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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7774 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

broylesbroils

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

Puritas changed it
170 times in 120 works
Consistency
94.4% (170 of 180)
Reach if approved
~189 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: broils
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
180 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (170 changes in 120 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 170)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … word and workes of God, and that it may at once breake all the broylesbroils & aſſaultes of diſtruſtes, & giue it ſelfe to reſt: it muſt needes be that the …
    With rule
    … word and workes of God, and that it may at once breake all the broylesbroils & aſſaultes of diſtruſtes, & giue it ſelfe to reſt: it muſt needes be that the …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … oftentimes to our ſhame? Hath not this euill had a hand in thoſe many broylesbroils and contentions, which haue bin amongſt the faithfull from time to time? This cannot …
    With rule
    … oftentimes to our ſhame? Hath not this euill had a hand in thoſe many broylesbroils and contentions, which haue bin amongſt the faithfull from time to time? This cannot …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 312 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … infamie / men comminge h…ther owte off all Europe / they might alſo ſe the broylesbroils off oure churche and ſo ſpread them farr abroad amoge all nations: more ouer …
    With rule
    … infamie / men comminge h…ther owte off all Europe / they might alſo ſe the broylesbroils off oure churche and ſo ſpread them farr abroad amoge all nations: more ouer …

    William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. XCIII · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to chuse Williā Earle of Holland, king, agaynst Friderike & Conrade. Which thing wrought new broylesbroils in the Empyre.
    With rule
    … to chuse Williā Earle of Holland, king, agaynst Friderike & Conrade. Which thing wrought new broylesbroils in the Empyre.

    Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Where let it be considered, how he broylesbroils things of all kynds together, contrary even to their nature, and right reason: In …
    With rule
    Where let it be considered, how he broylesbroils things of all kynds together, contrary even to their nature, and right reason: In …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And when the Parliament was called, to which God made the Scottish broylesbroils an advantage, (though the affaires of England could not long have stood in that …
    With rule
    And when the Parliament was called, to which God made the Scottish broylesbroils an advantage, (though the affaires of England could not long have stood in that …

    Edward Bowles · Manifest Truth · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … IESVS, hauing spoyled the strong man of his furniture, it cannot be but many broylesbroils and bickerings will be behind, and some blowes wilbe in the controuersie, so long …
    With rule
    … IESVS, hauing spoyled the strong man of his furniture, it cannot be but many broylesbroils and bickerings will be behind, and some blowes wilbe in the controuersie, so long …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 780 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in peeces? That the Prelats hands were farre in this Kings miscarriage, and bloodie broylesbroils ensuing, it is manifest by their never ceassing-desire, till the good Duke of …
    With rule
    … in peeces? That the Prelats hands were farre in this Kings miscarriage, and bloodie broylesbroils ensuing, it is manifest by their never ceassing-desire, till the good Duke of …

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 66 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment A01341

  • Printed
    BroylesBroils, which (alas) doe dayly more increase.
    With rule
    BroylesBroils, which (alas) doe dayly more increase.

    Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

Englands Parliamentary Chronicle A95892

  • Printed
    … whereas, both in that renowned Victory, and in all the progreſſe of theſe bloody BroylesBroils, and moſt uncivill Civill Warres over the whole Kingdome; even I ſay, from that …
    With rule
    … whereas, both in that renowned Victory, and in all the progreſſe of theſe bloody BroylesBroils, and moſt uncivill Civill Warres over the whole Kingdome; even I ſay, from that …

    John Vicars · Englands Parliamentary Chronicle · p. 475 · Open in the reader