Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8092 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leggeslegs

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

Puritas changed it: 889 times in 405 works
Consistency: 97.2% (889 of 914)
Reach if approved: ~960 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: legs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 914 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (889 changes in 405 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 889)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is, saith our Sauiour, to go halt into heauen, then to go with two leggeslegs whole to hell: and better it is to go naked or thin-clad into …
With rule
… is, saith our Sauiour, to go halt into heauen, then to go with two leggeslegs whole to hell: and better it is to go naked or thin-clad into …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 335 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the reſt: we know that if a man be not well fenced on his leggeslegs, he may receiue ſuch a blow vpon them, as will cleane ouerthrow him, notwithſtanding …
With rule
… the reſt: we know that if a man be not well fenced on his leggeslegs, he may receiue ſuch a blow vpon them, as will cleane ouerthrow him, notwithſtanding …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him downe with his winges headlong to the ground: by the which fall his leggeslegs and ioyntes were broken, and he thervpon dyed: Then Nero sorrowing for the death …
With rule
… him downe with his winges headlong to the ground: by the which fall his leggeslegs and ioyntes were broken, and he thervpon dyed: Then Nero sorrowing for the death …
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in a ſoci…tie, whereof wee may ſay, the head is gold, but the leggeslegs are yron, and the ſeete ſtand vpon clay. Dan. 2.33. I ſpeake to the faithfull …
With rule
… in a ſoci…tie, whereof wee may ſay, the head is gold, but the leggeslegs are yron, and the ſeete ſtand vpon clay. Dan. 2.33. I ſpeake to the faithfull …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 317 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Naturally we are giuen to hide our outward blemiſhes, to weare glaſſe eyes, artificiall leggeslegs, &c. yea many loue not to heare the worſt of their cauſes, nor yet …
With rule
… Naturally we are giuen to hide our outward blemiſhes, to weare glaſſe eyes, artificiall leggeslegs, &c. yea many loue not to heare the worſt of their cauſes, nor yet …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… together with workes, whatſoeuer they be, for this were euen to halt on both leggeslegs, to worſhip Baal, and to kiſſe the hand, which of all other is abhominable …
With rule
… together with workes, whatſoeuer they be, for this were euen to halt on both leggeslegs, to worſhip Baal, and to kiſſe the hand, which of all other is abhominable …
Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in ſuch manner ſhal Iſrael bee deliuered, That if the Sheepheards do take twoo leggeslegs, or a peece of an eare out of the Lyons mouth, &c.
With rule
… in ſuch manner ſhal Iſrael bee deliuered, That if the Sheepheards do take twoo leggeslegs, or a peece of an eare out of the Lyons mouth, &c.
Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
Her failing leggeslegs with erring footsteps reel'd;
With rule
Her failing leggeslegs with erring footsteps reel'd;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 95 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself A57963

Printed
… Deut. 1.31. And Christ, Luk. 15.5. finding the lost sheep, layeth it on his shoulders, rejoycing. LeggesLegs I have none (saith the sinner) and so cannot goe to the new kingdome …
With rule
… Deut. 1.31. And Christ, Luk. 15.5. finding the lost sheep, layeth it on his shoulders, rejoycing. LeggesLegs I have none (saith the sinner) and so cannot goe to the new kingdome …
Samuel Rutherford · Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself · p. 283 · Open in the reader

The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 A64252

Printed
… stooping his body to take something in, his Head was too heavy for his LeggesLegs that should have supported him, and downe …ee fell upon a Forke which stood …
With rule
… stooping his body to take something in, his Head was too heavy for his LeggesLegs that should have supported him, and downe …ee fell upon a Forke which stood …
Thomas Taylor · The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed A77667

Printed
… recorded with their circumſtances: That he was Crucified betweene two Theeves; and when his LeggesLegs ſhould have beene broken, he was found to bee Dead before: and then was …
With rule
… recorded with their circumſtances: That he was Crucified betweene two Theeves; and when his LeggesLegs ſhould have beene broken, he was found to bee Dead before: and then was …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 7 · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

Printed
… ſoule riſe againſt him? Why, turn thy face to the wall, draw up thy LeggesLegs in thy bed, thou wilt have a death-pull preſently; conſcience will ſting thee …
With rule
… ſoule riſe againſt him? Why, turn thy face to the wall, draw up thy LeggesLegs in thy bed, thou wilt have a death-pull preſently; conſcience will ſting thee …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 430 · Open in the reader

A Scripture-Map of the Wilderness of Sin A95609

Printed
… in the world, although he doth not ſet to ſale new Crutches, but new LeggesLegs, new Strength, yea better then you had in the beginning, at ſuch rate alſo …
With rule
… in the world, although he doth not ſet to ſale new Crutches, but new LeggesLegs, new Strength, yea better then you had in the beginning, at ſuch rate alſo …
Faithful Teate · A Scripture-Map of the Wilderness of Sin · p. 351 · Open in the reader