Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8403 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shippesships

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

Puritas changed it: 258 times in 104 works
Consistency: 75.6% (258 of 341)
Reach if approved: ~358 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ships
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 341 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (258 changes in 104 works, 75.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 258)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… come of the miſerable churches in the meane tyme if they be left as ſhippesships without takle and furniture / and without a gouernor for the ſpace of thre yeres …
With rule
… come of the miſerable churches in the meane tyme if they be left as ſhippesships without takle and furniture / and without a gouernor for the ſpace of thre yeres …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… steere t…eir owne soules to the haven of heaven, as well as their shippesships to the harbour. Besides the Authour, whom I doe highly honour for his integrity …
With rule
… steere t…eir owne soules to the haven of heaven, as well as their shippesships to the harbour. Besides the Authour, whom I doe highly honour for his integrity …
Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · Open in the reader
Printed
… sodenly a great multitude of fishes was heaped into their nettes, which filled their shippesships. Therefore Peter and his felowes doe easily acknowledge, that such a pray, as exceeded …
With rule
… sodenly a great multitude of fishes was heaped into their nettes, which filled their shippesships. Therefore Peter and his felowes doe easily acknowledge, that such a pray, as exceeded …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
Alas, who ſhall liue, when the mighty God ſhall order this, that ſhippesships from the coaſt of Cittim ſhall euen afflict Aſhur who afflicted Eber, and alſo …
With rule
Alas, who ſhall liue, when the mighty God ſhall order this, that ſhippesships from the coaſt of Cittim ſhall euen afflict Aſhur who afflicted Eber, and alſo …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by meanes of the terrible tempest were kept of mauger their hartes: and such shippesships as did aduenture the passage were so shaken and torne with violence of weather …
With rule
… by meanes of the terrible tempest were kept of mauger their hartes: and such shippesships as did aduenture the passage were so shaken and torne with violence of weather …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sandes and shelues here about thys hauen, the which stop it vp that no shippesships can ariue here? Ye are the eldest man that I can espye in al …
With rule
… sandes and shelues here about thys hauen, the which stop it vp that no shippesships can ariue here? Ye are the eldest man that I can espye in al …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee was to leeſe his life for ſuch fellowſhip: what loſſe hee had of ſhippesships, and how God rebuked him ſaying: Wouldeſt thou helpe the wicked, and loue them …
With rule
… hee was to leeſe his life for ſuch fellowſhip: what loſſe hee had of ſhippesships, and how God rebuked him ſaying: Wouldeſt thou helpe the wicked, and loue them …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brave victorie, wherein my Lorde Admirall of England, with sixteene of the Queenes great shippesships, were sunke to the bottome of the sea, and the rest put to flight …
With rule
… brave victorie, wherein my Lorde Admirall of England, with sixteene of the Queenes great shippesships, were sunke to the bottome of the sea, and the rest put to flight …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 143 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (83)

36 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 25 are listed here. 47 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
… faith and fell cleane from the trueth, and so were perished and loste. For ShippesShips in the scriptures betokneth them.
With rule
… faith and fell cleane from the trueth, and so were perished and loste. For ShippesShips in the scriptures betokneth them.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… the worde of God, he stoode by the lake of Genazereth, and sawe twoo ShippesShips stande by the lake side, but the Fishermen were gone out of theim, and …
With rule
… the worde of God, he stoode by the lake of Genazereth, and sawe twoo ShippesShips stande by the lake side, but the Fishermen were gone out of theim, and …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of theim, and were washyng their Nettes. And he entered into one of their ShippesShips (whiche perteined to Simon) and praied him, that he would thrust out a little …
With rule
… of theim, and were washyng their Nettes. And he entered into one of their ShippesShips (whiche perteined to Simon) and praied him, that he would thrust out a little …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Shippe) that thei should come and helpe theim. And thei came and filled bothe ShippesShips, that thei sonke againe.
With rule
… Shippe) that thei should come and helpe theim. And thei came and filled bothe ShippesShips, that thei sonke againe.
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

Printed
… the Iland, that the French-men lost at least a thousand men, and their ShippesShips and Gallies were so spoyled, as they were forced to returne home, and not …
With rule
… the Iland, that the French-men lost at least a thousand men, and their ShippesShips and Gallies were so spoyled, as they were forced to returne home, and not …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for with a sparke from the fire of his burning, one of the Kings ShippesShips was burned, and the Kings Sonne that was married died halfe a yeere after …
With rule
… for with a sparke from the fire of his burning, one of the Kings ShippesShips was burned, and the Kings Sonne that was married died halfe a yeere after …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 230 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… heir wiues in like manner. The inhabitants are cunning Artificers, Marchants, and Saylers: their ShippesShips haue at each end a Prow, which with maruellous agilitie they can dispose forwards …
With rule
… heir wiues in like manner. The inhabitants are cunning Artificers, Marchants, and Saylers: their ShippesShips haue at each end a Prow, which with maruellous agilitie they can dispose forwards …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 457 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which the inhabitants called by that name, which with their multitudes sometimes stayed his ShippesShips. The Beares caught these Fish with their clawes, and drew them to land, and …
With rule
… which the inhabitants called by that name, which with their multitudes sometimes stayed his ShippesShips. The Beares caught these Fish with their clawes, and drew them to land, and …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 620 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Me…a Incognita induced them. In departing from hence, the Salamander (one of their ShippesShips) being vnder both her Courses and Bonets, happened to strike on a great Whale …
With rule
… Me…a Incognita induced them. In departing from hence, the Salamander (one of their ShippesShips) being vnder both her Courses and Bonets, happened to strike on a great Whale …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 621 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and their Horses, Apparrell, Weapons, Ordinance, and other rarities, painted in Cotton Clothes, their ShippesShips, and Numbers.
With rule
… and their Horses, Apparrell, Weapons, Ordinance, and other rarities, painted in Cotton Clothes, their ShippesShips, and Numbers.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 654 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that nothing can resist them. They turne vp Trees, ouer-turne Houses, transport the ShippesShips from Sea to the Land, and bring with them a most dreadfull and horrible …
With rule
… that nothing can resist them. They turne vp Trees, ouer-turne Houses, transport the ShippesShips from Sea to the Land, and bring with them a most dreadfull and horrible …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 740 · Open in the reader

