Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8318 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rodderod

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

Puritas changed it: 755 times in 307 works
Consistency: 92.7% (755 of 814)
Reach if approved: ~855 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: rod
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 814 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (755 changes in 307 works, 92.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 755)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… muche as ye haue not aſſayed that ſuch fatherly loue is hyd vnder thys rodderod.
With rule
… muche as ye haue not aſſayed that ſuch fatherly loue is hyd vnder thys rodderod.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is full of the names of blasphemie) stirre men not onely to applie the rodderod of examination, (whereby to trie, if, possiblie, so bloodie and blasphemous a bodie could …
With rule
… is full of the names of blasphemie) stirre men not onely to applie the rodderod of examination, (whereby to trie, if, possiblie, so bloodie and blasphemous a bodie could …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be esteemed, nor hope of health to be placed in it, nor the rodderod it selfe to be worshipped.
With rule
… to be esteemed, nor hope of health to be placed in it, nor the rodderod it selfe to be worshipped.
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
It is not then wiſedome to repine at the rodderod when it is layde vpon vs to beate vs, but to returne backe to …
With rule
It is not then wiſedome to repine at the rodderod when it is layde vpon vs to beate vs, but to returne backe to …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… take his mercies vtterly from them, yet hee will visite their sinnes with the rodderod, and their iniquities with scourges: and what griefe this is, the example of Gods …
With rule
… take his mercies vtterly from them, yet hee will visite their sinnes with the rodderod, and their iniquities with scourges: and what griefe this is, the example of Gods …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 248 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a page a lackeye or a slaue / to be scourged naked eyther with a rodderod or els a whyppe. All this is now forgotten and gone.
With rule
… a page a lackeye or a slaue / to be scourged naked eyther with a rodderod or els a whyppe. All this is now forgotten and gone.
Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had wee beene reformed by former puniſhments, wee had not hence under this fierce rodderod which we now feele.
With rule
… had wee beene reformed by former puniſhments, wee had not hence under this fierce rodderod which we now feele.
Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in this realme / if thy iuſtice muſt puniſh / then puniſh our bodies with the rodderod of thy mercy. But o Lorde let vs neuer reuolte / nor turne backe to …
With rule
… in this realme / if thy iuſtice muſt puniſh / then puniſh our bodies with the rodderod of thy mercy. But o Lorde let vs neuer reuolte / nor turne backe to …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (59)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 41 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Gallants Burden A01573

Printed
… of Information hath done his best, Where is the rodderod of Reformation? Let Moses RoddeRod, second Aarons Word. The loues of Sinners, the strength of Sinnes; nay, Principalities and …
With rule
… of Information hath done his best, Where is the rodderod of Reformation? Let Moses RoddeRod, second Aarons Word. The loues of Sinners, the strength of Sinnes; nay, Principalities and …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader

Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David A02119

Printed
… whom he corrects, it is a certaine Argument that hee loves? Indeed, if the RoddeRod and the Staffe, were in the hands of an enemie; I ſhould then feare …
With rule
… whom he corrects, it is a certaine Argument that hee loves? Indeed, if the RoddeRod and the Staffe, were in the hands of an enemie; I ſhould then feare …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Death? O my ſoule, having this Staffe of Jacob to leane upon; this RoddeRod of the ſtemme of Jeſſe to be my comfort; I ſhall make my ſelfe …
With rule
… of Death? O my ſoule, having this Staffe of Jacob to leane upon; this RoddeRod of the ſtemme of Jeſſe to be my comfort; I ſhall make my ſelfe …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies A09002

Printed
… the auncient vſe which it had in Dauids time, by ſetting it beſides the RoddeRod and the Manna, and other monuments? or by hiding it behinde the Arke where …
With rule
… the auncient vſe which it had in Dauids time, by ſetting it beſides the RoddeRod and the Manna, and other monuments? or by hiding it behinde the Arke where …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
… when he laid hold of it, and tooke it to him, it became That RoddeRod whereby hee wrought many Miracles. So, caſt the Word from thee, and it is …
With rule
… when he laid hold of it, and tooke it to him, it became That RoddeRod whereby hee wrought many Miracles. So, caſt the Word from thee, and it is …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 242 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Grand-jury Men A09118

