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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8123 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wepeweep

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

Puritas changed it
156 times in 67 works
Consistency
96.8% (156 of 161)
Reach if approved
~169 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: weep
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
161 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (156 changes in 67 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 156)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the widowe? or heateth he not the cōplaint ouer suche as make her to wepeweep? For frō her chekes do ye teares go vp vnto heauen, & the lord which …
    With rule
    … the widowe? or heateth he not the cōplaint ouer suche as make her to wepeweep? For frō her chekes do ye teares go vp vnto heauen, & the lord which …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … before thee, offre vp prayses, prayers and sacrifice vnto thee: so oft I may wepeweep aboundauntly with teares in thy sight, so yt my teares may be to me …
    With rule
    … before thee, offre vp prayses, prayers and sacrifice vnto thee: so oft I may wepeweep aboundauntly with teares in thy sight, so yt my teares may be to me …

    Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Reioyſe with them that reioyce, and wepeweep with them that wepeweep] In Greke it is the infinitiue moode. And no meruayle for they oftentimes vſe …
    With rule
    Reioyſe with them that reioyce, and wepeweep with them that wepeweep] In Greke it is the infinitiue moode. And no meruayle for they oftentimes vſe …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 424 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … turned backe vnto them, and sayde: Daughters of Ierusalē, weepe not for me, but wepeweep for your selues, & for your children. 29. For behold, the daies wil come, when mē …
    With rule
    … turned backe vnto them, and sayde: Daughters of Ierusalē, weepe not for me, but wepeweep for your selues, & for your children. 29. For behold, the daies wil come, when mē …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 738 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Disciples no other wise. The worlde (sayeth he) shal reioyse but you shal mourne & wepeweep. And lest any man should find fault therwt, a cōmaūdemte being put furth, he …
    With rule
    … Disciples no other wise. The worlde (sayeth he) shal reioyse but you shal mourne & wepeweep. And lest any man should find fault therwt, a cōmaūdemte being put furth, he …

    John Calvin · The Life of a Christian Man · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Do make my herte wepeweep
    With rule
    Do make my herte wepeweep

    Robert Crowley · Thirty-One Epigrams · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … muche as a dodkine, or a rotten nut. Not without iust cause therefore they wepeweep and lament, because the hope of such sweete gaine is now all taken from …
    With rule
    … muche as a dodkine, or a rotten nut. Not without iust cause therefore they wepeweep and lament, because the hope of such sweete gaine is now all taken from …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … we dyd well in it. Truely here is it tyme to lament and to wepeweep ouer vs wicked perſonnes, and blynde, wylde, vngracyous people, which treade, puſſhe, ſcratche, rente …
    With rule
    … we dyd well in it. Truely here is it tyme to lament and to wepeweep ouer vs wicked perſonnes, and blynde, wylde, vngracyous people, which treade, puſſhe, ſcratche, rente …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

  • Printed
    … make you his seruauntes, & send you obedient harts vnto his holy and blessed lawe. WepeWeep not for me, but praye for me, that the wil of God may be …
    With rule
    … make you his seruauntes, & send you obedient harts vnto his holy and blessed lawe. WepeWeep not for me, but praye for me, that the wil of God may be …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 284 · Open in the reader