Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7828 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pennepen

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

Puritas changed it: 642 times in 368 works
Consistency: 100% (642 of 642)
Reach if approved: ~675 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pen
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 642 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (642 changes in 368 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 642)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… railing companion blusheth not to strike, at this religious honourable Gentleman, with his malicious pennepen, by imputing vnto him vndutifull and disloyall wishes against her highnes; for whom all …
With rule
… railing companion blusheth not to strike, at this religious honourable Gentleman, with his malicious pennepen, by imputing vnto him vndutifull and disloyall wishes against her highnes; for whom all …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſeruing inſtruments, hath God raiſed vp in our Church exceeding both for mouth, and pennepen: among the laſt of which, the Author of this Sermon need not to be …
With rule
… deſeruing inſtruments, hath God raiſed vp in our Church exceeding both for mouth, and pennepen: among the laſt of which, the Author of this Sermon need not to be …
Samuel Hieron · The Spiritual Fishing · Open in the reader
Printed
… beene done but by an Edmund Iron-side, nor scarce written but with a pennepen of iron. Reading is the least part of study, and yet much reading is …
With rule
… beene done but by an Edmund Iron-side, nor scarce written but with a pennepen of iron. Reading is the least part of study, and yet much reading is …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the other was read vnto him, which he well liked of: inſtéede of a pennepen, he tooke a pinne, and ſo pricking his hand, ſprinkled the bloud vpon the …
With rule
… the other was read vnto him, which he well liked of: inſtéede of a pennepen, he tooke a pinne, and ſo pricking his hand, ſprinkled the bloud vpon the …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therof in vvriting, yet they vvil not beleue, that any man dare ſet his pennepen to the paper, once to attempte the matter: I haue novve thought good to …
With rule
… therof in vvriting, yet they vvil not beleue, that any man dare ſet his pennepen to the paper, once to attempte the matter: I haue novve thought good to …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · Open in the reader
Printed
… fit and able to accomplish. A man may wonder to see, that the same pennepen should write, that euery supernaturall worke or myracle is of God, & is a testimonie …
With rule
… fit and able to accomplish. A man may wonder to see, that the same pennepen should write, that euery supernaturall worke or myracle is of God, & is a testimonie …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… and propriety termed Goſpels, or to ſpeake as the Scots doe, Euangiles, and the pennepen-men of them Euangeliſts. If it bee duely conſidered into what a woe-full …
With rule
… and propriety termed Goſpels, or to ſpeake as the Scots doe, Euangiles, and the pennepen-men of them Euangeliſts. If it bee duely conſidered into what a woe-full …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which is moved in faith with present occasion to cal upon God is the pennepen of a readie writer, (that is) hath matter and wordes enough without a book …
With rule
… which is moved in faith with present occasion to cal upon God is the pennepen of a readie writer, (that is) hath matter and wordes enough without a book …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 14 · 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.