Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7997 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

swimmeswim

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

Puritas changed it: 474 times in 304 works
Consistency: 98.1% (474 of 483)
Reach if approved: ~507 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: swim
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 (474 changes in 304 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 474)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… waths which may bee foorded by a Lambe, and abisse whirlepooles where Leviathan may swimmeswim and take his pastime: there are Hosanna's fitted for the mouths of babes and …
With rule
… waths which may bee foorded by a Lambe, and abisse whirlepooles where Leviathan may swimmeswim and take his pastime: there are Hosanna's fitted for the mouths of babes and …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to scratte together, hourde vp, nothing regardynge, what becometh of other men, syncke they, swimmeswim they, as Cain sayd to God: Am I the keper of my brother? Synck …
With rule
… to scratte together, hourde vp, nothing regardynge, what becometh of other men, syncke they, swimmeswim they, as Cain sayd to God: Am I the keper of my brother? Synck …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… when once the ship leakes, the lading is in danger both to sinke or swimmeswim together, neither is it possible that a pure faith can be preserued in an …
With rule
… when once the ship leakes, the lading is in danger both to sinke or swimmeswim together, neither is it possible that a pure faith can be preserued in an …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his ſake, which are aſſurances of our loue towards him, then to ſee vs ſwimmeswim in his temporall gifts. Hee praiſeth more the Niniuites in ſackecloth, and Iob in …
With rule
… his ſake, which are aſſurances of our loue towards him, then to ſee vs ſwimmeswim in his temporall gifts. Hee praiſeth more the Niniuites in ſackecloth, and Iob in …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… blood in desperate undertakings, and staine their consciences with the blood of others, to swimmeswim through all to their adored haven. Ad…rare vulgus, iacere oscula, & omnia serviliter pro …
With rule
… blood in desperate undertakings, and staine their consciences with the blood of others, to swimmeswim through all to their adored haven. Ad…rare vulgus, iacere oscula, & omnia serviliter pro …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and their lips overflow with all thankfulnesse? How doe they melt in humiliation, and swimmeswim in teares? How doe they sharpen their voyces in fervent petition? In any desertion …
With rule
… and their lips overflow with all thankfulnesse? How doe they melt in humiliation, and swimmeswim in teares? How doe they sharpen their voyces in fervent petition? In any desertion …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… place. The latter implyeth a degree further then the former. A man that canno… ſwimmeswim, may be led vnto a deepe poole & yet be ſafe enough; but if hee …
With rule
… place. The latter implyeth a degree further then the former. A man that canno… ſwimmeswim, may be led vnto a deepe poole & yet be ſafe enough; but if hee …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch burthens, as a weake creature would tremble to lift at. For as bladders ſwimmeswim aloft all waters whileſt they are filled with winde: ſo doe wee aboue all …
With rule
… ſuch burthens, as a weake creature would tremble to lift at. For as bladders ſwimmeswim aloft all waters whileſt they are filled with winde: ſo doe wee aboue all …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 338 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… breasts, whereby at first sight the sexe is discerned. The women Shoot, Runne, Leape, SwimmeSwim, as well as the men: their paines of trauell are small: they tyll the …
With rule
… breasts, whereby at first sight the sexe is discerned. The women Shoot, Runne, Leape, SwimmeSwim, as well as the men: their paines of trauell are small: they tyll the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 696 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
SwimmeSwim in him ſwallowed Dolphins, without feare,
With rule
SwimmeSwim in him ſwallowed Dolphins, without feare,
John Donne · Poems · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
SwimmeSwim, and at every ſtroake, thou art thy Croſſe,
With rule
SwimmeSwim, and at every ſtroake, thou art thy Croſſe,
John Donne · Poems · p. 64 · Open in the reader