Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8043 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

toppestops

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

Puritas changed it: 137 times in 81 works
Consistency: 97.1% (137 of 141)
Reach if approved: ~148 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: tops
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 141 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (137 changes in 81 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 137)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of heauen: theſe tall ſouldiers, ſtrong oaks, faire pillers lie in the duſt, whoſe toppestops glittered in the aire, that they which thinke they ſtand may take heed leſt …
With rule
… of heauen: theſe tall ſouldiers, ſtrong oaks, faire pillers lie in the duſt, whoſe toppestops glittered in the aire, that they which thinke they ſtand may take heed leſt …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 1072 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and stande in th greatest …ities of their dioceses / as it were in high toppestops of mountaynes / to spye whether any hereticall Wolues come into their flocks or no …
With rule
… and stande in th greatest …ities of their dioceses / as it were in high toppestops of mountaynes / to spye whether any hereticall Wolues come into their flocks or no …
William Turner · The Hunting of the Fox and the Wolf · Open in the reader
Printed
… the theeuiſh corners of their hearts, ſhall be plainly detected euen vpon the houſe toppestops. Secondly, a direction to the godly; & that is a deniall of themſelues, and of …
With rule
… the theeuiſh corners of their hearts, ſhall be plainly detected euen vpon the houſe toppestops. Secondly, a direction to the godly; & that is a deniall of themſelues, and of …
John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… couplings, which coupled one of them to another, they were likewise fastned at their toppestops aboue. So hauing thus farre found the outwarde face or shew of the Tabernacle …
With rule
… couplings, which coupled one of them to another, they were likewise fastned at their toppestops aboue. So hauing thus farre found the outwarde face or shew of the Tabernacle …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the meane vvhile, behold the graſſe which ſhall growe very high vpon the houſe toppestops: but in aſmuch as it is neerer to the Sunne it taketh no roote …
With rule
… the meane vvhile, behold the graſſe which ſhall growe very high vpon the houſe toppestops: but in aſmuch as it is neerer to the Sunne it taketh no roote …
John Calvin · Thirteen Sermons on Free Election in Jacob and Reprobation in Esau · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… secrete confession, but our Sauiour Christe woulde haue his mysteries preached in the house toppestops. Last of all, for that many controuersies nowe in hand were neuer heard of …
With rule
… secrete confession, but our Sauiour Christe woulde haue his mysteries preached in the house toppestops. Last of all, for that many controuersies nowe in hand were neuer heard of …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
By dayes on howſes toppestops ſhe ſyttes.
With rule
By dayes on howſes toppestops ſhe ſyttes.
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lyght. And y^t ye heare secretely, tel it abrode openlye, euen vpon the house toppestops: contrarye also to thys saying of the holye Apostle, So ofte as ye shall …
With rule
… lyght. And y^t ye heare secretely, tel it abrode openlye, euen vpon the house toppestops: contrarye also to thys saying of the holye Apostle, So ofte as ye shall …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 128 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

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

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
ToppesTops of Amanah. sig:
With rule
ToppesTops of Amanah. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 204 · Open in the reader