The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ A13294

Printed
… of Ireland, and spoyled, broke, and ouerthrew diuers others, in such manner, that of 130. ShippesShips, there were scarcely 30. that returned to SPAINE.
With rule
… of Ireland, and spoyled, broke, and ouerthrew diuers others, in such manner, that of 130. ShippesShips, there were scarcely 30. that returned to SPAINE.
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 260 · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

Printed
But, ShippesShips and Chariots, in the Gulfe were drown'd;
With rule
But, ShippesShips and Chariots, in the Gulfe were drown'd;
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… is a great vanitie wherevnto it is made subject: The Sea groaneth vnder the ShippesShips of Pyrats and Robbers: See what an vproare was in that Element for Ionahs …
With rule
… is a great vanitie wherevnto it is made subject: The Sea groaneth vnder the ShippesShips of Pyrats and Robbers: See what an vproare was in that Element for Ionahs …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 596 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deare Brother CHARELES Prince of the European Seas should scourge you with his Royall ShippesShips; with his thundering Cannons hee should pierce you to the bottome.
With rule
… deare Brother CHARELES Prince of the European Seas should scourge you with his Royall ShippesShips; with his thundering Cannons hee should pierce you to the bottome.
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Apocalypse A16853

Printed
… Deacons, Archdeacons, Deanes, Religious Monk…s, Brethren, and the reſt of that kinde. The ShippesShips, are thoſe of a higher degree, whoſe office was to take paines in preaching …
With rule
… Deacons, Archdeacons, Deanes, Religious Monk…s, Brethren, and the reſt of that kinde. The ShippesShips, are thoſe of a higher degree, whoſe office was to take paines in preaching …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… greatnes of which burning, by which are burned all the Mariners, Watermen, Maiſters of ShippesShips, Pilottes, ſayling in the middland Sea betweene Europe and Afrique, from the gulfe of …
With rule
… greatnes of which burning, by which are burned all the Mariners, Watermen, Maiſters of ShippesShips, Pilottes, ſayling in the middland Sea betweene Europe and Afrique, from the gulfe of …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… divers conſideration of whom doth procure unto them divers names. Even nowe they were ShippesShips carrying hither and thither the marchandizes of the word: nowe becauſe by their continuall …
With rule
… divers conſideration of whom doth procure unto them divers names. Even nowe they were ShippesShips carrying hither and thither the marchandizes of the word: nowe becauſe by their continuall …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 230 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons A43562

Printed
… hath hee not let looſe the foure winds of the earth, which have overthrowne ShippesShips and houſes? hath there not beene fearefull earthquakes, thundering and lightning, ſtrange diviſions, diſſentions …
With rule
… hath hee not let looſe the foure winds of the earth, which have overthrowne ShippesShips and houſes? hath there not beene fearefull earthquakes, thundering and lightning, ſtrange diviſions, diſſentions …
Richard Heyrick · Three Sermons · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… he. Thus the Governour of a Ship is instituted by the owner for the ShippesShips sake, who sits at the Helme, lest the Ship should be broken on the …
With rule
… he. Thus the Governour of a Ship is instituted by the owner for the ShippesShips sake, who sits at the Helme, lest the Ship should be broken on the …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… to Duke Dalua in Antwerpe, receiued a speciall commission from him to search the ShippesShips for goodes forfayted and for english bookes, and such like.
With rule
… to Duke Dalua in Antwerpe, receiued a speciall commission from him to search the ShippesShips for goodes forfayted and for english bookes, and such like.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2152 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Revelation A68061

Printed
… diuers kindes, putteth a heape of words in a heauenly wiſdome. Shipmaſters, Occupiers in ShippesShips, Mariners, all Seamen. This Allegorie cleareth what Chapter 8. is meaned by the ſea, things …
With rule
… diuers kindes, putteth a heape of words in a heauenly wiſdome. Shipmaſters, Occupiers in ShippesShips, Mariners, all Seamen. This Allegorie cleareth what Chapter 8. is meaned by the ſea, things …
Patrick Forbes · Commentary Upon Revelation · p. 196 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
ShippesShips ſaylyng by lād a. M. miles. 372. a
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ShippesShips ſaylyng by lād a. M. miles. 372. a
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
… the third parte of creatures whiche had life died, and the thirde parte of ShippesShips were diſtroyed. And the thirde Aungell blewe, and there fell a great ſtarre from …
With rule
… the third parte of creatures whiche had life died, and the thirde parte of ShippesShips were diſtroyed. And the thirde Aungell blewe, and there fell a great ſtarre from …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 239 · Open in the reader

The Christian Synagogue B16291

Printed
… downe in a Mappe, that the Saylors may shunne them, and not runne their ShippesShips against them.
With rule
… downe in a Mappe, that the Saylors may shunne them, and not runne their ShippesShips against them.
John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 263 · Open in the reader