Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7804 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cannecan

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

Puritas changed it: 787 times in 175 works
Consistency: 76.5% (787 of 1,028)
Reach if approved: ~1,080 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: can
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,028 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (787 changes in 175 works, 76.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 787)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… all the transgressions theirof, hee hes so now plucked awaie that sting, that it cannecan no waies hurt vs: as also he hes broken the force of sinne, that …
With rule
… all the transgressions theirof, hee hes so now plucked awaie that sting, that it cannecan no waies hurt vs: as also he hes broken the force of sinne, that …
James Melville · Fruitful and Comfortable Exhortation in Death · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… these in seuerall wordes phrases and maners of speakyng, I am suer though subtiltie cannecan deuise, startyng holes to elude some of theim, all the crafte of the Deuill …
With rule
… these in seuerall wordes phrases and maners of speakyng, I am suer though subtiltie cannecan deuise, startyng holes to elude some of theim, all the crafte of the Deuill …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Churches againſt thoſe allegations of the Donatiſts after ſuch a ſort as wee cannecan not truly defende ours at this day. Whereas therefore it was by the Donatiſts …
With rule
… the Churches againſt thoſe allegations of the Donatiſts after ſuch a ſort as wee cannecan not truly defende ours at this day. Whereas therefore it was by the Donatiſts …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
And styll wyll if I cannecan,
With rule
And styll wyll if I cannecan,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… of thine amendement, or weaknes of thy faith; considdering, that none of these tokens cannecan import the necessitie of thy reprobation? For thou knawis, that affliction hes ever ben …
With rule
… of thine amendement, or weaknes of thy faith; considdering, that none of these tokens cannecan import the necessitie of thy reprobation? For thou knawis, that affliction hes ever ben …
Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a greate man, he is a mighty Prince, a kynge of greate power, ye cannecan not bee wythoute hys frendeship, agre wyth hym in Relygyon, or elsse ye shall …
With rule
… a greate man, he is a mighty Prince, a kynge of greate power, ye cannecan not bee wythoute hys frendeship, agre wyth hym in Relygyon, or elsse ye shall …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… dede. He can not beare fyre in one hande & water in the other. He cannecan not playe placebo. He is none of those, that saye all is well, when …
With rule
… dede. He can not beare fyre in one hande & water in the other. He cannecan not playe placebo. He is none of those, that saye all is well, when …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
… Agē, euery prest is redy dayly ministrīg, & oftētimes offereth onemāner of of…erīges, which cannecan neuer take awaye sinne. But this man Christ, whā he had offered for …ynnes …
With rule
… Agē, euery prest is redy dayly ministrīg, & oftētimes offereth onemāner of of…erīges, which cannecan neuer take awaye sinne. But this man Christ, whā he had offered for …ynnes …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (241)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 226 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Catechism A01712

Printed
… For cannecan they take him to bee their Father, and not to loue them? CanneCan hee loue them, and not giue them all good things, which they beg of …
With rule
… For cannecan they take him to bee their Father, and not to loue them? CanneCan hee loue them, and not giue them all good things, which they beg of …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Micah A01754

Printed
… wil ye be goſpellers Can you worſhip me and youre wycked Mammon boothe together? CanneCan you ſerue two Maſters? Nay, you are to me defraudinge and oppreſſinge the poore …
With rule
… wil ye be goſpellers Can you worſhip me and youre wycked Mammon boothe together? CanneCan you ſerue two Maſters? Nay, you are to me defraudinge and oppreſſinge the poore …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
… ſaued onlye by the eleccyon of hys grace, what can owr fre wyll do? CanneCan we meryte grace with ſynne? or deſerue to be ryghtouſed by folye? O blynde …
With rule
… ſaued onlye by the eleccyon of hys grace, what can owr fre wyll do? CanneCan we meryte grace with ſynne? or deſerue to be ryghtouſed by folye? O blynde …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… mother, ād they brought vp in whory ſhneſſe all the dayes of ther lyfe. CanneCan hys clothes be vnbrent that hath fyre in hys boſome? Is yt poſſyble that …
With rule
… mother, ād they brought vp in whory ſhneſſe all the dayes of ther lyfe. CanneCan hys clothes be vnbrent that hath fyre in hys boſome? Is yt poſſyble that …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

