Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7946 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuillsdevils

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

Puritas changed it: 694 times in 153 works
Consistency: 100% (694 of 694)
Reach if approved: ~729 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devils
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 694 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (694 changes in 153 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 694)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for our Ingratitude? Heauen and earth, Sunne and Starres, Orbes and Elements, Angels and DeuillsDevils will cry shame vpon vs.
With rule
… for our Ingratitude? Heauen and earth, Sunne and Starres, Orbes and Elements, Angels and DeuillsDevils will cry shame vpon vs.
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
Quhilk maks him master ou'r the beasts, & ou'r the deuillsdevils in hell.
With rule
Quhilk maks him master ou'r the beasts, & ou'r the deuillsdevils in hell.
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his Churche. This can noman denye, no, not H.M. and all the deuillsdevils them ſelues. There ſtandeth (as often hath ben ſayde) recorde, Bookes, Bullus, Sealles, Vvrittinges …
With rule
… of his Churche. This can noman denye, no, not H.M. and all the deuillsdevils them ſelues. There ſtandeth (as often hath ben ſayde) recorde, Bookes, Bullus, Sealles, Vvrittinges …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… of DeuillsDevils, and cannot drinke the cup of the Lord, and the cup of DeuillsDevils: the reaſon is euident: for that the Lords table, is a marke or cognizance …
With rule
… of DeuillsDevils, and cannot drinke the cup of the Lord, and the cup of DeuillsDevils: the reaſon is euident: for that the Lords table, is a marke or cognizance …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Darknes. 1. In their subject. a dead Faith is in the Reprobate Men and DeuillsDevils. A liuing Faith only in the Elect. 2. In their Object. A dead Faith assents …
With rule
… and Darknes. 1. In their subject. a dead Faith is in the Reprobate Men and DeuillsDevils. A liuing Faith only in the Elect. 2. In their Object. A dead Faith assents …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the Apostle saith, deuillsdevils. 1, Cor. 10. 20. That which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice vnto deuillsdevils & not vnto God.
With rule
… as the Apostle saith, deuillsdevils. 1, Cor. 10. 20. That which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice vnto deuillsdevils & not vnto God.
William Perkins · Mans Imaginations · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are not mentioned in that place of Basile. As there were many possessed with DeuillsDevils, so there was some, that that had this power of the holie ghost, to …
With rule
… are not mentioned in that place of Basile. As there were many possessed with DeuillsDevils, so there was some, that that had this power of the holie ghost, to …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… approach, as if Beanerges, the ſonnes of Thunder were in preſence, and made the DeuillsDevils to tremble with the Apoſtolicall gift of miracles.
With rule
… approach, as if Beanerges, the ſonnes of Thunder were in preſence, and made the DeuillsDevils to tremble with the Apoſtolicall gift of miracles.
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 44 · 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.