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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8307 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wyltewilt

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

Puritas changed it
159 times in 61 works
Consistency
96.3% (159 of 165)
Reach if approved
~173 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wilt
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
165 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (159 changes in 61 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 159)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Repent it therfor, as thu woldeste repent synne, and forsake it vtterlye as thu wyltewilt forsake thy dampnacyon. Con uert thyselfe agayne into the fredome of Gods chyldren, & be …
    With rule
    … Repent it therfor, as thu woldeste repent synne, and forsake it vtterlye as thu wyltewilt forsake thy dampnacyon. Con uert thyselfe agayne into the fredome of Gods chyldren, & be …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    ☞ Thou false hereticke and runnagate, sayest that thou wyltewilt not obey oure generall nor prouinciall councelles.
    With rule
    ☞ Thou false hereticke and runnagate, sayest that thou wyltewilt not obey oure generall nor prouinciall councelles.

    David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as done vnto hym selfe, what soeuer is doone to the neyghboure. But thow wyltewilt saye, that God is in heauen. This maketh no matter, he is also here …
    With rule
    … as done vnto hym selfe, what soeuer is doone to the neyghboure. But thow wyltewilt saye, that God is in heauen. This maketh no matter, he is also here …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … these prophecies, ther is no apparance or likelyhode of any other thinge, excepte thou wyltewilt deny thy master Christ, which is the losse at the laste both of body …
    With rule
    … these prophecies, ther is no apparance or likelyhode of any other thinge, excepte thou wyltewilt deny thy master Christ, which is the losse at the laste both of body …

    Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    As thou haſt accuſtomed to dooe thou wyltewilt finde alwayes by thy ſlaunders, ſuche agréeinge as thou wilt.
    With rule
    As thou haſt accuſtomed to dooe thou wyltewilt finde alwayes by thy ſlaunders, ſuche agréeinge as thou wilt.

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Salues, or playſters? But yet (ſayth he) not as I wyll, but as thou wyltewilt.
    With rule
    … Salues, or playſters? But yet (ſayth he) not as I wyll, but as thou wyltewilt.

    John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … dede. Wilt thou excuſe thy ſelfe therfore, that thou ſhuldeſt not receyue baptyſme? And wyltewilt thou ſay, if I wyll now reaſon the contrary, that in as moche as …
    With rule
    … dede. Wilt thou excuſe thy ſelfe therfore, that thou ſhuldeſt not receyue baptyſme? And wyltewilt thou ſay, if I wyll now reaſon the contrary, that in as moche as …

    John Calvin · What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    When thou wyltewilt make ſute to a man, thou aſkeſt what he doeth: And they well aunſwer …
    With rule
    When thou wyltewilt make ſute to a man, thou aſkeſt what he doeth: And they well aunſwer …

    Theodore Beza · Sum of the Christian Faith · p. 30 · 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.

Davids Harp A06719

  • Printed
    … set on fyre wt the loue of God, & the desyre of doynge his wyll. WylteWilt yu heare me? If thou beleue aright in God & workeste accordynge to thy fayth …
    With rule
    … set on fyre wt the loue of God, & the desyre of doynge his wyll. WylteWilt yu heare me? If thou beleue aright in God & workeste accordynge to thy fayth …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

A New Pathway Unto Prayer A06909

  • Printed
    … by me. As though he should say, wyltewilt thou walke? I am the waye. WylteWilt thou not be deceyued? I am the trueth. Wylt thou not dy? I am …
    With rule
    … by me. As though he should say, wyltewilt thou walke? I am the waye. WylteWilt thou not be deceyued? I am the trueth. Wylt thou not dy? I am …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … herte. If it be so, certes that is not fulfilled, which Christ hath cōmaūded. WylteWilt thou that God be mercyfull vnto the o… such sorte, that he shoulde not …
    With rule
    … herte. If it be so, certes that is not fulfilled, which Christ hath cōmaūded. WylteWilt thou that God be mercyfull vnto the o… such sorte, that he shoulde not …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … on the prayer of ye hūble, & the prayer of thē doth not he despyse. WylteWilt y• heare, howe hygh a thynge the prayer of a man, whiche humbleth hymselfe …
    With rule
    … on the prayer of ye hūble, & the prayer of thē doth not he despyse. WylteWilt y• heare, howe hygh a thynge the prayer of a man, whiche humbleth hymselfe …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

Exposition of Marys Magnificat A68425

  • Printed
    … and hys worde, the whych teſtifyeth that the lawe is not euell, but good. WylteWilt thou therfore crye out, rage, playe ye madde man, and kyll all the worlde …
    With rule
    … and hys worde, the whych teſtifyeth that the lawe is not euell, but good. WylteWilt thou therfore crye out, rage, playe ye madde man, and kyll all the worlde …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader