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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7797 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prouydeprovide

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

Puritas changed it
140 times in 82 works
Consistency
95.2% (140 of 147)
Reach if approved
~154 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: provide
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
147 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (140 changes in 82 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 140)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Bynde vp her head for sweruynge / lappe vp her bodye warme for sursetynge / and prouydeprovide her a cawdell of calues egges to recouer her agayne yf yt maye be …
    With rule
    … Bynde vp her head for sweruynge / lappe vp her bodye warme for sursetynge / and prouydeprovide her a cawdell of calues egges to recouer her agayne yf yt maye be …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vnpreachynge prelates in hys realme, nor bribing Iudges, t… se to all estates, to prouydeprovide for the poore, to se vittailes goodchepe. Is not thys a labour trowe ye …
    With rule
    … vnpreachynge prelates in hys realme, nor bribing Iudges, t… se to all estates, to prouydeprovide for the poore, to se vittailes goodchepe. Is not thys a labour trowe ye …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … not agaynſt the thre fyrſte cōmaundemētes. And moreouer yf they haue nede we muſt prouydeprovide thē, meate, clothyng, and houſe. For it is not for nought yt god ſayd …
    With rule
    … not agaynſt the thre fyrſte cōmaundemētes. And moreouer yf they haue nede we muſt prouydeprovide thē, meate, clothyng, and houſe. For it is not for nought yt god ſayd …

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

  4. Printed
    … not God, as for the fayth full Christians thei haue a lorde whiche wyl prouydeprovide for them aboūdauntly. Let adulteres forni cators, theues, Dronkardes, swe rers, and suche other …
    With rule
    … not God, as for the fayth full Christians thei haue a lorde whiche wyl prouydeprovide for them aboūdauntly. Let adulteres forni cators, theues, Dronkardes, swe rers, and suche other …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … haue the primacye, and the brethren to bee vnder her, so that she shoulde prouydeprovide both for man and woman, meate, drinke and clothyng. Among the brethren shuld one …
    With rule
    … haue the primacye, and the brethren to bee vnder her, so that she shoulde prouydeprovide both for man and woman, meate, drinke and clothyng. Among the brethren shuld one …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … will easily wipe away this blot, namely in saying, are we not boūd to prouydeprovide for our selues, our wyues, our children & famelie▪ Doth not the Apostle hold him …
    With rule
    … will easily wipe away this blot, namely in saying, are we not boūd to prouydeprovide for our selues, our wyues, our children & famelie▪ Doth not the Apostle hold him …

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſame, hath not then the whole Church together power to correct them, and to prouydeprovide for and remedie ſuche faultes?
    With rule
    … ſame, hath not then the whole Church together power to correct them, and to prouydeprovide for and remedie ſuche faultes?

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 363 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … you to foresee that Christian common weales suffer no dammage nor detriment, and to prouydeprovide that nothing may bee committed by violence and fraude, that may obscure the glory …
    With rule
    … you to foresee that Christian common weales suffer no dammage nor detriment, and to prouydeprovide that nothing may bee committed by violence and fraude, that may obscure the glory …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan A02658

  • Printed
    ProuydeProvide wyll I ſo, that thy kyngedom ſhall decaye,
    With rule
    ProuydeProvide wyll I ſo, that thy kyngedom ſhall decaye,

    John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

  • Printed
    … youre holye mother for fallynge / we are not so blynde but we perseyue yt. ProuydeProvide ye for necessaryes apace / & se that she droppe not awaye sodenlye in the feuer …
    With rule
    … youre holye mother for fallynge / we are not so blynde but we perseyue yt. ProuydeProvide ye for necessaryes apace / & se that she droppe not awaye sodenlye in the feuer …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    ProuydeProvide therefore this learned and godly teacher, after the precepts, and rules of grammer moſte …
    With rule
    ProuydeProvide therefore this learned and godly teacher, after the precepts, and rules of grammer moſte …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

  • Printed
    … thynges that are aboue, where Christ is syttynge on the ryght hande of GOD. ProuydeProvide for those thynges yt are aboue and not vpon the earth. For ye are …
    With rule
    … thynges that are aboue, where Christ is syttynge on the ryght hande of GOD. ProuydeProvide for those thynges yt are aboue and not vpon the earth. For ye are …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

  • Printed
    Ye saye trueth. ProuydeProvide therfore that ye your selues remember it well, & euer set before your eyes this …
    With rule
    Ye saye trueth. ProuydeProvide therfore that ye your selues remember it well, & euer set before your eyes this …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent A07085

  • Printed
    … lond of captiuite Remēber that God hath deliuered yon from the fylthy & abhominable Sodomites. ProuydeProvide therfore yt ye loke not backe agen vnto theyr pernicious manners. Remember that God …
    With rule
    … lond of captiuite Remēber that God hath deliuered yon from the fylthy & abhominable Sodomites. ProuydeProvide therfore yt ye loke not backe agen vnto theyr pernicious manners. Remember that God …

    Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader