 changes in 44 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 183)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of menne, yea thee greateſte parte of thee myghty Prynces, corrupted, cōtaminated & polluted, with fylthyefilthy whoredom adulterye, rauyſhyng of mayden, vnfaithfulnes, impudency or vnſhamefaſtnes, wt robberyes theftes, deteſtable vſurye …
    With rule
    … of menne, yea thee greateſte parte of thee myghty Prynces, corrupted, cōtaminated & polluted, with fylthyefilthy whoredom adulterye, rauyſhyng of mayden, vnfaithfulnes, impudency or vnſhamefaſtnes, wt robberyes theftes, deteſtable vſurye …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Image of Both Pastors Set Forth · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … heythen / and accustominge their othes / shulde by contynuan̄ ce of tyme fall vnto the fylthyefilthy worshippinge of their Idoles / forgettinge him. sweare by his name (saith Moyses) and se …
    With rule
    … heythen / and accustominge their othes / shulde by contynuan̄ ce of tyme fall vnto the fylthyefilthy worshippinge of their Idoles / forgettinge him. sweare by his name (saith Moyses) and se …

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    For the wycked synne, of fylthyefilthy ydolatrye,
    With rule
    For the wycked synne, of fylthyefilthy ydolatrye,

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

  4. Printed
    … bosome, to clawe hys backe, to saye to the wycked, hee doothe well, for fylthyefilthy lukers sake. Ah theese flatterers, no greater mischife in the commune wealthe then theese …
    With rule
    … bosome, to clawe hys backe, to saye to the wycked, hee doothe well, for fylthyefilthy lukers sake. Ah theese flatterers, no greater mischife in the commune wealthe then theese …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … day all men in a maner wythout exception, are so geuen to couetousnes and fylthyefilthy desyre of worldly goodes, that for their sake they neyther spare good name and …
    With rule
    … day all men in a maner wythout exception, are so geuen to couetousnes and fylthyefilthy desyre of worldly goodes, that for their sake they neyther spare good name and …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … contented to abandon the church of God in the deſert, and retourne to thy fylthyefilthy puddel agayne. Set rather before thyne eyes the examples of the holye Patriarkes, Prophetes …
    With rule
    … contented to abandon the church of God in the deſert, and retourne to thy fylthyefilthy puddel agayne. Set rather before thyne eyes the examples of the holye Patriarkes, Prophetes …

    Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … point he rebukeht vs to be moste impudent patrones of the bel…ye and fylthyefilthy lustes, and suche other his moste fowle reproches, whether they agre more fyttlye in …
    With rule
    … point he rebukeht vs to be moste impudent patrones of the bel…ye and fylthyefilthy lustes, and suche other his moste fowle reproches, whether they agre more fyttlye in …

    Martin Bucer · Gratulation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … bodies vndefyled. Secondarely yf you wil kepe this cōmaundemēt, you must abstayne frō all fylthyefilthy wordes & vncleane cōmunicatiō, you muste not craftely go aboute with flatery and louynge wordes …
    With rule
    … bodies vndefyled. Secondarely yf you wil kepe this cōmaundemēt, you must abstayne frō all fylthyefilthy wordes & vncleane cōmunicatiō, you muste not craftely go aboute with flatery and louynge wordes …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Catechism for Children · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

  • Printed
    FylthyeFilthy examples of vnchast prestes. 19
    With rule
    FylthyeFilthy examples of vnchast prestes. 19

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

  • Printed
    … the sacrifyces of the wycked / where as the prayer of the ryghtouse is acceptable. FylthyeFilthy is the waye of the vngodlye / but he that foloweth ryghtousnesse is in Gods …
    With rule
    … the sacrifyces of the wycked / where as the prayer of the ryghtouse is acceptable. FylthyeFilthy is the waye of the vngodlye / but he that foloweth ryghtousnesse is in Gods …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 34 · Open in the reader