Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7712 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gyftesgifts

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

Puritas changed it: 594 times in 149 works
Consistency: 99.5% (594 of 597)
Reach if approved: ~627 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gifts
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 597 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (594 changes in 149 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 594)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Oh who cā expres the worthines & excellency of these heauenly gyftesgifts, whiche we obtaine by the mooste victorious and triumphante Resurrection of Iesus Christe oure …
With rule
Oh who cā expres the worthines & excellency of these heauenly gyftesgifts, whiche we obtaine by the mooste victorious and triumphante Resurrection of Iesus Christe oure …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader
Printed
… curtesye, to them we gyue kysses, to them we offer, to them we gyue gyftesgifts, vppō them we hange precious iewelles, to them wee applye miracles, wee bye par …
With rule
… curtesye, to them we gyue kysses, to them we offer, to them we gyue gyftesgifts, vppō them we hange precious iewelles, to them wee applye miracles, wee bye par …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… hid miſteries. But yet al men of iudgemēt may know that they haue their gyftesgifts but vnto a certeyne meaſure, and as they are mē, ſo do they erre …
With rule
… hid miſteries. But yet al men of iudgemēt may know that they haue their gyftesgifts but vnto a certeyne meaſure, and as they are mē, ſo do they erre …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… which was at that tyme a great gouernor in Vvalys) fedynge him with lordelye gyftesgifts and promyses to accomplysshe theyr desyre. He at the last thus monyed with Iudas …
With rule
… which was at that tyme a great gouernor in Vvalys) fedynge him with lordelye gyftesgifts and promyses to accomplysshe theyr desyre. He at the last thus monyed with Iudas …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
Printed
… to distribute at his pleasure the seuen spirits of God, or the the vnyuersall gyftesgifts of the holye ghost.
With rule
… to distribute at his pleasure the seuen spirits of God, or the the vnyuersall gyftesgifts of the holye ghost.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… inferior sorte, for whom he hath not bes…towed so many and so excellent gyftesgifts: yet mus…t thow vnderstand that it is not all one thing to be …
With rule
… inferior sorte, for whom he hath not bes…towed so many and so excellent gyftesgifts: yet mus…t thow vnderstand that it is not all one thing to be …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… agayne and iuſtifyed, and alſo maye knowe and haue agayne, the Father with hys gyftesgifts.
With rule
… agayne and iuſtifyed, and alſo maye knowe and haue agayne, the Father with hys gyftesgifts.
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… low. For looke howe muche the spirite excelleth the body, so muche do these gyftesgifts excell the other beynge incōparable, & not able by ony mea nes to be recōpēsed …
With rule
… low. For looke howe muche the spirite excelleth the body, so muche do these gyftesgifts excell the other beynge incōparable, & not able by ony mea nes to be recōpēsed …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Tragical Death of David Beaton A05559

Printed
GyftesGifts of golde, I gaue them greate plentie
With rule
GyftesGifts of golde, I gaue them greate plentie
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
GyftesGifts receyuyng.
With rule
GyftesGifts receyuyng.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

Printed
… agayne to be increaſed with Loue, ſpeaking nat of our acceptacion but of giftes. GyftesGifts do growe by vſe of giuing, and deſerueth to be increſed. The greatneſſe of …
With rule
… agayne to be increaſed with Loue, ſpeaking nat of our acceptacion but of giftes. GyftesGifts do growe by vſe of giuing, and deſerueth to be increſed. The greatneſſe of …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lx · Open in the reader