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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8154 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leggeleg

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

Puritas changed it
512 times in 286 works
Consistency
91.1% (512 of 562)
Reach if approved
~591 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: leg
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
562 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (512 changes in 286 works, 91.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 512)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in his opinions, vnsetled in his practises (foreign) like a man that standes vpon one leggeleg, easily overturned, like a bowle on a smooth table, that's pushed aside with the …
    With rule
    … in his opinions, vnsetled in his practises (foreign) like a man that standes vpon one leggeleg, easily overturned, like a bowle on a smooth table, that's pushed aside with the …

    William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … meeknes, curtesie, and humanitie: euen as a Surgeon dealeth with a broken arme or leggeleg, not with roughnes, or anger, but with mildnes, yea and pitie towards the offender …
    With rule
    … meeknes, curtesie, and humanitie: euen as a Surgeon dealeth with a broken arme or leggeleg, not with roughnes, or anger, but with mildnes, yea and pitie towards the offender …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … cryed at the last: Oh Lacon, thou canst not stand so long vpon one leggeleg. True, said Lacon, but euerie Goose can.
    With rule
    … cryed at the last: Oh Lacon, thou canst not stand so long vpon one leggeleg. True, said Lacon, but euerie Goose can.

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Iudas, it was in him so much the more presumptuous, as having a shorter leggeleg then they, he du… in that matter overstride them. And his rashnesse is so …
    With rule
    … Iudas, it was in him so much the more presumptuous, as having a shorter leggeleg then they, he du… in that matter overstride them. And his rashnesse is so …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Oh then who can beare it? a wounded name, a wounded eſtate, a wounded leggeleg, a wounded arme may be borne; but when God breakes the bones within, when …
    With rule
    … Oh then who can beare it? a wounded name, a wounded eſtate, a wounded leggeleg, a wounded arme may be borne; but when God breakes the bones within, when …

    Robert Harris · The Blessedness of a Sound Spirit · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the life. A man would hazard to beare a great blowe on his arme, leggeleg, or thigh, rather then on his head: wee euer care for that part which …
    With rule
    … the life. A man would hazard to beare a great blowe on his arme, leggeleg, or thigh, rather then on his head: wee euer care for that part which …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … he lacked one of them: Theſe ergo, belonged to his body, as a wooden leggeleg or glaſſe, doth to the body of a man, or at the moſt, as …
    With rule
    … he lacked one of them: Theſe ergo, belonged to his body, as a wooden leggeleg or glaſſe, doth to the body of a man, or at the moſt, as …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 402 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The broken haue ye not bound togither. To be broken is, as when ones leggeleg is broken, or a wound ſome where elſe giuen him. That is, when as …
    With rule
    The broken haue ye not bound togither. To be broken is, as when ones leggeleg is broken, or a wound ſome where elſe giuen him. That is, when as …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (50)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 37 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 A05999

  • Printed
    … have had; afflictions will not worke upon them. When no plaiſter will cure the LeggeLeg, it muſt bee cut off; when the Goſpell will doe thee no good, nothing …
    With rule
    … have had; afflictions will not worke upon them. When no plaiſter will cure the LeggeLeg, it muſt bee cut off; when the Goſpell will doe thee no good, nothing …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Christs Combat and Conquest A13530

  • Printed
    PRINTED BY CANTRELL LEGGELEG, PRINTER to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1618.
    With rule
    PRINTED BY CANTRELL LEGGELEG, PRINTER to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1618.

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · Open in the reader

Harmony Upon 2 Samuel A15403

  • Printed
    Printed by CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to to the Vniuersitie of CAMBRIDGE. 1614.
    With rule
    Printed by CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to to the Vniuersitie of CAMBRIDGE. 1614.

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 2 Samuel · Open in the reader

Commentary on Daniel A15415

  • Printed
    Printed by CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1610
    With rule
    Printed by CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1610

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Printed by CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1610
    With rule
    Printed by CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1610

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · Open in the reader

Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites A15819

  • Printed
    PRINTED BY CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to the Vniuerſitie of Cambridge. 1615.
    With rule
    PRINTED BY CANTRELL LEGGELEG, Printer to the Vniuerſitie of Cambridge. 1615.

    John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of the Mass A36867

  • Printed
    … peece of fl ſh was taken out of the Arme or out of the LeggeLeg.
    With rule
    … peece of fl ſh was taken out of the Arme or out of the LeggeLeg.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Anatomy of the Mass · p. 315 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons A43562

  • Printed
    … purſes, In warre men dye many deaths, here lyes one without an Arme, a LeggeLeg, Trampled under the Horſes feete, none regards their cryes, their lamentations, The Drummes, the …
    With rule
    … purſes, In warre men dye many deaths, here lyes one without an Arme, a LeggeLeg, Trampled under the Horſes feete, none regards their cryes, their lamentations, The Drummes, the …

    Richard Heyrick · Three Sermons · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Scripture and Reason Pleased for Defensive Arms A55033

  • Printed
    … knowne. Finally the Earle of Newcaſtle in a diſguiſed habit and Name, and Captaine LeggeLeg, (two perſons that were named in the buſineſſe of bringing up the Northern Armes …
    With rule
    … knowne. Finally the Earle of Newcaſtle in a diſguiſed habit and Name, and Captaine LeggeLeg, (two perſons that were named in the buſineſſe of bringing up the Northern Armes …

    Herbert Palmer · Scripture and Reason Pleased for Defensive Arms · p. 54 · Open in the reader

A Counterpoison A67746

  • Printed
    … blessing is according to their vigor) pray that thou maist pray better: If thy LeggeLeg be ben…ed, goe upon it a little, and it will come to it …
    With rule
    … blessing is according to their vigor) pray that thou maist pray better: If thy LeggeLeg be ben…ed, goe upon it a little, and it will come to it …

    Richard Younge · A Counterpoison · p. 318 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    … Image, or of any other fayre Picture if he onely marke the Knee or LeggeLeg, he ſhall eaſely be deceaued: for he muſt conſider the Armes, he Shoulders, the …
    With rule
    … Image, or of any other fayre Picture if he onely marke the Knee or LeggeLeg, he ſhall eaſely be deceaued: for he muſt conſider the Armes, he Shoulders, the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Self-Denial A90811

  • Printed
    One that hath a Gangrene in his Arme or LeggeLeg, doth not deliberate (unleſſe hee be a Mad-man) whether it be beſt to …
    With rule
    One that hath a Gangrene in his Arme or LeggeLeg, doth not deliberate (unleſſe hee be a Mad-man) whether it be beſt to …

    Theophilus Polwheile · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 262 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Natural body, when ſome principal part, as an Eye, or an Arme, or LeggeLeg is wanting, therefore no beauty in one that doth not deny himſelf; for though …
    With rule
    … the Natural body, when ſome principal part, as an Eye, or an Arme, or LeggeLeg is wanting, therefore no beauty in one that doth not deny himſelf; for though …

    Theophilus Polwheile · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 274 · Open in the reader