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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7996 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spoylesspoils

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

Puritas changed it
457 times in 271 works
Consistency
94.6% (457 of 483)
Reach if approved
~507 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: spoils
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
483 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (457 changes in 271 works, 94.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 457)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … haue any occasion to griple with this sin, where it hath made so many spoylesspoils, & where it hath so many patrons: for it is said that there be moe …
    With rule
    … haue any occasion to griple with this sin, where it hath made so many spoylesspoils, & where it hath so many patrons: for it is said that there be moe …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … sythe, when it is blunt; but if hee doth nothing but whet still, hee spoylesspoils his sythe, and hinders his worke. Therefore let vs moderate our selues in our …
    With rule
    … sythe, when it is blunt; but if hee doth nothing but whet still, hee spoylesspoils his sythe, and hinders his worke. Therefore let vs moderate our selues in our …

    Thomas Taylor · Circumspect Walking · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir to possesse it; therefore the Israelites among their spoylesspoils of Canaan, were expressely forbidden to destroy it: Yee shall not prouoke them; for …
    With rule
    … I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir to possesse it; therefore the Israelites among their spoylesspoils of Canaan, were expressely forbidden to destroy it: Yee shall not prouoke them; for …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … goodes, but to leese them. Many marchantes do rushe thether for gaynes, souldiours for spoylesspoils, all for their owne profitte. But it seemeth to be a monsterous and a …
    With rule
    … goodes, but to leese them. Many marchantes do rushe thether for gaynes, souldiours for spoylesspoils, all for their owne profitte. But it seemeth to be a monsterous and a …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … thys the kynges bountuouse liberalitye into improperacions of benefices, whyche be papysticall and vncharytable spoylesspoils of most necessarye prouysion for pore paryshes? Intelligite insipientes in popu… lo, et stulti …
    With rule
    … thys the kynges bountuouse liberalitye into improperacions of benefices, whyche be papysticall and vncharytable spoylesspoils of most necessarye prouysion for pore paryshes? Intelligite insipientes in popu… lo, et stulti …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as captiues vſually are, than after the manner of inſolent conquerors who diuide the ſpoylesspoils, to be ſtately in behauiour or to practiſe any tyrannie.
    With rule
    … as captiues vſually are, than after the manner of inſolent conquerors who diuide the ſpoylesspoils, to be ſtately in behauiour or to practiſe any tyrannie.

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … time, either vnseasonably to him that admonisheth, or to him that is admonished, it spoylesspoils the action. To be thankful for mercies, and to pay our vowes, it is …
    With rule
    … time, either vnseasonably to him that admonisheth, or to him that is admonished, it spoylesspoils the action. To be thankful for mercies, and to pay our vowes, it is …

    John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … waſted by wilde beaſts; and lieth open to the prey of many kindes of ſpoylesspoils, and that in regard of its pleaſant ſhadow and ſweet fruit: So the Church …
    With rule
    … waſted by wilde beaſts; and lieth open to the prey of many kindes of ſpoylesspoils, and that in regard of its pleaſant ſhadow and ſweet fruit: So the Church …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 74 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

19 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Of Tithes A18051

  • Printed
    … take home unto you: for ſaith he foreign, by his giving a tenth of the SpoylesSpoils; foreign; Hence, to all Abraham is made a teacher; foreign. This Abraham in giving a tenth …
    With rule
    … take home unto you: for ſaith he foreign, by his giving a tenth of the SpoylesSpoils; foreign; Hence, to all Abraham is made a teacher; foreign. This Abraham in giving a tenth …

    John Carter · Of Tithes · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

  • Printed
    SpoylesSpoils.
    With rule
    SpoylesSpoils.

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 159 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

  • Printed
    V. 53. had taken] SpoylesSpoils of such things for themselves as they could conveniently carry away; for that which …
    With rule
    V. 53. had taken] SpoylesSpoils of such things for themselves as they could conveniently carry away; for that which …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Loyal Subjects Indignation A39917

  • Printed
    … might poſſibly be ſuppoſed, that ſome covetous deſire of enriching himſelf with the Royal SpoylesSpoils, tempted him to the Fact; to clear himſelf from any ſuch ſuſpition, he had …
    With rule
    … might poſſibly be ſuppoſed, that ſome covetous deſire of enriching himſelf with the Royal SpoylesSpoils, tempted him to the Fact; to clear himſelf from any ſuch ſuſpition, he had …

    Simon Ford · The Loyal Subjects Indignation · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … were they from being clear of the deſign of enriching themſelves with the Royal SpoylesSpoils, that (like Ahab) they had no ſooner killed, but they preſently fell to taking …
    With rule
    … were they from being clear of the deſign of enriching themſelves with the Royal SpoylesSpoils, that (like Ahab) they had no ſooner killed, but they preſently fell to taking …

    Simon Ford · The Loyal Subjects Indignation · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers A56170

  • Printed
    … the firſt Warrs we read of in the world, gave the TENTH OF THE SPOYLESSPOILS taken from the Enemy in the warrs, to Melchiſedec, the firſt Prieſt of the …
    With rule
    … the firſt Warrs we read of in the world, gave the TENTH OF THE SPOYLESSPOILS taken from the Enemy in the warrs, to Melchiſedec, the firſt Prieſt of the …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … or was baptiſed, was ſo pious, that he gave the Tenth of all his SpoylesSpoils of War and Plunders unto God, about the year of our Lord, 686. Which William …
    With rule
    … or was baptiſed, was ſo pious, that he gave the Tenth of all his SpoylesSpoils of War and Plunders unto God, about the year of our Lord, 686. Which William …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Conſcience againſt the due payment of them, and that out of their Gains or SpoylesSpoils of War, as well as their other increaſe; they have juſt cauſe to fear …
    With rule
    … Conſcience againſt the due payment of them, and that out of their Gains or SpoylesSpoils of War, as well as their other increaſe; they have juſt cauſe to fear …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … other Miniſters, and augmented it and our Ʋniverſities Revenues alſo out of the Abbies SpoylesSpoils, which yet could not exempt him from the publick cenſure of ſome Proteſtants, for …
    With rule
    … other Miniſters, and augmented it and our Ʋniverſities Revenues alſo out of the Abbies SpoylesSpoils, which yet could not exempt him from the publick cenſure of ſome Proteſtants, for …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea for Maintenance of the Ministers · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    SpoylesSpoils deuiding. 111. b
    With rule
    SpoylesSpoils deuiding. 111. b

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

The Saints Sure and Perpetual Guide A68954

  • Printed
    … Word farre more deare than any precious Treaſure, than the richeſt Inheritance, than great SpoylesSpoils, than thouſands of Gold and Silver: It is the joy of his heart; and …
    With rule
    … Word farre more deare than any precious Treaſure, than the richeſt Inheritance, than great SpoylesSpoils, than thouſands of Gold and Silver: It is the joy of his heart; and …

    Robert Bolton · The Saints Sure and Perpetual Guide · p. 12 · Open in the reader

A Gospel Plea Part 2 A70871

  • Printed
    … or was baptiſed, was ſo pious, that he gave the Tenth of all his SpoylesSpoils of War and Plunders unto God, about the year of our Lord, 686. Which William …
    With rule
    … or was baptiſed, was ſo pious, that he gave the Tenth of all his SpoylesSpoils of War and Plunders unto God, about the year of our Lord, 686. Which William …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea Part 2 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Conſcience againſt the due payment of them, and that out of their Gains or SpoylesSpoils of War, as well as their other increaſe; they have juſt cauſe to fear …
    With rule
    … Conſcience againſt the due payment of them, and that out of their Gains or SpoylesSpoils of War, as well as their other increaſe; they have juſt cauſe to fear …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea Part 2 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … other Miniſters, and augmented i… and our Ʋniverſities Revenues alſo out of the Abbies SpoylesSpoils, which yet could not exempt him from the publick cenſure of ſome Proteſtants, for …
    With rule
    … other Miniſters, and augmented i… and our Ʋniverſities Revenues alſo out of the Abbies SpoylesSpoils, which yet could not exempt him from the publick cenſure of ſome Proteſtants, for …

    William Prynne · A Gospel Plea Part 2 · p. 40 · Open in the reader

The Branch of the Lord the Beauty of Zion A90263

  • Printed
    … all its oppoſers: To ſee a Houſe, a Pallace hanged round about with Enſignes, SpoylesSpoils, and banners taken from the Enemy that have come againſt it, is a Glorious …
    With rule
    … all its oppoſers: To ſee a Houſe, a Pallace hanged round about with Enſignes, SpoylesSpoils, and banners taken from the Enemy that have come againſt it, is a Glorious …

    John Owen · The Branch of the Lord the Beauty of Zion · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

  • Printed
    Whether it were the SpoylesSpoils, or all the SpoylesSpoils, or the SpoylesSpoils alone, or of all his goods (though …
    With rule
    Whether it were the SpoylesSpoils, or all the SpoylesSpoils, or the SpoylesSpoils alone, or of all his goods (though …

    William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 471 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Whether it were the SpoylesSpoils, or all the SpoylesSpoils, or the SpoylesSpoils alone, or of all his goods (though it is most likely …
    With rule
    Whether it were the SpoylesSpoils, or all the SpoylesSpoils, or the SpoylesSpoils alone, or of all his goods (though it is most likely …

    William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 471 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Whether it were the SpoylesSpoils, or all the SpoylesSpoils, or the SpoylesSpoils alone, or of all his goods (though it is most likely to be of …
    With rule
    Whether it were the SpoylesSpoils, or all the SpoylesSpoils, or the SpoylesSpoils alone, or of all his goods (though it is most likely to be of …

    William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 471 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of all: and after addes, vers. 4. That he gave even the tenth of the SpoylesSpoils; that over and above, I dispute not; for it is enough to my purpose …
    With rule
    … of all: and after addes, vers. 4. That he gave even the tenth of the SpoylesSpoils; that over and above, I dispute not; for it is enough to my purpose …

    William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 471 · Open in the reader