Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7919 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bewaylebewail

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

Puritas changed it: 288 times in 175 works
Consistency: 98.2% (288 of 293)
Reach if approved: ~308 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bewail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 293 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (288 changes in 175 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 288)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
So greivously the people did bewaylebewail,
With rule
So greivously the people did bewaylebewail,
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
Ye therefore ſpake truly that ſaid, The teares of hell are not ſufficient to bewaylebewail the loſſes of heauen.
With rule
Ye therefore ſpake truly that ſaid, The teares of hell are not ſufficient to bewaylebewail the loſſes of heauen.
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Pelagia, hee made this vſe of it for himſelfe and for vs, to bewaylebewail his owne ſluggiſhneſſe, and to reſolue to vſe greater care in the adorning of …
With rule
… in Pelagia, hee made this vſe of it for himſelfe and for vs, to bewaylebewail his owne ſluggiſhneſſe, and to reſolue to vſe greater care in the adorning of …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy doctrine and all thy lyuyng that he wyll make theaborre thy ſelfe, and bewaylebewail that euer thou couldyſt letter in the boke. This is the very poynt and …
With rule
… thy doctrine and all thy lyuyng that he wyll make theaborre thy ſelfe, and bewaylebewail that euer thou couldyſt letter in the boke. This is the very poynt and …
Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… moued by it. He therfore y^t cā not regard this great thing, doth worthely bewaylebewail his owne miserie. For what thing might make y^e minde ioyfull, if y^t so …
With rule
… moued by it. He therfore y^t cā not regard this great thing, doth worthely bewaylebewail his owne miserie. For what thing might make y^e minde ioyfull, if y^t so …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… runne within the cenſure of Auguſtine, ſed hoc nimis doleo. &c. This I much bewaylebewail, that the commaundements of the holy Scripture, which are moſt wholeſome, are neglected, and …
With rule
… runne within the cenſure of Auguſtine, ſed hoc nimis doleo. &c. This I much bewaylebewail, that the commaundements of the holy Scripture, which are moſt wholeſome, are neglected, and …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their saluation: They see, according to that light they haue, many corruptions and enormities, bewaylebewail them and shun them, as farre as their strength and measure of knowledge and …
With rule
… their saluation: They see, according to that light they haue, many corruptions and enormities, bewaylebewail them and shun them, as farre as their strength and measure of knowledge and …
John Phillips · The Way to Heaven · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after death? And how giues it occaſion to Gentiles to traduce vs, when we bewaylebewail, as vtterly loſt and extinct, thoſe whom we profeſſe to liue with God? Sp …
With rule
… after death? And how giues it occaſion to Gentiles to traduce vs, when we bewaylebewail, as vtterly loſt and extinct, thoſe whom we profeſſe to liue with God? Sp …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 319 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02186

Printed
… all delay, ſeeke for amendment of life: let them (as Gregory wiſheth) Plangere, plangenda: BewayleBewail their ſinnes that ought to bee lamented: and as they haue giuen their members …
With rule
… all delay, ſeeke for amendment of life: let them (as Gregory wiſheth) Plangere, plangenda: BewayleBewail their ſinnes that ought to bee lamented: and as they haue giuen their members …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Tormenting Tophet A02192

Printed
Plangite igitur plangenda: BewayleBewail your ſinnes therefore that ought to be lamented: Eſtote tam proni ad lamenta, ſicut …
With rule
Plangite igitur plangenda: BewayleBewail your ſinnes therefore that ought to be lamented: Eſtote tam proni ad lamenta, ſicut …
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
… making that a ſauour to death, which is appointed for a ſauour of life. BewayleBewail thy corrupt nature, and ſeeke Renouation.
With rule
… making that a ſauour to death, which is appointed for a ſauour of life. BewayleBewail thy corrupt nature, and ſeeke Renouation.
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 17 · Open in the reader