The Flower of Godly Prayers A06743

Printed
… to be stayed vp by him, whiche for feablenes is not able too stande? CanneCan the man of Inde chaunge his skinne? or the catte of the mountaine her …
With rule
… to be stayed vp by him, whiche for feablenes is not able too stande? CanneCan the man of Inde chaunge his skinne? or the catte of the mountaine her …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. iii · Open in the reader

A Fruitful Treatise A06783

Printed
… fasted not, as they and the Pharises dyd. To whome Christe aunswered and sayde. CanneCan the brydegromes chyldren mourne so longe as the brydegrome is wyth theym? But the …
With rule
… fasted not, as they and the Pharises dyd. To whome Christe aunswered and sayde. CanneCan the brydegromes chyldren mourne so longe as the brydegrome is wyth theym? But the …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

The Jewel of Joy A06898

Printed
… and blessed spirites, to kysse and kull hym as his dear dearling & welbeloued heyer? CanneCan that man reioyce inoughe in his Lorde and maister, whyche of a base slaue …
With rule
… and blessed spirites, to kysse and kull hym as his dear dearling & welbeloued heyer? CanneCan that man reioyce inoughe in his Lorde and maister, whyche of a base slaue …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… Nichodemus sayde vnto hym: Howe can a man bee borne when he is olde? CanneCan he enter into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne? Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly …
With rule
… Nichodemus sayde vnto hym: Howe can a man bee borne when he is olde? CanneCan he enter into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne? Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 302 · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

Printed
I CanneCan none otherwyse but highly prayse the honest fashons, commendable vsages, and frendely customes, that …
With rule
I CanneCan none otherwyse but highly prayse the honest fashons, commendable vsages, and frendely customes, that …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be the seed of a woman, if he had no parte of her? CanneCan a woman truly saye, thys is myne owne and naturall sonne, whan she neuer …
With rule
… to be the seed of a woman, if he had no parte of her? CanneCan a woman truly saye, thys is myne owne and naturall sonne, whan she neuer …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon John 1 A15738

Printed
… vnto thy holy Mountaine, and to thy Tabernacle. Can naturall wiſedome guide vs thither? CanneCan the light of humane learning ſhew vs that way? The world in the wiſedome …
With rule
… vnto thy holy Mountaine, and to thy Tabernacle. Can naturall wiſedome guide vs thither? CanneCan the light of humane learning ſhew vs that way? The world in the wiſedome …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 208 · Open in the reader

Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper A19571

Printed
… and nouryshed by hym, and that wee dwell in hym, and he in vs. CanneCan this bee shewed vnto vs more playnly, than whan he saith hym selfe: He …
With rule
… and nouryshed by hym, and that wee dwell in hym, and he in vs. CanneCan this bee shewed vnto vs more playnly, than whan he saith hym selfe: He …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 14 February 1607 A19588

Printed
… let him appeale to the Court of mercie of his Mother: Oh-ſtrange diuinitie! CanneCan Gods iudgements bee vniuſt, or his proceedinges erroneous and vnequall? If they bee not …
With rule
… let him appeale to the Court of mercie of his Mother: Oh-ſtrange diuinitie! CanneCan Gods iudgements bee vniuſt, or his proceedinges erroneous and vnequall? If they bee not …
William Crashaw · Sermon Preached 14 February 1607 · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
15. CanneCan a vvoman forgette her Chylde? though they ſhoulde forget, yet will I not forget …
With rule
15. CanneCan a vvoman forgette her Chylde? though they ſhoulde forget, yet will I not forget …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Malachi A72181

Printed
CanneCan affliccion? can anguyſhe? can parfecucion? can hunger? can nackednes? can peryll? can the ſwearde …
With rule
CanneCan affliccion? can anguyſhe? can parfecucion? can hunger? can nackednes? can peryll? can the ſwearde …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Malachi · Open in the reader