Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8332 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

breuitiebrevity

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

Puritas changed it: 245 times in 131 works
Consistency: 98.0% (245 of 250)
Reach if approved: ~263 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brevity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 250 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (245 changes in 131 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 245)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of deliuering the words, by a Grammaticall Ellipſis, note the celeritie of affection or breuitiebrevity thereof, as Geneſ. 11. 4. Act. 5. 34: Exod. 22. 23: Pſal. 6. 3. And ſo alſo the vſe of Grammaticall figures …
With rule
… of deliuering the words, by a Grammaticall Ellipſis, note the celeritie of affection or breuitiebrevity thereof, as Geneſ. 11. 4. Act. 5. 34: Exod. 22. 23: Pſal. 6. 3. And ſo alſo the vſe of Grammaticall figures …
Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon others, (together with sundery other presidents of this kinde, which the desire of breuitiebrevity doeth cause me to omit:) should teach vs to beware of Drunkennesse, and all …
With rule
… vpon others, (together with sundery other presidents of this kinde, which the desire of breuitiebrevity doeth cause me to omit:) should teach vs to beware of Drunkennesse, and all …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… light to chase away the errours of those that deceiue beeing deceiued, and by breuitiebrevity to make knowledge portable, & so eyther easie or pleasant to the knower.
With rule
… light to chase away the errours of those that deceiue beeing deceiued, and by breuitiebrevity to make knowledge portable, & so eyther easie or pleasant to the knower.
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the iudgement of any indifferent and learned Reader. I haue vsed as much breuitiebrevity as I could, in aunswering his arguments, that the reading therof might not bée …
With rule
… to the iudgement of any indifferent and learned Reader. I haue vsed as much breuitiebrevity as I could, in aunswering his arguments, that the reading therof might not bée …
Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… course betweene both, neither to be superfluous in vnnecessarie prolixitie, nor obscure in affected breuitiebrevity.
With rule
… course betweene both, neither to be superfluous in vnnecessarie prolixitie, nor obscure in affected breuitiebrevity.
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · Open in the reader
Printed
… and almost the rest of all the Latine or Greeke writers, which my purposed breuitiebrevity with plentifull proofe otherwise forceth me to leaue to the studious reader.
With rule
… and almost the rest of all the Latine or Greeke writers, which my purposed breuitiebrevity with plentifull proofe otherwise forceth me to leaue to the studious reader.
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Scriptures, that in so farre as he is giuen to a certane sententious breuitiebrevity, he passeth by the commandement of the fact which he so earnestly alloweth, and …
With rule
… his Scriptures, that in so farre as he is giuen to a certane sententious breuitiebrevity, he passeth by the commandement of the fact which he so earnestly alloweth, and …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the which Iniunctions if thou beest disposed for to reade, I leaue thee for breuitiebrevity to the Booke at large.
With rule
… the which Iniunctions if thou beest disposed for to reade, I leaue thee for breuitiebrevity to the Booke at large.
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 221 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

Printed
… Which he hath donne with such dexteritie, (artificially matching together two things, heretofore insociable, BreuitieBrevity, and Perspicuitie) that the like (I take it) hath not beene performed heretofore by …
With rule
… Which he hath donne with such dexteritie, (artificially matching together two things, heretofore insociable, BreuitieBrevity, and Perspicuitie) that the like (I take it) hath not beene performed heretofore by …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader

Consolations for the Afflicted A20759

Printed
BreuitieBrevity
With rule
BreuitieBrevity
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · Open in the reader

Epistles Volume 2 B13862

Printed
I Grant, BreuitieBrevity where it is neyther obscure nor defectiue, is very pleasing, euen to the daintist …
With rule
I Grant, BreuitieBrevity where it is neyther obscure nor defectiue, is very pleasing, euen to the daintist …
Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 2 · p. 107 · Open in the reader