Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7942 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

braggebrag

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

Puritas changed it: 1,035 times in 408 works
Consistency: 98.4% (1,035 of 1,051)
Reach if approved: ~1,104 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brag
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,051 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,035 changes in 408 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,035)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2 Why M. Allen? what a mockery is this? do you make braggebrag in the title of your chapter, that you will shewe the practise of all …
With rule
2 Why M. Allen? what a mockery is this? do you make braggebrag in the title of your chapter, that you will shewe the practise of all …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I their creatour and maker haue made them but once, where they boaſte and braggebrag, that they haue made me thouſande milions of tymes, whereby they brynge me ſo …
With rule
… I their creatour and maker haue made them but once, where they boaſte and braggebrag, that they haue made me thouſande milions of tymes, whereby they brynge me ſo …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… euentura sunt, praeuidea…t, aequiparent Ioui: If they could foresee future things, they would braggebrag themselues equall to God: But Secret things belong to GOD, reuealed to vs. The …
With rule
… euentura sunt, praeuidea…t, aequiparent Ioui: If they could foresee future things, they would braggebrag themselues equall to God: But Secret things belong to GOD, reuealed to vs. The …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which time it is euident that Peter was not byshop according to the Romaine braggebrag: for whē Paule came to Rome, Luke being then with him saith, that the …
With rule
… which time it is euident that Peter was not byshop according to the Romaine braggebrag: for whē Paule came to Rome, Luke being then with him saith, that the …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… civil warre & both of them out of the midſt of the ſturre, did gloriouſly braggebrag of their golden day. But through the rod of Gods providence over vs, and …
With rule
… civil warre & both of them out of the midſt of the ſturre, did gloriouſly braggebrag of their golden day. But through the rod of Gods providence over vs, and …
William Hubbock · An Oration Gratulatory to King James · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iesabel of Englād, with the pestilent ād detestable generatiō of papistes, make no litle braggebrag and boast, that they haue triumphed not only against Wyet, but also against all …
With rule
… Iesabel of Englād, with the pestilent ād detestable generatiō of papistes, make no litle braggebrag and boast, that they haue triumphed not only against Wyet, but also against all …
John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · Open in the reader
Printed
… his wiues youthfulnesse, like bels ringing all in. Now his common theme is to braggebrag of his young sinnes; and if you credit his discourse, it shall make him …
With rule
… his wiues youthfulnesse, like bels ringing all in. Now his common theme is to braggebrag of his young sinnes; and if you credit his discourse, it shall make him …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sorrowes, may be more then Conquerors, not more then men. And let the Stoicke braggebrag his tetricall conclusions to the world, that no paine can bring sorrow to a …
With rule
… sorrowes, may be more then Conquerors, not more then men. And let the Stoicke braggebrag his tetricall conclusions to the world, that no paine can bring sorrow to a …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 84 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass A02831

Printed
BraggeBrag thou what thou liste of antiquitie, yea, I say, if S. Paule him self …
With rule
BraggeBrag thou what thou liste of antiquitie, yea, I say, if S. Paule him self …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

Printed
… the great slander of Christes Euangill, and to the grief of many godly heartes. BraggeBrag what ye list of your iustice, of yo^r mercie, of your godly reuelations, and …
With rule
… the great slander of Christes Euangill, and to the grief of many godly heartes. BraggeBrag what ye list of your iustice, of yo^r mercie, of your godly reuelations, and …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 405 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

Printed
BraggeBrag, what things not to braggebrag of 288, of the Phariſes braggebrag 289, bragging to what compared …
With rule
BraggeBrag, what things not to braggebrag of 288, of the Phariſes braggebrag 289, bragging to what compared …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
YOu ſay, your religion dayly winneth. BraggeBrag not of your gaine: you neither need, nor can, if you conſider how it …
With rule
YOu ſay, your religion dayly winneth. BraggeBrag not of your gaine: you neither need, nor can, if you conſider how it …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 342 · Open in the reader