Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7765 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lyghtelight

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

Puritas changed it: 353 times in 104 works
Consistency: 99.7% (353 of 354)
Reach if approved: ~372 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: light
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 354 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (353 changes in 104 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 353)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he compasse thē with gynnes of hypocrisye too blinde theyr vnfaythfull myndes, leaste the lyghtelight of the gospell shoulde be open vnto thē. The abhomination of desolacion shall he …
With rule
… he compasse thē with gynnes of hypocrisye too blinde theyr vnfaythfull myndes, leaste the lyghtelight of the gospell shoulde be open vnto thē. The abhomination of desolacion shall he …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… shalbe appeased, and bothe we saued. Therefore I beynge a watcheman and by the lyghtelight of goddes worde spying that the abominacion of ydolatrous couetousnes hathe kyndled the indygnacyon …
With rule
… shalbe appeased, and bothe we saued. Therefore I beynge a watcheman and by the lyghtelight of goddes worde spying that the abominacion of ydolatrous couetousnes hathe kyndled the indygnacyon …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… absolucion, whiche is a good and perfecte gyfte, cometh doune frome the father of lyghtelight. Blessed Ihon in his epistle sayeth: If we confesse our synnes, god is faythfull …
With rule
… absolucion, whiche is a good and perfecte gyfte, cometh doune frome the father of lyghtelight. Blessed Ihon in his epistle sayeth: If we confesse our synnes, god is faythfull …
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
Uvhat meaneth this meruelous great lyghtelight
With rule
Uvhat meaneth this meruelous great lyghtelight
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader
Printed
… olde lawe vanysshed away and were no l…nger of ony effecte. Whan the lyghtelight once shyneth, the darkenes bearethe rule no lenger. Christ the true lyght of the …
With rule
… olde lawe vanysshed away and were no l…nger of ony effecte. Whan the lyghtelight once shyneth, the darkenes bearethe rule no lenger. Christ the true lyght of the …
Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… high maiestie of God appoynted and ordeyned. For what needed the goodly creature of lyghtelight? If there had bene no darknesse, or howe shoulde this benefite haue bene felt …
With rule
… high maiestie of God appoynted and ordeyned. For what needed the goodly creature of lyghtelight? If there had bene no darknesse, or howe shoulde this benefite haue bene felt …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… beleve in him (as the Pope doeth) and then shall Gods worde come to lyghtelight agayne (as it doeth at this tyme) and destroye hym and vtter his iuglynge …
With rule
… beleve in him (as the Pope doeth) and then shall Gods worde come to lyghtelight agayne (as it doeth at this tyme) and destroye hym and vtter his iuglynge …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxij · Open in the reader
Printed
… neuer the more ne leste, where then becōmeth your ministrations. For yf a mā lyghtelight manye candels at one candle as longe as they brenne there wylbe many candelles …
With rule
… neuer the more ne leste, where then becōmeth your ministrations. For yf a mā lyghtelight manye candels at one candle as longe as they brenne there wylbe many candelles …
John Wycliffe · Wycliffes Wicket · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

Printed
… so. Saynte Paule sayeth. i. Lorinth. vi. Ryghteousnesse canne haue no felyshyppe wyth vnryghteousnesse. LyghteLight agreeth not with darkenesse, neyther hath Christe anye concorde with Belial. And thys (he …
With rule
… so. Saynte Paule sayeth. i. Lorinth. vi. Ryghteousnesse canne haue no felyshyppe wyth vnryghteousnesse. LyghteLight agreeth not with darkenesse, neyther hath Christe anye concorde with Belial. And thys (he …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader