Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8208 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

alassealas

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

Puritas changed it: 628 times in 236 works
Consistency: 100% (628 of 628)
Reach if approved: ~660 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: alas
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 628 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (628 changes in 236 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 628)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… many ſay they would be aſhamed to doe as ſuch and ſuch doe, when alaſſealas, it is not in their power to abſtaine. Hazael thought great ſcorne euer to …
With rule
… many ſay they would be aſhamed to doe as ſuch and ſuch doe, when alaſſealas, it is not in their power to abſtaine. Hazael thought great ſcorne euer to …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all things; watch thy heart therefore at euery turne, leſt it fall away: But alaſſealas, what will our watchfulneſſe doe? Yes, it is very effectuall when it is ioyned …
With rule
… all things; watch thy heart therefore at euery turne, leſt it fall away: But alaſſealas, what will our watchfulneſſe doe? Yes, it is very effectuall when it is ioyned …
John Randall · Saint Pauls Triumph · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… familiarlie: for when thy heart is with him, no doubt he is with thee. AlaſſeAlas, beaſtlie man, fy on thee that euer thou was borne, and thou haue not …
With rule
… familiarlie: for when thy heart is with him, no doubt he is with thee. AlaſſeAlas, beaſtlie man, fy on thee that euer thou was borne, and thou haue not …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… impediments, why men who live under the meanes both publike and private, and yet alaſſealas, die of poore eſtates, and leave but little that appeareth of any ſtocke, or …
With rule
… impediments, why men who live under the meanes both publike and private, and yet alaſſealas, die of poore eſtates, and leave but little that appeareth of any ſtocke, or …
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diddeſt ſo far reſpect god, that thou diddeſt no way reſpect thy ſelfe. AlaſſeAlas, alaſſealas, deere Vrſine the light of Germanie, the pillar of the church, the father of …
With rule
… diddeſt ſo far reſpect god, that thou diddeſt no way reſpect thy ſelfe. AlaſſeAlas, alaſſealas, deere Vrſine the light of Germanie, the pillar of the church, the father of …
Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 320 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heires; yea you ſhall bee all heires, there are no younger brethren▪ Againe, why alaſſealas in this life the livings we poſſeſſe, the inheritance of them paſſeth from one …
With rule
… heires; yea you ſhall bee all heires, there are no younger brethren▪ Againe, why alaſſealas in this life the livings we poſſeſſe, the inheritance of them paſſeth from one …
Thomas Goodwin · The Happiness of the Saints in Glory · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, Everlaſting mercie, the righteous (ſaith David) is ever giving, lending &c. AlaſſeAlas Mercie breakes now as faſt as trading, faire houſes be ſhut in, mercy is …
With rule
Secondly, Everlaſting mercie, the righteous (ſaith David) is ever giving, lending &c. AlaſſeAlas Mercie breakes now as faſt as trading, faire houſes be ſhut in, mercy is …
Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I delight not in them; this is a good ſigne of a penitent heart, alaſſealas i… men ſee and are ſorrowfull that they haue beene out of their waies …
With rule
… I delight not in them; this is a good ſigne of a penitent heart, alaſſealas i… men ſee and are ſorrowfull that they haue beene out of their waies …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 246 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.