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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8078 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dennesdens

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

Puritas changed it
248 times in 164 works
Consistency
88.2% (248 of 281)
Reach if approved
~295 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: dens
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
281 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (248 changes in 164 works, 88.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 248)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Tents of mine enemies, the puritie of my Sacraments, with thoſe polluted caves and dennesdens. So that from theſe things this Argument doth ariſe:
    With rule
    … Tents of mine enemies, the puritie of my Sacraments, with thoſe polluted caves and dennesdens. So that from theſe things this Argument doth ariſe:

    John Penry · The History of Korah · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … as the worlde was not worthye to haue, wandringe in wildernesses, in mountaines, in dennesdens and caues of earth. All these were approued by the testimony of fayth, and …
    With rule
    … as the worlde was not worthye to haue, wandringe in wildernesses, in mountaines, in dennesdens and caues of earth. All these were approued by the testimony of fayth, and …

    Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ayre will descend as it were from his throne, and go into caues, into dennesdens, and into dū geons, to fill them. If the rich were so good to …
    With rule
    … ayre will descend as it were from his throne, and go into caues, into dennesdens, and into dū geons, to fill them. If the rich were so good to …

    Henry Smith · The Examination of Usury · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … them, and fasten on them, there is certaine hurt. 4. Thornes and briers are the dennesdens and receptacles of Serpents, and poysonfull wormes and creatures: so are these vnmortified desires …
    With rule
    … them, and fasten on them, there is certaine hurt. 4. Thornes and briers are the dennesdens and receptacles of Serpents, and poysonfull wormes and creatures: so are these vnmortified desires …

    Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 147 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the euils hanginge ouer them, they shall fearefully hide them selues in the dennesdens and holes of the mountaynes.
    With rule
    … of the euils hanginge ouer them, they shall fearefully hide them selues in the dennesdens and holes of the mountaynes.

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    11 Hath hidde them selues in dennesdens of the sayd rocks & hilles. When they haue done all mischief and wrought all …
    With rule
    11 Hath hidde them selues in dennesdens of the sayd rocks & hilles. When they haue done all mischief and wrought all …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to bānish that Romish Antichrist, they did driue owt the fylthie swyne frō theyr dennesdens and holes (I mean the monkes and other such papisticall vermin from their cloisters …
    With rule
    … to bānish that Romish Antichrist, they did driue owt the fylthie swyne frō theyr dennesdens and holes (I mean the monkes and other such papisticall vermin from their cloisters …

    John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Monkes of the middle Age, who increased both in number and Superstition, from their dennesdens in Wildernesses, the approched to great townes, where they had solemn… Monasteries, founded by …
    With rule
    … Monkes of the middle Age, who increased both in number and Superstition, from their dennesdens in Wildernesses, the approched to great townes, where they had solemn… Monasteries, founded by …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 37 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … the waters of Cidnus, and celebrated Gymnicall and Musicall Games. The Corycian and Triphonian DennesDens or Caues were held in much veneration among the Cilicians, where they sacrificed with …
    With rule
    … the waters of Cidnus, and celebrated Gymnicall and Musicall Games. The Corycian and Triphonian DennesDens or Caues were held in much veneration among the Cilicians, where they sacrificed with …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 285 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

  • Printed
    … from the top of Amanah, from the top of Shenir, and Hermon; from the DennesDens of the Lions, from the mountaines of the Leopards. Thou hast ravished-my-heart …
    With rule
    … from the top of Amanah, from the top of Shenir, and Hermon; from the DennesDens of the Lions, from the mountaines of the Leopards. Thou hast ravished-my-heart …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory Over the Dragon A13533

  • Printed
    … saith hee) it must not bee in houses, Temples, Cities, but in prisons, Mountaines, DennesDens, Desarts and Caves of the earth.
    With rule
    … saith hee) it must not bee in houses, Temples, Cities, but in prisons, Mountaines, DennesDens, Desarts and Caves of the earth.

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 768 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    … ye world was not worthy to haue, wādring in wildernes, in moū taynes, in DennesDens and Caues of the earth. All these were approued by the testimony of fayth …
    With rule
    … ye world was not worthy to haue, wādring in wildernes, in moū taynes, in DennesDens and Caues of the earth. All these were approued by the testimony of fayth …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1784 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … would neuer fulfill your promise, but haue hid your selfe in the woodes Bushes, DennesDens & Caues, and thus haue continued euer since, til it was now of late. Thē …
    With rule
    … would neuer fulfill your promise, but haue hid your selfe in the woodes Bushes, DennesDens & Caues, and thus haue continued euer since, til it was now of late. Thē …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1997 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    Mens deuiſed Ceremonies are likened to theeues Caues or DennesDens. 260. a 40.
    With rule
    Mens deuiſed Ceremonies are likened to theeues Caues or DennesDens. 260. a 40.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Lions, Beares, VVoolues, and all other wilde beaſts, keepe themſelues in their Caues and DennesDens: but bycauſe God ſheweth himſelf too bee ſuperiour ouer them. Therefore if wee will …
    With rule
    … Lions, Beares, VVoolues, and all other wilde beaſts, keepe themſelues in their Caues and DennesDens: but bycauſe God ſheweth himſelf too bee ſuperiour ouer them. Therefore if wee will …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 743 · Open in the reader