Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8037 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spryngespring

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

Puritas changed it: 112 times in 45 works
Consistency: 99.1% (112 of 113)
Reach if approved: ~119 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: spring
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 113 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (112 changes in 45 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 112)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thought it ſpryngespring not and beare no frute / yet it remaneth euer ready to ſpryngespring / yee and wolde beare frute vnto the deeth were not the holy ſprite ſubdued …
With rule
… thought it ſpryngespring not and beare no frute / yet it remaneth euer ready to ſpryngespring / yee and wolde beare frute vnto the deeth were not the holy ſprite ſubdued …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… last take vs vnto the, whiche arte the fountayne of all goodnes and heade spryngespring of all wealthe, and place vs in thy ioyfull kingedome among the holy aungels …
With rule
… last take vs vnto the, whiche arte the fountayne of all goodnes and heade spryngespring of all wealthe, and place vs in thy ioyfull kingedome among the holy aungels …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… more doth it then the true euerlaſtynge and heauenly lyght, and the only inuincible ſpryngespring of all lyfe, namely, God the Lorde oure maker and Saueoure?
With rule
… more doth it then the true euerlaſtynge and heauenly lyght, and the only inuincible ſpryngespring of all lyfe, namely, God the Lorde oure maker and Saueoure?
Andreas Osiander · Whether a Christian Man Ought to Flee the Plague · Open in the reader
Printed
… greateſt and moſte trewe light, whence this lyght of the day and ſunne dothe ſpryngespring, O lyght whiche doeſt lyghten, euery manne that commeth in to this worlde, Oh …
With rule
… greateſt and moſte trewe light, whence this lyght of the day and ſunne dothe ſpryngespring, O lyght whiche doeſt lyghten, euery manne that commeth in to this worlde, Oh …
John Bradford · A Godly Meditation · Open in the reader
Printed
… accordynge to nature. But the scripture fetcheth the ground of exhortation from the heade spryngespring, whyle it not onely commaundeth vs to ordre al our lyfe accordyng to goddes …
With rule
… accordynge to nature. But the scripture fetcheth the ground of exhortation from the heade spryngespring, whyle it not onely commaundeth vs to ordre al our lyfe accordyng to goddes …
John Calvin · The Life of a Christian Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… grace and tender mercy of God, euen ſo doth thys fayth alſo. The day ſpryngespring doth Zachary call here Chriſte, as thoughe he were buddynge and ſpryngynge, lyke a …
With rule
… grace and tender mercy of God, euen ſo doth thys fayth alſo. The day ſpryngespring doth Zachary call here Chriſte, as thoughe he were buddynge and ſpryngynge, lyke a …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader
Printed
… he geueth water, and holeſome drynke to the faythfull, whiche at the length ſhoulde ſpryngespring vp into life euerlaſtynge. Moſte certayne it is therefore, that the faythfull are quickened …
With rule
… he geueth water, and holeſome drynke to the faythfull, whiche at the length ſhoulde ſpryngespring vp into life euerlaſtynge. Moſte certayne it is therefore, that the faythfull are quickened …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 638 · Open in the reader
Printed
To spryngespring and to growe in manne,
With rule
To spryngespring and to growe in manne,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Goodly Gallery A01313

Printed
… as in the farre North partes are few, but watrie impressions. Also in Autumne & SpryngeSpring, are oftener Meteores séen, then in Sommer and Wynter, except it be in such …
With rule
… as in the farre North partes are few, but watrie impressions. Also in Autumne & SpryngeSpring, are oftener Meteores séen, then in Sommer and Wynter, except it be in such …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 3 · Open in the reader