Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8224 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

braggesbrags

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

Puritas changed it: 218 times in 130 works
Consistency: 99.0% (218 of 220)
Reach if approved: ~231 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brags
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 220 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (218 changes in 130 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 218)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… how can it bee true, that conſent of fathers, and the reſt that he braggesbrags of, doe countenaunce that ſet forme of church-ſeruice, that now they are in …
With rule
… how can it bee true, that conſent of fathers, and the reſt that he braggesbrags of, doe countenaunce that ſet forme of church-ſeruice, that now they are in …
Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · Open in the reader
Printed
… weake proofes: and that the Iesuites have not been the first, from whom such braggesbrags as these have beene heard. Dioscorus the hereticke was as peart, when hee uttered …
With rule
… weake proofes: and that the Iesuites have not been the first, from whom such braggesbrags as these have beene heard. Dioscorus the hereticke was as peart, when hee uttered …
James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their doctrine and opinions together, that the vnitie whereof they make such boast and braggesbrags may be made knowen to the world.
With rule
… their doctrine and opinions together, that the vnitie whereof they make such boast and braggesbrags may be made knowen to the world.
Andrew Willet · The Four Principal Pillars of Papistry · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
These thynges I doo the oftener repete, that all men may knowe what vayn braggesbrags they make, whyles they take that whi che is no cause, in steade of …
With rule
These thynges I doo the oftener repete, that all men may knowe what vayn braggesbrags they make, whyles they take that whi che is no cause, in steade of …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… if they be violated) than any of the commaundements of God: vſeinge ſuch proude braggesbrags, racking and burninge, that no man dare ſaye but it is trwe howe ſo …
With rule
… if they be violated) than any of the commaundements of God: vſeinge ſuch proude braggesbrags, racking and burninge, that no man dare ſaye but it is trwe howe ſo …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. xxi · Open in the reader
Printed
Their brauerie and braggesbrags againſt the godly, but all in vaine.
With rule
Their brauerie and braggesbrags againſt the godly, but all in vaine.
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · Open in the reader
Printed
… would, nor as they thought they should. Therfore in despite of all their cruell braggesbrags (thākes be to God) we are yet safe enough, and doubt not, but ma …
With rule
… would, nor as they thought they should. Therfore in despite of all their cruell braggesbrags (thākes be to God) we are yet safe enough, and doubt not, but ma …
Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader
Printed
… are theirs, yet they have no right to them, it is but their vaine braggesbrags, their maſter Sathan himſelfe alleageth Scripture, and pretends it is for him, but hee …
With rule
… are theirs, yet they have no right to them, it is but their vaine braggesbrags, their maſter Sathan himſelfe alleageth Scripture, and pretends it is for him, but hee …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 222 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior A06525

Printed
… tyran…icall power? What daunsyng, leapyng and triumphes dyd they prepare agaynst hys commyng? BraggesBrags aboue measure, reioysing, singyng, laughyng, leapyng, & clappyng of handes was heard amongest them, which …
With rule
… tyran…icall power? What daunsyng, leapyng and triumphes dyd they prepare agaynst hys commyng? BraggesBrags aboue measure, reioysing, singyng, laughyng, leapyng, & clappyng of handes was heard amongest them, which …
Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader