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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7903 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnrulieunruly

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

Puritas changed it
80 times in 44 works
Consistency
100% (80 of 80)
Reach if approved
~84 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unruly
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
80 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (80 changes in 44 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 80)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    The second necessar vertue is Prudence: There is no creature more vnrulieunruly than man, and the more reasonable in nature, the more vnreasonable in his actions …
    With rule
    The second necessar vertue is Prudence: There is no creature more vnrulieunruly than man, and the more reasonable in nature, the more vnreasonable in his actions …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in his Bottels: But as for these drumlie and barmie teares of fierce and vnrulieunruly passions comming from the muddie fountaine of an vnhallowed heart, the Lord will not …
    With rule
    … in his Bottels: But as for these drumlie and barmie teares of fierce and vnrulieunruly passions comming from the muddie fountaine of an vnhallowed heart, the Lord will not …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1228 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    3. It mortifieth boisterous & vnrulieunruly, hatefull & hurtfull affections, it will make a lion become a lambe, and a beare …
    With rule
    3. It mortifieth boisterous & vnrulieunruly, hatefull & hurtfull affections, it will make a lion become a lambe, and a beare …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Signs · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … withſtand any wicked motion of their owne ſinfull hearts, or the rage of their vnrulieunruly tongues; they are taken captiues and become bondſlaues to euery noyſome and damnable vice …
    With rule
    … withſtand any wicked motion of their owne ſinfull hearts, or the rage of their vnrulieunruly tongues; they are taken captiues and become bondſlaues to euery noyſome and damnable vice …

    Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 432 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Thirdly, they can maſter their vnrulieunruly affections, and mortifie the rebellious motions thereof. They haue power, by the grace that …
    With rule
    Thirdly, they can maſter their vnrulieunruly affections, and mortifie the rebellious motions thereof. They haue power, by the grace that …

    John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … more he waxeth in reason by yeares, the more he groweth proud, froward, wilfull, vnrulieunruly, and disobedient. If this sparkle be suffered to increase, it will rage ouer, and …
    With rule
    … more he waxeth in reason by yeares, the more he groweth proud, froward, wilfull, vnrulieunruly, and disobedient. If this sparkle be suffered to increase, it will rage ouer, and …

    Robert Cleaver · A Godly Form of Household Government · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the cōpariſon of the nature of ye moſt wild & cruel things, what an horrible vnrulieunruly euill the tongue is, doing that which is monſtrous & as it were againſt al …
    With rule
    … the cōpariſon of the nature of ye moſt wild & cruel things, what an horrible vnrulieunruly euill the tongue is, doing that which is monſtrous & as it were againſt al …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 233 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in this ſentence, who are vnreconciliable and paſt amendment. Albeit the wiſe pacifie ſome vnrulieunruly people, as in the ſentence before ſet downe hath bene affirmed: yet other there …
    With rule
    … in this ſentence, who are vnreconciliable and paſt amendment. Albeit the wiſe pacifie ſome vnrulieunruly people, as in the ſentence before ſet downe hath bene affirmed: yet other there …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 262 · 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.