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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8441 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nettesnets

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

Puritas changed it
132 times in 81 works
Consistency
86.2% (132 of 153)
Reach if approved
~161 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: nets
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
153 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (132 changes in 81 works, 86.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 132)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … spread on Tabor (as saieth the Prophet:) All was fish that came to their nettesnets.
    With rule
    … spread on Tabor (as saieth the Prophet:) All was fish that came to their nettesnets.

    Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 327 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … idols, which was onely due vnto God: as Habacuk saith, they sacrificed vnto their nettesnets, cap. 1. Iun.
    With rule
    … idols, which was onely due vnto God: as Habacuk saith, they sacrificed vnto their nettesnets, cap. 1. Iun.

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    28. And I find one thing bitterer then death: Euen the woman, who is nettesnets, and her hart ſnares: & her handes be bands. He that pleaſeth God ſhalbe ſaved …
    With rule
    28. And I find one thing bitterer then death: Euen the woman, who is nettesnets, and her hart ſnares: & her handes be bands. He that pleaſeth God ſhalbe ſaved …

    Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … not ſatified them already which came to aſke him further, as it were laying nettesnets to catch him. Wherfore let this point remain reſolute amongſt al chriſtians: that is …
    With rule
    … not ſatified them already which came to aſke him further, as it were laying nettesnets to catch him. Wherfore let this point remain reſolute amongſt al chriſtians: that is …

    John Calvin · Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … here, yt is to be noted, that the D. ys taken, in hys own nettesnets. For he defendeth the keping holy, of theſe Saintes dayes, as they were vſed …
    With rule
    … here, yt is to be noted, that the D. ys taken, in hys own nettesnets. For he defendeth the keping holy, of theſe Saintes dayes, as they were vſed …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … poſſeſſions after: as Matthew, compare Luk. 5.27.29. and Matth. 8.14. And Peter had his houſe and nettesnets, and did fiſh after the reſurrection, Ioh. 21. verſ. 3.2. Ob. But Chriſt ſayth it is …
    With rule
    … poſſeſſions after: as Matthew, compare Luk. 5.27.29. and Matth. 8.14. And Peter had his houſe and nettesnets, and did fiſh after the reſurrection, Ioh. 21. verſ. 3.2. Ob. But Chriſt ſayth it is …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    And I finde the woman more bytter then death, whoſe hart is as nettesnets and ſnares, and her handes as bandes. He that is good before God, ſhall …
    With rule
    And I finde the woman more bytter then death, whoſe hart is as nettesnets and ſnares, and her handes as bandes. He that is good before God, ſhall …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … by which they hope to scape, are oftentimes entangled, and as it were with nettesnets or chaines entrapped faster. Your owne affirmation, that you meant no man at all …
    With rule
    … by which they hope to scape, are oftentimes entangled, and as it were with nettesnets or chaines entrapped faster. Your owne affirmation, that you meant no man at all …

    John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 46 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Acts of Christ and Antichrist A06652

  • Printed
    … all thynges lawfull in the Courte: Neither are his Lawes any other thyng, then NettesNets for money.
    With rule
    … all thynges lawfull in the Courte: Neither are his Lawes any other thyng, then NettesNets for money.

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

  • Printed
    … lake side, but the Fishermen were gone out of theim, and were washyng their NettesNets. And he entered into one of their Shippes (whiche perteined to Simon) and praied …
    With rule
    … lake side, but the Fishermen were gone out of theim, and were washyng their NettesNets. And he entered into one of their Shippes (whiche perteined to Simon) and praied …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … speakyng, he saied vnto Simon: launche out into the déepe, and lette slippe your NettesNets to make a draught. And Simon answered, and saied vnto hym: Maister, wee haue …
    With rule
    … speakyng, he saied vnto Simon: launche out into the déepe, and lette slippe your NettesNets to make a draught. And Simon answered, and saied vnto hym: Maister, wee haue …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of the corporall life resteth herein, where as Christ commaundeth Peter to caste his NettesNets, and Peter obeieth, and taketh a great scull of fish. Here is a good …
    With rule
    … of the corporall life resteth herein, where as Christ commaundeth Peter to caste his NettesNets, and Peter obeieth, and taketh a great scull of fish. Here is a good …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … maketh them Christians. Then he commaundeth them to launche forthe, and to caste their NettesNets for a draufte, Peter obeieth, and hath his purpose. This should we doe in …
    With rule
    … maketh them Christians. Then he commaundeth them to launche forthe, and to caste their NettesNets for a draufte, Peter obeieth, and hath his purpose. This should we doe in …

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

  • Printed
    … the night, in that place. Now he biddeth them at middaie, to lose their NettesNets for a draught This semeth an absurde and foolishe thyng to Peter, and he …
    With rule
    … the night, in that place. Now he biddeth them at middaie, to lose their NettesNets for a draught This semeth an absurde and foolishe thyng to Peter, and he …

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

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

  • Printed
    … therfore (O good God) to be our ſpeedie helper, and deliuer vs from the NettesNets of ſuch cruell hunters. But vouchſafe thou (we humbly beſéeche thée) who haſt made …
    With rule
    … therfore (O good God) to be our ſpeedie helper, and deliuer vs from the NettesNets of ſuch cruell hunters. But vouchſafe thou (we humbly beſéeche thée) who haſt made …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Iawes of vngracious perſons, by his excéeding famous and moſt puyſſant arme. Cut their NettesNets aſunder, let their naughtie enterpriſes bee fruſtrated, and make their force to fayle them …
    With rule
    … Iawes of vngracious perſons, by his excéeding famous and moſt puyſſant arme. Cut their NettesNets aſunder, let their naughtie enterpriſes bee fruſtrated, and make their force to fayle them …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

  • Printed
    … are all their prayers for the dead, their Idoles and ceremonies, but bytings, Hookes, NettesNets and engyns, for to catche and take men, as the Fiſſhers take the Fiſſhes …
    With rule
    … are all their prayers for the dead, their Idoles and ceremonies, but bytings, Hookes, NettesNets and engyns, for to catche and take men, as the Fiſſhers take the Fiſſhes …

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader