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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7716 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

slepesleep

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

Puritas changed it
505 times in 110 works
Consistency
98.4% (505 of 513)
Reach if approved
~539 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sleep
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
513 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (505 changes in 110 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 505)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … aboue al the heauenes, & therfore he is called the fyrſt fruit of thē that ſlepesleep & fyrſt borne of the dead not bicauſe he is fyrſt riſē amōg mē, for …
    With rule
    … aboue al the heauenes, & therfore he is called the fyrſt fruit of thē that ſlepesleep & fyrſt borne of the dead not bicauſe he is fyrſt riſē amōg mē, for …

    Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of the Sacrament, some tymes to i…ke and some tymes to nod, to slepesleep a while and walk another, now to cry out with a loud voice, and …
    With rule
    … of the Sacrament, some tymes to i…ke and some tymes to nod, to slepesleep a while and walk another, now to cry out with a loud voice, and …

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … somtymes pufting, somtymes blawing, somtymes dreaming, now as it were walking out of his slepesleep, now turning his face to the people, now to the Alter, now crosing, now …
    With rule
    … somtymes pufting, somtymes blawing, somtymes dreaming, now as it were walking out of his slepesleep, now turning his face to the people, now to the Alter, now crosing, now …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … weake mā, thruste them euerie one in to hell. Iesabel may for a time slepesleep quietlie in the bed of her fornication and hoordome, she may teache and deceiue …
    With rule
    … weake mā, thruste them euerie one in to hell. Iesabel may for a time slepesleep quietlie in the bed of her fornication and hoordome, she may teache and deceiue …

    John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that was in thē did ſometime parauēture exerciſe his ſtrēght while thei were a ſlepesleep / as .S. Auſtē & .S. Bierom with other do grāt. And yet theſe did think …
    With rule
    … that was in thē did ſometime parauēture exerciſe his ſtrēght while thei were a ſlepesleep / as .S. Auſtē & .S. Bierom with other do grāt. And yet theſe did think …

    Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Delight not in slepesleep, least thou come vn to pouerty, but open thyne eyes, that thou mayest haue …
    With rule
    Delight not in slepesleep, least thou come vn to pouerty, but open thyne eyes, that thou mayest haue …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … before the people? long life is like a long night, whē a man cannot slepesleep, so age is wearisom with sicknes, and striues with it selfe, because it cannot …
    With rule
    … before the people? long life is like a long night, whē a man cannot slepesleep, so age is wearisom with sicknes, and striues with it selfe, because it cannot …

    Henry Smith · The Preachers Proclamation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and styrre vp agayne, and bryng to lyght that we haue hyd & brogh… a slepesleep with muche cost, payne and bloudeshedyng more then thys hundred yere longe. Considred also …
    With rule
    … and styrre vp agayne, and bryng to lyght that we haue hyd & brogh… a slepesleep with muche cost, payne and bloudeshedyng more then thys hundred yere longe. Considred also …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

6 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 Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … of Homeres Ilyades ſignifyed the ſame to Agamemnon, whē be ſent him the God SlepeSleep with this embaſſy.
    With rule
    … of Homeres Ilyades ſignifyed the ſame to Agamemnon, whē be ſent him the God SlepeSleep with this embaſſy.

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

The Logic Newly Translated A05111

  • Printed
    As thoughe he woulde ſaye, SlepeSleep is ſwete to wearye mē, ſo is thy verſe to me. Whoſe negation is,
    With rule
    As thoughe he woulde ſaye, SlepeSleep is ſwete to wearye mē, ſo is thy verſe to me. Whoſe negation is,

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

  • Printed
    SlepeSleep not in death,
    With rule
    SlepeSleep not in death,

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SlepeSleep I can not. And I am lothe to let them goe from me. For …
    With rule
    SlepeSleep I can not. And I am lothe to let them goe from me. For …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 226 · Open in the reader

The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ A15874

  • Printed
    … he founde them ſlepyng for heauineſſe, and he ſaid vnto them, what ſlepesleep ye? SlepeSleep hēceforth & take your reſt, it is enough, riſe, watche and praye, that ye enter …
    With rule
    … he founde them ſlepyng for heauineſſe, and he ſaid vnto them, what ſlepesleep ye? SlepeSleep hēceforth & take your reſt, it is enough, riſe, watche and praye, that ye enter …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be at hande, and that we maye beware of them which be to come. SlepeSleep now and reſt, either it is a nipping taunte, or els a fatherly gentleneſſe …
    With rule
    … be at hande, and that we maye beware of them which be to come. SlepeSleep now and reſt, either it is a nipping taunte, or els a fatherly gentleneſſe …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 67 · Open in the reader