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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7758 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bysshoppesbishops

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

Puritas changed it
174 times in 35 works
Consistency
100% (174 of 174)
Reach if approved
~183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bishops
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
174 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (174 changes in 35 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 174)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of hereſye, ſo that they knowe therby alſo them ſelues agaynſt the Decrees of ByſſhoppesBishops to condempne the chefe pyllare and ſtaye of diuines.
    With rule
    … of hereſye, ſo that they knowe therby alſo them ſelues agaynſt the Decrees of ByſſhoppesBishops to condempne the chefe pyllare and ſtaye of diuines.

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Maiestie was come ī progresse to Southampton / whiche was .5. myle from my personage of BysshoppesBishops stocke / within the same coūtye. I toke my horse about .10 of ye clocke / for …
    With rule
    … Maiestie was come ī progresse to Southampton / whiche was .5. myle from my personage of BysshoppesBishops stocke / within the same coūtye. I toke my horse about .10 of ye clocke / for …

    John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and bene so generall, and hathe had from time to time a succession of BysshoppesBishops, and alwaies remayned visible in the eyes of the worlde, can not be but …
    With rule
    … and bene so generall, and hathe had from time to time a succession of BysshoppesBishops, and alwaies remayned visible in the eyes of the worlde, can not be but …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … apostataes / holye Apostels I shuld saye / as are both the olde and newe tytled BysshoppesBishops / Suffraganes / archedea cons / officials / chauncellars / deanes / c… missaryes / doctors / curates / and parishe prestes with …
    With rule
    … apostataes / holye Apostels I shuld saye / as are both the olde and newe tytled BysshoppesBishops / Suffraganes / archedea cons / officials / chauncellars / deanes / c… missaryes / doctors / curates / and parishe prestes with …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … flockes of fraternities. And I meruayle, yf there be not a greatte sorte of bysshoppesbishops and prelates, that are bretherne germayne vnto these, and as a great sort, so …
    With rule
    … flockes of fraternities. And I meruayle, yf there be not a greatte sorte of bysshoppesbishops and prelates, that are bretherne germayne vnto these, and as a great sort, so …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … alſo myght be ſhewed the wyckedneſſe, famylyer, & greatly vſed of the offycyalles & other the byſſhoppesbishops & ſpirytuall offycers, whiche excommunycate the poore people, and handell them and vexe theym with …
    With rule
    … alſo myght be ſhewed the wyckedneſſe, famylyer, & greatly vſed of the offycyalles & other the byſſhoppesbishops & ſpirytuall offycers, whiche excommunycate the poore people, and handell them and vexe theym with …

    Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … lyued verteously, and also preached purely the deuyne wyl of his celestial father, the BysshoppesBishops, the head Preestes, the Scribes & Pharisees,) whiche thorow theyr obstinate blyndnes & pretensed malyce shall …
    With rule
    … lyued verteously, and also preached purely the deuyne wyl of his celestial father, the BysshoppesBishops, the head Preestes, the Scribes & Pharisees,) whiche thorow theyr obstinate blyndnes & pretensed malyce shall …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … wyllyng to conferme his fathers cōmaūdemēt & decree / called togyther all the lerned men and byſſhoppesbishops oute of all Grece lande / beyng in nōbre. CCC.xxx. which comparynge the ſcriptures …
    With rule
    … wyllyng to conferme his fathers cōmaūdemēt & decree / called togyther all the lerned men and byſſhoppesbishops oute of all Grece lande / beyng in nōbre. CCC.xxx. which comparynge the ſcriptures …

    Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.