Printed
… can deceiue the eyesight, and seeme to change one creature into another, as a RoddeRod into a Serpent, Water into bloud, and to make, as if Frogges were before …
With rule
… can deceiue the eyesight, and seeme to change one creature into another, as a RoddeRod into a Serpent, Water into bloud, and to make, as if Frogges were before …
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Hosea 6 A12523

Printed
… morning, from ſowing time till harueſt; and howſoeuer God maketh the wicked men his RoddeRod, yet the RoddeRod of the wicked ſhall not alwayes reſt vpon the lotte of …
With rule
… morning, from ſowing time till harueſt; and howſoeuer God maketh the wicked men his RoddeRod, yet the RoddeRod of the wicked ſhall not alwayes reſt vpon the lotte of …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… time till harueſt; and howſoeuer God maketh the wicked men his RoddeRod, yet the RoddeRod of the wicked ſhall not alwayes reſt vpon the lotte of the righteous: Though …
With rule
… time till harueſt; and howſoeuer God maketh the wicked men his RoddeRod, yet the RoddeRod of the wicked ſhall not alwayes reſt vpon the lotte of the righteous: Though …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lord hath a Controuerſie againſt the inhabitants of the Land, & hath taken the RoddeRod into his owne hand, and chaſtened and whipt vs diuers wayes, and vnleſſe we …
With rule
… the Lord hath a Controuerſie againſt the inhabitants of the Land, & hath taken the RoddeRod into his owne hand, and chaſtened and whipt vs diuers wayes, and vnleſſe we …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For, if God would reclaime vs by his Word, hee would neuer take his RoddeRod. But of this before.
With rule
… For, if God would reclaime vs by his Word, hee would neuer take his RoddeRod. But of this before.
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 227 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
RoddeRod.
With rule
RoddeRod.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 116 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
… is the same that next doth follow: how God by the Miracle of Aarons RoddeRod or Braunch in one night flourishing, all the others remaining voyde as they were …
With rule
… is the same that next doth follow: how God by the Miracle of Aarons RoddeRod or Braunch in one night flourishing, all the others remaining voyde as they were …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Hebrews A17650

Printed
RoddeRod.
With rule
RoddeRod.
John Calvin · Commentary on Hebrews · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

Printed
the RoddeRod of Nurture proue.
With rule
the RoddeRod of Nurture proue.
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 144 · Open in the reader

A Defense of English Writers and Preachers A19650

Printed
… wickedneſſe. And Eſaie the Prophet, comparing Nabuchodonoſor to an Axe, a Sawe, and a RoddeRod: doth plainly teach, that it was God that wrought all the plagues and deſtructions …
With rule
… wickedneſſe. And Eſaie the Prophet, comparing Nabuchodonoſor to an Axe, a Sawe, and a RoddeRod: doth plainly teach, that it was God that wrought all the plagues and deſtructions …
Robert Crowley · A Defense of English Writers and Preachers · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

Printed
… Rod backe againe to bee kept for a token againſt the Rebels; As the RoddeRod was kept for a teſtimony againſt the rebels, ſo it budded for a teſtimony …
With rule
… Rod backe againe to bee kept for a token againſt the Rebels; As the RoddeRod was kept for a teſtimony againſt the rebels, ſo it budded for a teſtimony …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 179 · Open in the reader

Sermon 30 June 1647 A97136

Printed
… is the ſtrong ſtaffe and beautifull Rod broken? bleſſed be God, our ſtaffe and RoddeRod is not yet utterly broken, but greatly warped and weakened: The Lord in his …
With rule
… is the ſtrong ſtaffe and beautifull Rod broken? bleſſed be God, our ſtaffe and RoddeRod is not yet utterly broken, but greatly warped and weakened: The Lord in his …
Nathaniel Ward · Sermon 30 June 1647 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God B11843

Printed
… excéedyng great Empires, to wit, of Trapezunce, Conſtantinople, and Egypt: and ſo continuallye the RoddeRod or Sworde which God hath prepared againſte the Chriſtians is fortified and increaſed.
With rule
… excéedyng great Empires, to wit, of Trapezunce, Conſtantinople, and Egypt: and ſo continuallye the RoddeRod or Sworde which God hath prepared againſte the Chriſtians is fortified and increaſed.
Henrich Bullinger · The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God · Open in the reader