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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8066 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bellyesbellies

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

Puritas changed it
178 times in 108 works
Consistency
91.2% (178 of 195)
Reach if approved
~205 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bellies
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
195 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (178 changes in 108 works, 91.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 178)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … impregnated of late yeares, and to take the full measure of their Lordships pampered bellyesbellies, which they onely feed and take care of; which must needs be monstrous great …
    With rule
    … impregnated of late yeares, and to take the full measure of their Lordships pampered bellyesbellies, which they onely feed and take care of; which must needs be monstrous great …

    William Prynne · Sixteen New Queries · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … For they that are ſuch, ſerue not the lord Ieſus Chriſt but their owne bellyesbellies, and with faire ſpeche and flattering, deceiue the hartes of the ſimple. For your …
    With rule
    … For they that are ſuch, ſerue not the lord Ieſus Chriſt but their owne bellyesbellies, and with faire ſpeche and flattering, deceiue the hartes of the ſimple. For your …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … from the Apoſtle; who alſo therein, ſerue not the Lord Ieſus, but their owne bellyesbellies, vſing faire wordes and flattering in that behalfe to deceiue not onely the ſimple …
    With rule
    … from the Apoſtle; who alſo therein, ſerue not the Lord Ieſus, but their owne bellyesbellies, vſing faire wordes and flattering in that behalfe to deceiue not onely the ſimple …

    William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … their ſeruice. A great number of the iudges which were wōt to ſtuffe their bellyesbellies with Idolatrous feaſtes, do fight for their kitchyns & bellycheare: but chiefly the deuill ſendeth …
    With rule
    … their ſeruice. A great number of the iudges which were wōt to ſtuffe their bellyesbellies with Idolatrous feaſtes, do fight for their kitchyns & bellycheare: but chiefly the deuill ſendeth …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Daniel · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … But imitating (ſaith he) the ſoothſaying & wiſdome of Euricles, by entring into other mens bellyesbellies, I hau… poured forth many pritty comicall things. Vpon which wordes the Scholiast writeth …
    With rule
    … But imitating (ſaith he) the ſoothſaying & wiſdome of Euricles, by entring into other mens bellyesbellies, I hau… poured forth many pritty comicall things. Vpon which wordes the Scholiast writeth …

    John Darrell · A Survey of Dialogical Discourses · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Your bellyesbellies doth deuoure
    With rule
    Your bellyesbellies doth deuoure

    John Bale · Answer to a Papistical Exhortation · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … which ſtay not the appointed time of nature, but breake out of their mothers bellyesbellies, before their time, tho their mother pay for it. They will not ſtay, till …
    With rule
    … which ſtay not the appointed time of nature, but breake out of their mothers bellyesbellies, before their time, tho their mother pay for it. They will not ſtay, till …

    Samuel Hieron · Aarons Bells · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … earth. Theſe worldlye goodes are hys draff and ſwillynges, wherwyth he fylleth the hogges bellyesbellies, that he is diſpoſed to kyll. But vnto hys chyldren (as Dauid ſpeaketh here …
    With rule
    … earth. Theſe worldlye goodes are hys draff and ſwillynges, wherwyth he fylleth the hogges bellyesbellies, that he is diſpoſed to kyll. But vnto hys chyldren (as Dauid ſpeaketh here …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

10 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.

Sixteen New Queries A10198

  • Printed
    … Cures. A writt of ventre inspiciendo; To inquire after and inspect, how many great BellyesBellies their Lordships with their Officers, and servants have impregnated of late yeares, and to …
    With rule
    … Cures. A writt of ventre inspiciendo; To inquire after and inspect, how many great BellyesBellies their Lordships with their Officers, and servants have impregnated of late yeares, and to …

    William Prynne · Sixteen New Queries · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

  • Printed
    BellyesBellies that are ſhoughtfull. 74.
    With rule
    BellyesBellies that are ſhoughtfull. 74.

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BellyesBellies giuen to ſlouth vnder coulour of religion. 123
    With rule
    BellyesBellies giuen to ſlouth vnder coulour of religion. 123

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

  • Printed
    … upon a broad Planke or Board, and giving them many cruell ſtroakes upon their BellyesBellies: But above all, the Author of the Epiſtle to the Hebrews gives a cleere …
    With rule
    … upon a broad Planke or Board, and giving them many cruell ſtroakes upon their BellyesBellies: But above all, the Author of the Epiſtle to the Hebrews gives a cleere …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 456 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 32-24 A35535

  • Printed
    … the Hebrew elegancy there hath it, ye that are Maſters of appetite, ſtudying your BellyesBellies, till indeed ye are maſtered by appetite, to you, I ſay, remember and conſider …
    With rule
    … the Hebrew elegancy there hath it, ye that are Maſters of appetite, ſtudying your BellyesBellies, till indeed ye are maſtered by appetite, to you, I ſay, remember and conſider …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 32-24 · p. 367 · Open in the reader

Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament A45411

  • Printed
    ſlow BellyesBellies 222.
    With rule
    ſlow BellyesBellies 222.

    Henry Hammond · Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament · Open in the reader

The Figless Fig Tree A91944

  • Printed
    … St. Paul ſpeaketh, Rom. 16.17. They ſerve not our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, but their own BellyesBellies. And St. Peter tells us of ſome, who, through covetouſneſſe with feigned words, make …
    With rule
    … St. Paul ſpeaketh, Rom. 16.17. They ſerve not our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, but their own BellyesBellies. And St. Peter tells us of ſome, who, through covetouſneſſe with feigned words, make …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 384 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Law, are Legal Preachers, and that the Preach Popery, and have Popes in their BellyesBellies: Albei… we have for our pattern herein both Chriſt and his Apostles who preſſed …
    With rule
    … Law, are Legal Preachers, and that the Preach Popery, and have Popes in their BellyesBellies: Albei… we have for our pattern herein both Chriſt and his Apostles who preſſed …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 412 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … through covetouſneſſe of that gain, in one Night killed 2000 of them, ripping up their BellyesBellies, and ſearching their intrals for it.
    With rule
    … through covetouſneſſe of that gain, in one Night killed 2000 of them, ripping up their BellyesBellies, and ſearching their intrals for it.

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 491 · Open in the reader

A Voyage to East India A95658

  • Printed
    … ride upon the bright coloured horſes, to have their leggs & lower parts of their BellyesBellies and Breſts died into a Saffron colour (of which they have much there) which …
    With rule
    … ride upon the bright coloured horſes, to have their leggs & lower parts of their BellyesBellies and Breſts died into a Saffron colour (of which they have much there) which …

    Edward Terry · A Voyage to East India · p. 139 · Open in the reader