Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8204 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

byrdesbirds

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

Puritas changed it: 115 times in 64 works
Consistency: 92.0% (115 of 125)
Reach if approved: ~131 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: birds
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 125 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (115 changes in 64 works, 92.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 115)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… monasteryes, couentes, collegys, and chaunteryes, alleages of vncleane spretes, and holdes of most hatefull byrdesbirds by the manyfest worde of God. And thynke not but the fylthye habytacyons of …
With rule
… monasteryes, couentes, collegys, and chaunteryes, alleages of vncleane spretes, and holdes of most hatefull byrdesbirds by the manyfest worde of God. And thynke not but the fylthye habytacyons of …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theym. And ye are muche … precious to me (sayth Christ) then Sparrowes or other byrdesbirds. God wyl defend you, that before your tyme commeth, ye shall not dye nor …
With rule
… theym. And ye are muche … precious to me (sayth Christ) then Sparrowes or other byrdesbirds. God wyl defend you, that before your tyme commeth, ye shall not dye nor …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… thornes nor dried vp for wāt of moisture, nor yet carryed away of y^• byrdesbirds of the ayer, but thorowe the working of the holy gost, so take rote …
With rule
… thornes nor dried vp for wāt of moisture, nor yet carryed away of y^• byrdesbirds of the ayer, but thorowe the working of the holy gost, so take rote …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. xcxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… obſeruation, who did obſerue: who did neglect this pennance. Euery one of Antechriſt his byrdesbirds wolde haue had here in as many eyes as euer had Argus, th…y …
With rule
… obſeruation, who did obſerue: who did neglect this pennance. Euery one of Antechriſt his byrdesbirds wolde haue had here in as many eyes as euer had Argus, th…y …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader
Printed
… that they thincke that one can driue awaye the Dyuelles as they doe the byrdesbirds from the vanes. If the Dyuelles were lyke vnto the Bées, they woulde ſtaye …
With rule
… that they thincke that one can driue awaye the Dyuelles as they doe the byrdesbirds from the vanes. If the Dyuelles were lyke vnto the Bées, they woulde ſtaye …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the poore, tyrannie. &c. In which wrath of God euen the very babes, byrdesbirds, foules, fiſhes, herbes trees, and graſſe periſſhed. And thinke we that nothinge wylbe ſpokē …
With rule
… to the poore, tyrannie. &c. In which wrath of God euen the very babes, byrdesbirds, foules, fiſhes, herbes trees, and graſſe periſſhed. And thinke we that nothinge wylbe ſpokē …
John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader
Printed
… a pit when one is leapt in afore them, or lyke Cranes and other byrdesbirds that flie all on a rowe one after another, no wee may not doo …
With rule
… a pit when one is leapt in afore them, or lyke Cranes and other byrdesbirds that flie all on a rowe one after another, no wee may not doo …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… is red alſo in the Goſpell to haue ſayed: Foxes haue holes, and the byrdesbirds thayre haue neſtes. But the ſonne of man hath not wher on to reſte …
With rule
… is red alſo in the Goſpell to haue ſayed: Foxes haue holes, and the byrdesbirds thayre haue neſtes. But the ſonne of man hath not wher on to reſte …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… wyth very plaine speache, GOD (sayth he) doth appareill the grasse in the felde. ByrdesBirds fyndeth not their lyuynge be chance. But the father of heauen fedeth them, and …
With rule
… wyth very plaine speache, GOD (sayth he) doth appareill the grasse in the felde. ByrdesBirds fyndeth not their lyuynge be chance. But the father of heauen fedeth them, and …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

Printed
… there were any such, longeth litle to you young men Iesuites, and other late ByrdesBirds of Rome: that which foloweth perhaps, you wyll saye doth: for ye recken not …
With rule
… there were any such, longeth litle to you young men Iesuites, and other late ByrdesBirds of Rome: that which foloweth perhaps, you wyll saye doth: for ye recken not …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the other, I see … you driue: It is a principle with you that ByrdesBirds of one feather, must flie and holde together. Errour agreeth very well (commonly) with …
With rule
… for the other, I see … you driue: It is a principle with you that ByrdesBirds of one feather, must flie and holde together. Errour agreeth very well (commonly) with …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · p. 74 · Open in the reader