Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8131 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

aduersaryeadversary

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

Puritas changed it: 82 times in 45 works
Consistency: 98.8% (82 of 83)
Reach if approved: ~87 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: adversary
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 83 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (82 changes in 45 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 82)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… an heat off disputation with an heretike / coueting by al meanes to ouercō his aduersaryeadversary. As who saye he wolde not take hede what he dyd saye / ād specialy …
With rule
… an heat off disputation with an heretike / coueting by al meanes to ouercō his aduersaryeadversary. As who saye he wolde not take hede what he dyd saye / ād specialy …
Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is labor loſte, that thou ſhouldeſt take all the paynes, when as thyne aduerſaryeadversary ſhoulde take as muche paynes as thy ſelfe. Which thing if thou ſhouldest attempt …
With rule
… it is labor loſte, that thou ſhouldeſt take all the paynes, when as thyne aduerſaryeadversary ſhoulde take as muche paynes as thy ſelfe. Which thing if thou ſhouldest attempt …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… calleth Antichriſte Aduerſarium, y^t is to ſaye an aduerſaryeadversary: and he calleth hym an aduerſaryeadversary or Antichriſte, as though one ſhuld ſaye, ſet playn contrarye agaynſte Chriſte: as one …
With rule
… calleth Antichriſte Aduerſarium, y^t is to ſaye an aduerſaryeadversary: and he calleth hym an aduerſaryeadversary or Antichriſte, as though one ſhuld ſaye, ſet playn contrarye agaynſte Chriſte: as one …
Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doothe not appeare. And in deede iff the anſwerer had light vppon ſome weywarde aduerſaryeadversary / that woulde haue debated this queſtion with him: theſe places wolde haue giuen him …
With rule
… doothe not appeare. And in deede iff the anſwerer had light vppon ſome weywarde aduerſaryeadversary / that woulde haue debated this queſtion with him: theſe places wolde haue giuen him …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. LXXVIII · Open in the reader
Printed
… exercised (by the reporte of Nauclerus) was this: because that Formosus had beene an aduersaryeadversary to Stephen and Sergius when they sued to be made Bishops.
With rule
… exercised (by the reporte of Nauclerus) was this: because that Formosus had beene an aduersaryeadversary to Stephen and Sergius when they sued to be made Bishops.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1966 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heretyque / that troubler of the publyque peace / that enemye of the realme / and great aduersaryeadversary of all holye churche / for all these hatefull names ded he geue him.
With rule
… heretyque / that troubler of the publyque peace / that enemye of the realme / and great aduersaryeadversary of all holye churche / for all these hatefull names ded he geue him.
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
Printed
… Adā & ys called the deuyll or malycyouse accuser / yea / & also Sathan the most cruell aduersaryeadversary with all hys elyentes & spirituall adherentes / are certayne & sure to be cast out.
With rule
… Adā & ys called the deuyll or malycyouse accuser / yea / & also Sathan the most cruell aduersaryeadversary with all hys elyentes & spirituall adherentes / are certayne & sure to be cast out.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is added to Chriſtes religion, the doctrine of the deuel & depe inuention of y^• aduerſaryeadversary Sathan: as alſo did Paule writing to Timothie. And Ieſus Chriſte ſayeth: I will …
With rule
… is added to Chriſtes religion, the doctrine of the deuel & depe inuention of y^• aduerſaryeadversary Sathan: as alſo did Paule writing to Timothie. And Ieſus Chriſte ſayeth: I will …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… and without ceasing. And for as much as vayne glory is so subtle an AduersaryeAdversary, that almoste it woundeth deadly, ere euer a manne can perceiue himselfe to be …
With rule
… and without ceasing. And for as much as vayne glory is so subtle an AduersaryeAdversary, that almoste it woundeth deadly, ere euer a manne can perceiue himselfe to be …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1851 · Open in the reader