Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7908 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

makyngemaking

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

Puritas changed it: 236 times in 78 works
Consistency: 97.5% (236 of 242)
Reach if approved: ~254 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: making
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 242 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (236 changes in 78 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 236)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… against the? Maister George hearynge thys, sate downe vpon his knees in the pulpet, makyngemaking his prayer to God. Whē he had ended his prayer, swetely and christianlike he …
With rule
… against the? Maister George hearynge thys, sate downe vpon his knees in the pulpet, makyngemaking his prayer to God. Whē he had ended his prayer, swetely and christianlike he …
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
… orting of one another, to the studie of amendemente of life, to the prouisyon makyngemaking for the poore, to the redresse of abuses in y^e common weale to the …
With rule
… orting of one another, to the studie of amendemente of life, to the prouisyon makyngemaking for the poore, to the redresse of abuses in y^e common weale to the …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
… thinke it ſtraunge nor amiſſe, if we begin with the callinge of his Name, makyngemaking to hym oure prayer in ſuch ſort as foloweth.
With rule
… thinke it ſtraunge nor amiſſe, if we begin with the callinge of his Name, makyngemaking to hym oure prayer in ſuch ſort as foloweth.
Theodore Beza · An Oration · Open in the reader
Printed
… thoughe that God hath made them / and they are a good worke of Goddes makyngemaking. How be it they are yet called evill / becauſe that evyll men vſe them …
With rule
… thoughe that God hath made them / and they are a good worke of Goddes makyngemaking. How be it they are yet called evill / becauſe that evyll men vſe them …
William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · p. xix · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus makyngemaking an ende of my longe bablyng wyth you dearly beloued brethren and ſyſters, I …
With rule
Thus makyngemaking an ende of my longe bablyng wyth you dearly beloued brethren and ſyſters, I …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… therin the vertue & strength to vnitte and knytte the christians to Christe theyr heade, makyngemaking it of force to draw them quytte from hym, by puttyng theyr confidence in …
With rule
… therin the vertue & strength to vnitte and knytte the christians to Christe theyr heade, makyngemaking it of force to draw them quytte from hym, by puttyng theyr confidence in …
John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… North partyes at Twyforde, where as he publyshed a serten boke of hys owne makyngemaking, called A penytencyall summe, commaundynge hys clergye to put yt euerye where in practyse …
With rule
… North partyes at Twyforde, where as he publyshed a serten boke of hys owne makyngemaking, called A penytencyall summe, commaundynge hys clergye to put yt euerye where in practyse …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their sophistrye / sorcerye / wyles / wytchecraftes / decrees / decretals / actes / clementynes / extrauagantes / pryuileges / bulles / & prouinciall synodals / makyngemaking playne merchandyce both of the bodyes and sowles of menne. This have they done …
With rule
… their sophistrye / sorcerye / wyles / wytchecraftes / decrees / decretals / actes / clementynes / extrauagantes / pryuileges / bulles / & prouinciall synodals / makyngemaking playne merchandyce both of the bodyes and sowles of menne. This have they done …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 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.

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

Printed
MakyngeMaking the a pope, & a captayne of all pryde.
With rule
MakyngeMaking the a pope, & a captayne of all pryde.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

Printed
MakyngeMaking the apope & a captayne of all …ryde
With rule
MakyngeMaking the apope & a captayne of all …ryde
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

Printed
MakyngeMaking the waters, more peaceable and plesaunt.
With rule
MakyngeMaking the waters, more peaceable and plesaunt.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

Printed
MakyngeMaking her no better then another woman▪ et cetera.
With rule
MakyngeMaking her no better then another woman▪ et cetera.
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
MakyngeMaking by youre deueliſh doctrine not onely us to be the malignaunt church.
With rule
MakyngeMaking by youre deueliſh doctrine not onely us to be the malignaunt church.
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader