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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7864 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

takyngetaking

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

Puritas changed it
156 times in 72 works
Consistency
97.5% (156 of 160)
Reach if approved
~168 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: taking
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
160 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (156 changes in 72 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 156)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … not perceyue the doctrine of great & excellent thynges, but is lyke vnto them, which takyngetaking in hande for to swymme ouer ye see wythout a shyp, whan they are …
    With rule
    … not perceyue the doctrine of great & excellent thynges, but is lyke vnto them, which takyngetaking in hande for to swymme ouer ye see wythout a shyp, whan they are …

    Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … we haue no cause to be proude of them, but rather ye more hūble, takyngetaking euer thought, howe we maye spende well the talent commytted vnto vs, vnlesse we …
    With rule
    … we haue no cause to be proude of them, but rather ye more hūble, takyngetaking euer thought, howe we maye spende well the talent commytted vnto vs, vnlesse we …

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

  3. Printed
    ¶ Fynally as concernynge the takyngetaking downe and puttyng awaye of alters / erecte and dedycate vnto images or ſayntes / they …
    With rule
    ¶ Fynally as concernynge the takyngetaking downe and puttyng awaye of alters / erecte and dedycate vnto images or ſayntes / they …

    Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of a dignitee and woorthynesse in Chryste. And Cyryllus argueth agaynste the sayde Nestoryus takyngetaking hys argumente of the nature of the sacramentes. If the fleashe of Chryste sayeth …
    With rule
    … of a dignitee and woorthynesse in Chryste. And Cyryllus argueth agaynste the sayde Nestoryus takyngetaking hys argumente of the nature of the sacramentes. If the fleashe of Chryste sayeth …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … depe pit of vngodlynes, whereunto they haue calte headlonge so manye milians of men, takyngetaking dilygent hede as farre as the Lorde shall geue vs grace, that we neyther …
    With rule
    … depe pit of vngodlynes, whereunto they haue calte headlonge so manye milians of men, takyngetaking dilygent hede as farre as the Lorde shall geue vs grace, that we neyther …

    Martin Bucer · Gratulation · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … by his comaundemēt / ſo is not the rewarde geuen / for anie deſeruing / or paynes takyngetaking / but acording to his awne promes.
    With rule
    … by his comaundemēt / ſo is not the rewarde geuen / for anie deſeruing / or paynes takyngetaking / but acording to his awne promes.

    Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … first all the worlde to wonder and than to worshyp Bel…al for Christ / takyngetaking darkenesse for lyght / and synne for ryghtousnesse.
    With rule
    … first all the worlde to wonder and than to worshyp Bel…al for Christ / takyngetaking darkenesse for lyght / and synne for ryghtousnesse.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … betwene children of light, and chyldren of the world, bicause great deceyte aryseth in takyngetaking the one for the other. Great imposture commeth, when they that the common people …
    With rule
    … betwene children of light, and chyldren of the world, bicause great deceyte aryseth in takyngetaking the one for the other. Great imposture commeth, when they that the common people …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

  • Printed
    TakyngeTaking of pledges.
    With rule
    TakyngeTaking of pledges.

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakyngeTaking ¶ Seke Pledges.
    With rule
    TakyngeTaking ¶ Seke Pledges.

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

  • Printed
    … geven to fylthy lucre / but abhorringe covetousnes. And as Peter saith .j. Petri. v. TakyngeTaking the oversight of them / not as though ye were compelled there vnto: but willingly …
    With rule
    … geven to fylthy lucre / but abhorringe covetousnes. And as Peter saith .j. Petri. v. TakyngeTaking the oversight of them / not as though ye were compelled there vnto: but willingly …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxxv · Open in the reader