Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8110 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spurresspurs

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

Puritas changed it: 302 times in 214 works
Consistency: 94.3% (302 of 320)
Reach if approved: ~336 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: spurs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 320 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (302 changes in 214 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 302)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… waffer cakes, oyles roods, relyques, ladyes, Images, sculles, bones, chippes, olde ragges, showes, bootes, spurresspurs, hattes, breches, whodes, nightcapes, and such like.
With rule
… waffer cakes, oyles roods, relyques, ladyes, Images, sculles, bones, chippes, olde ragges, showes, bootes, spurresspurs, hattes, breches, whodes, nightcapes, and such like.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… not only be ſhewed the way and ſet into it, but by whips, goades, ſpurresspurs or ſuch like inſtruments driuen forward in it: ſo muſt the dull hearts of …
With rule
… not only be ſhewed the way and ſet into it, but by whips, goades, ſpurresspurs or ſuch like inſtruments driuen forward in it: ſo muſt the dull hearts of …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 392 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſitt with Prieſts, and men of holy orders, and ſometime the ſame Laicks, carrie ſpurresspurs vpon their heeles, and alſo rods in their hands; yea, which is worſt, they …
With rule
… ſitt with Prieſts, and men of holy orders, and ſometime the ſame Laicks, carrie ſpurresspurs vpon their heeles, and alſo rods in their hands; yea, which is worſt, they …
Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ste…ks or stones. And to the Elect they are most necessarie prickes and spurresspurs, to stirre the dull flesh toward his dutie, as all good men feeleth & can …
With rule
… ste…ks or stones. And to the Elect they are most necessarie prickes and spurresspurs, to stirre the dull flesh toward his dutie, as all good men feeleth & can …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
And with his spurresspurs a maine the horse doth greete:
With rule
And with his spurresspurs a maine the horse doth greete:
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
Printed
… this goes braue, for while wickedneſſe hath caſt his rubs, and vengeance caſtes his ſpurresspurs, and his foote, and thus ſhee reeles, and now ſhe tumbles, and then ſhee …
With rule
… this goes braue, for while wickedneſſe hath caſt his rubs, and vengeance caſtes his ſpurresspurs, and his foote, and thus ſhee reeles, and now ſhe tumbles, and then ſhee …
Henry Smith · Two Sermons of Jonahs Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… to forget or fore-slack their markets vpon the market day: neither neede many spurresspurs to reserue some-thing (as wee say) against a rainie day.
With rule
… to forget or fore-slack their markets vpon the market day: neither neede many spurresspurs to reserue some-thing (as wee say) against a rainie day.
Thomas Taylor · The Beauties of Bethel · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Deceivings of the people, defacings of Chriſts death, obſcurings of Gods free grace, very ſpurresspurs vnto all lewdneſſe of life? For what offence, knavery, ſinne, or abhomination can be …
With rule
… Deceivings of the people, defacings of Chriſts death, obſcurings of Gods free grace, very ſpurresspurs vnto all lewdneſſe of life? For what offence, knavery, ſinne, or abhomination can be …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 75 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christianography A08826

Printed
… for their unreverent ſitting in their Churches, and ſuffering Lay men with Bootes and SpurresSpurs to ſit by the Prieſts at time of Divine Service, and alſo for not …
With rule
… for their unreverent ſitting in their Churches, and ſuffering Lay men with Bootes and SpurresSpurs to ſit by the Prieſts at time of Divine Service, and alſo for not …
Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… his Warres. Yet the King seemes to be rich: all his Horse-furniture, Stirrops, SpurresSpurs, Bridles, Bitts, were of Gold; and his dishes, Platters, or whatsoeuer he did eat …
With rule
… his Warres. Yet the King seemes to be rich: all his Horse-furniture, Stirrops, SpurresSpurs, Bridles, Bitts, were of Gold; and his dishes, Platters, or whatsoeuer he did eat …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 544 · Open in the reader

A Door of Hope A28659

Printed
… Improbabilities of the proſperous ſucceſſe of this worke, there are Bitts as well as SpurresSpurs, yea many a rough winde and tyde is againſt it: and therefore we ſhould …
With rule
… Improbabilities of the proſperous ſucceſſe of this worke, there are Bitts as well as SpurresSpurs, yea many a rough winde and tyde is againſt it: and therefore we ſhould …
John Bond · A Door of Hope · p. 63 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

Printed
… his head, white Gloves upon his hands, Bootes of Gold upon his legges, Gilt SpurresSpurs at his heeles, a great rich Ring upon his finger, his Scepter in his …
With rule
… his head, white Gloves upon his hands, Bootes of Gold upon his legges, Gilt SpurresSpurs at his heeles, a great rich Ring upon his finger, his Scepter in his …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cap of Maintenance, and Iohn Marshall next to him, bearing a massive paire of SpurresSpurs of Gold; then followed William Marshall Earle of Striguill, alias Pembroke, who bare the …
With rule
… Cap of Maintenance, and Iohn Marshall next to him, bearing a massive paire of SpurresSpurs of Gold; then followed William Marshall Earle of Striguill, alias Pembroke, who bare the …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Leopards, with his Crowne on his head, his Sword by his side, and golden SpurresSpurs on his heeles; presents himselfe in the body of the Cathedrall Church of Amyens …
With rule
… Leopards, with his Crowne on his head, his Sword by his side, and golden SpurresSpurs on his heeles; presents himselfe in the body of the Cathedrall Church of Amyens …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… France, first commands King Edward to pu… off his Crowne, his Sword, and his SpurresSpurs, and to kneele downe, which he did, on a Crimson Velvet Cushion before King …
With rule
… France, first commands King Edward to pu… off his Crowne, his Sword, and his SpurresSpurs, and to kneele downe, which he did, on a Crimson Velvet Cushion before King …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… flight, and fled so fast, that from thence it was called the battell of SpurresSpurs, for that they used more their spurresspurs in running away, then theit Launces in …
With rule
… flight, and fled so fast, that from thence it was called the battell of SpurresSpurs, for that they used more their spurresspurs in running away, then theit Launces in …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 8 · Open in the reader