Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8262 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pittespits

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

Puritas changed it: 99 times in 49 works
Consistency: 98.0% (99 of 101)
Reach if approved: ~106 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pits
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 101 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (99 changes in 49 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 99)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Ieremie, They haue forſaken me (ſaith he) the fountaine of liuing waters, & digge themſelues pittespits, euen broken pits that can hold no water, ſo wee let goe the beſt …
With rule
… Ieremie, They haue forſaken me (ſaith he) the fountaine of liuing waters, & digge themſelues pittespits, euen broken pits that can hold no water, ſo wee let goe the beſt …
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men to be changed as into tinder. Then, then the graues, the waues, the pittespits, yea hell it ſelfe alſo, (as the generall iay lours of the whole World …
With rule
… men to be changed as into tinder. Then, then the graues, the waues, the pittespits, yea hell it ſelfe alſo, (as the generall iay lours of the whole World …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · Open in the reader
Printed
… one steppe forward? but as blind me… desperately runne vpon pikes and swords, into pittespits and ponds, no one recalling them from present death and deadly things.
With rule
… one steppe forward? but as blind me… desperately runne vpon pikes and swords, into pittespits and ponds, no one recalling them from present death and deadly things.
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, albeit that it doe continually lie hidde in ſecrete in the darke bottomleſſe pittespits of ignoraunce of the hearte of man, vnſearcheable to man, but knowne and open …
With rule
… it, albeit that it doe continually lie hidde in ſecrete in the darke bottomleſſe pittespits of ignoraunce of the hearte of man, vnſearcheable to man, but knowne and open …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… compasses had rather leauing these fountaine of liuing waters, to digge for themselues drie pittespits, than to embrace the liberalitie of God freely offered thē. An inuincible tour is …
With rule
… compasses had rather leauing these fountaine of liuing waters, to digge for themselues drie pittespits, than to embrace the liberalitie of God freely offered thē. An inuincible tour is …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many people plunge them ſelues ſo deepely, euen vntoo the depth of the bottomleſſe pittespits: that is, they are aſhamed too bee reclaimed: they would haue the renowme of …
With rule
… many people plunge them ſelues ſo deepely, euen vntoo the depth of the bottomleſſe pittespits: that is, they are aſhamed too bee reclaimed: they would haue the renowme of …
John Calvin · Thirteen Sermons on Free Election in Jacob and Reprobation in Esau · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Thomas Askine, burned together in Newberie, at a place there called the Sande pittespits.
With rule
… and Thomas Askine, burned together in Newberie, at a place there called the Sande pittespits.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1934 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may I say (with David) but in a happier sense, the proud have digged pittespits for me; on this digg'd foundation, let me build my house, it is the …
With rule
… may I say (with David) but in a happier sense, the proud have digged pittespits for me; on this digg'd foundation, let me build my house, it is the …
Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 320 · 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.

Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable A17694

Printed
… very requiſite that euen vnto the end we haue our handes ready too digge PittesPits, and our nayles too ſcratch the earth, if neceſſitie ſo require. If any man …
With rule
… very requiſite that euen vnto the end we haue our handes ready too digge PittesPits, and our nayles too ſcratch the earth, if neceſſitie ſo require. If any man …
John Calvin · Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable · Open in the reader