Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7967 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wyshewish

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

Puritas changed it: 163 times in 76 works
Consistency: 99.3% (163 of 164)
Reach if approved: ~172 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wish
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 164 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (163 changes in 76 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 163)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And wyſhewish they had leſſe,
With rule
And wyſhewish they had leſſe,
Robert Crowley · Thirty-One Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs, to graunt vs as trewe subiects to hate her enemies, as those that wyshewish our confusion, especially the Pope of Rome, and all suche, euen to the deathe …
With rule
… vs, to graunt vs as trewe subiects to hate her enemies, as those that wyshewish our confusion, especially the Pope of Rome, and all suche, euen to the deathe …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for beleue me if I had an enemy. The first thynge that I woulde wyshewish to hym, shuld be that he myghte haue abo… daunce of riches, for so …
With rule
… for beleue me if I had an enemy. The first thynge that I woulde wyshewish to hym, shuld be that he myghte haue abo… daunce of riches, for so …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, prouyde for their necessities, and deale with them in al thinges, as we wyshewish to be dealte wyth all. O Lord God, thou arte loue, and he that …
With rule
… them, prouyde for their necessities, and deale with them in al thinges, as we wyshewish to be dealte wyth all. O Lord God, thou arte loue, and he that …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. lxxxviii · Open in the reader
Printed
… auauntage perfourmed with much more than we coulde of our frayl weaknes, deſyre, or wyſhewish. The want of the which loue and feare, howe great ruine and decay it …
With rule
… auauntage perfourmed with much more than we coulde of our frayl weaknes, deſyre, or wyſhewish. The want of the which loue and feare, howe great ruine and decay it …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader
Printed
… and vtter deſtruccyon. ſo that all the enemyes we haue vnder heauen coulde not wyſhewish vs ſo greate myſchefe as our owne councell ſhall do vs, God ſhall ſo …
With rule
… and vtter deſtruccyon. ſo that all the enemyes we haue vnder heauen coulde not wyſhewish vs ſo greate myſchefe as our owne councell ſhall do vs, God ſhall ſo …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · Open in the reader
Printed
… marked not, that Iſocrates maketh Athens principality 25. ſhorter then Lycurgus doth: (Wherein I coulde wyſhewish it to be no more ſhortened.) Nor marked how Athenianes, Andocides, and Aeſchines, recken …
With rule
… marked not, that Iſocrates maketh Athens principality 25. ſhorter then Lycurgus doth: (Wherein I coulde wyſhewish it to be no more ſhortened.) Nor marked how Athenianes, Andocides, and Aeſchines, recken …
Hugh Broughton · To Princess Elizabeth · Open in the reader
Printed
… oure heart with desire, for asmuche as it neuer commeth in oure mynde, to wyshewish for any thyng, butte that oure hearte is styrred vp and leapeth wyth… all …
With rule
… oure heart with desire, for asmuche as it neuer commeth in oure mynde, to wyshewish for any thyng, butte that oure hearte is styrred vp and leapeth wyth… all …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.