Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8197 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

witteswits

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

Puritas changed it: 860 times in 224 works
Consistency: 99.3% (860 of 866)
Reach if approved: ~910 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wits
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 866 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (860 changes in 224 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 860)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vs, & declare vnto vs by his holie worde those thinges, that wée by our witteswits could neuer haue sound out: wee must giue this honour to his holie worde …
With rule
… vs, & declare vnto vs by his holie worde those thinges, that wée by our witteswits could neuer haue sound out: wee must giue this honour to his holie worde …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be called Goſpellers, that haue ſome their bellye for theyre God, ſome theyr ſubtile witteswits and worldlye policies, ſome one thing, ſome another ſo that in effecte Idolatrye is …
With rule
… be called Goſpellers, that haue ſome their bellye for theyre God, ſome theyr ſubtile witteswits and worldlye policies, ſome one thing, ſome another ſo that in effecte Idolatrye is …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… not doe what wee ought, yet defend what we doe. How many spend their witteswits to iustifie their hands? Through the vnluckie and vnnaturall copulation of fraud and malice …
With rule
… not doe what wee ought, yet defend what we doe. How many spend their witteswits to iustifie their hands? Through the vnluckie and vnnaturall copulation of fraud and malice …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… infirmitie, they are preoccupied by Sathan their aduerſarie before they be aware, or their witteswits are …raſed with ſicknes, they do nothing of ſet purpoſe and malice againſt God.
With rule
… infirmitie, they are preoccupied by Sathan their aduerſarie before they be aware, or their witteswits are …raſed with ſicknes, they do nothing of ſet purpoſe and malice againſt God.
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the doctrine of Christ, and about that purpose they occupy and bestowe all their witteswits. This was the firste seede. The seconde seede was Nihil occultum, quod non reuelabitur …
With rule
… the doctrine of Christ, and about that purpose they occupy and bestowe all their witteswits. This was the firste seede. The seconde seede was Nihil occultum, quod non reuelabitur …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… do this of any custome, Simeon semed to them not to haue his right witteswits. For all that was done, was litle estemed, the chyld beyng yonge, the parents …
With rule
… do this of any custome, Simeon semed to them not to haue his right witteswits. For all that was done, was litle estemed, the chyld beyng yonge, the parents …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their humours, beeing at other tymes sober and well enough stayed in their witteswits. The like is seene in them that haue the falling sicknesse. For their vnderstanding …
With rule
… of their humours, beeing at other tymes sober and well enough stayed in their witteswits. The like is seene in them that haue the falling sicknesse. For their vnderstanding …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… firste of all we oght to prouide that we leid in captiuitie, our own witteswits ād others, & that vnderstāding we may haue the pouertie & humilitie of Spirit which Christ …
With rule
… firste of all we oght to prouide that we leid in captiuitie, our own witteswits ād others, & that vnderstāding we may haue the pouertie & humilitie of Spirit which Christ …
David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

Printed
… Sacriledge; and to giue his Honour either to other Creatures, or to our owne WittesWits… as if we could haue deliuered our selues. Let any be Iudge but the …
With rule
… Sacriledge; and to giue his Honour either to other Creatures, or to our owne WittesWits… as if we could haue deliuered our selues. Let any be Iudge but the …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 40 · Open in the reader

The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense A13248

Printed
… this commendable Art: and ſo, I hope, that this Whetſtone will make your blunt WittesWits ſomewhat ſharper: Golde is not put in the fire to be conſumed, but to …
With rule
… this commendable Art: and ſo, I hope, that this Whetſtone will make your blunt WittesWits ſomewhat ſharper: Golde is not put in the fire to be conſumed, but to …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 189 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
WittesWits forgetfull.
With rule
WittesWits forgetfull.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
Ouerweening WittesWits deſpiſe Gods wiſedome.
With rule
Ouerweening WittesWits deſpiſe Gods wiſedome.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 857 · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

Printed
… and sotle reasons ar forged to blinde the right waye and to begyle mens WittesWits. And whom they feare to haue aduersaries able to resiste them / for soch meanes …
With rule
… and sotle reasons ar forged to blinde the right waye and to begyle mens WittesWits. And whom they feare to haue aduersaries able to resiste them / for soch meanes …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. xcix · Open in the reader