Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7898 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stylstill

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

Puritas changed it: 214 times in 88 works
Consistency: 99.0% (214 of 216)
Reach if approved: ~227 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: still
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 216 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (214 changes in 88 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 214)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of my seruaūtes the Prophetes, whom I sent vnto you, … ng vp …times, and stylstill sending: If … wil not heare them (I say) then wil I do to thys …
With rule
… of my seruaūtes the Prophetes, whom I sent vnto you, … ng vp …times, and stylstill sending: If … wil not heare them (I say) then wil I do to thys …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe after the old canons / one deadly ſinne requireth .vij. yeares of penance. And ſtylstill thei put truſt in their own workes of ſatiſfaccyon. And if their ſatiſfaction could …
With rule
… becauſe after the old canons / one deadly ſinne requireth .vij. yeares of penance. And ſtylstill thei put truſt in their own workes of ſatiſfaccyon. And if their ſatiſfaction could …
Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader
Printed
… yf it be once incēsed or set on fyre, to lyft vp it selfe & stylstill to go vpward so lōg as it lasteth I… lyke maner the true & christen …
With rule
… yf it be once incēsed or set on fyre, to lyft vp it selfe & stylstill to go vpward so lōg as it lasteth I… lyke maner the true & christen …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… for helpe by Fayth. As Peter ſayeth. Be you wakinge for the Deuyl goeth ſtylstill about lyke a raueninge Lion ſekinge whome he maye deuoure. And as touchinge our …
With rule
… for helpe by Fayth. As Peter ſayeth. Be you wakinge for the Deuyl goeth ſtylstill about lyke a raueninge Lion ſekinge whome he maye deuoure. And as touchinge our …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader
Printed
… haſt thou muſt remember that thou art a felowe ſtyll / and bounde to loue ſtylstill. But yf loue alone wyl not helpe / then put thy mayſters auctoryte vnto thy …
With rule
… haſt thou muſt remember that thou art a felowe ſtyll / and bounde to loue ſtylstill. But yf loue alone wyl not helpe / then put thy mayſters auctoryte vnto thy …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader
Printed
… or els prechīg muſt put it awaye, as ones it dyd wyth vs, and ſtylstill wold haue done, yf we had bene thankfull to god for preachyng and preachers …
With rule
… or els prechīg muſt put it awaye, as ones it dyd wyth vs, and ſtylstill wold haue done, yf we had bene thankfull to god for preachyng and preachers …
John Bradford · The Hurt of Hearing Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… trueth My trust is (as I sayd afore) that ye wyl hold your hand stylstill on the plough, that ye wyll walke honestly now whyle the mercy of God …
With rule
… trueth My trust is (as I sayd afore) that ye wyl hold your hand stylstill on the plough, that ye wyll walke honestly now whyle the mercy of God …
John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… peace offerynge, or full sacryfyce of hymselfe for all, Hebr. vii. though he holdeth stylstill a perpetuall presthode.
With rule
… peace offerynge, or full sacryfyce of hymselfe for all, Hebr. vii. though he holdeth stylstill a perpetuall presthode.
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lxx · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

Printed
StylStill ye bryng in your womēs matters, lyke a womanly captayne, to prou… a chastite …
With rule
StylStill ye bryng in your womēs matters, lyke a womanly captayne, to prou… a chastite …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader