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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8485 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forgyuenesforgiveness

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

Puritas changed it
74 times in 19 works
Consistency
98.6% (74 of 75)
Reach if approved
~79 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: forgiveness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
75 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 19 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … sheweth no mercy to a man which is lyke hymselfe, howe dare he aske forgyuenesforgiveness of his synnes? If he that is but flesshe, beareth hatred, & kepe it, who …
    With rule
    … sheweth no mercy to a man which is lyke hymselfe, howe dare he aske forgyuenesforgiveness of his synnes? If he that is but flesshe, beareth hatred, & kepe it, who …

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

  2. Printed
    … syn after baptisme contrary to our professiō, yet that ther is grace, fauour, mercy, & forgyuenesforgiveness of synnes layd vp for vs in store, if that we repent, cōfesse our …
    With rule
    … syn after baptisme contrary to our professiō, yet that ther is grace, fauour, mercy, & forgyuenesforgiveness of synnes layd vp for vs in store, if that we repent, cōfesse our …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … layde to our charge, so that, wyth one worde, we may call thys rightousnes forgyuenesforgiveness of synnes. The Apostle clerely declareth thys, whyles oftentymes he setteth the rightuousnes of …
    With rule
    … layde to our charge, so that, wyth one worde, we may call thys rightousnes forgyuenesforgiveness of synnes. The Apostle clerely declareth thys, whyles oftentymes he setteth the rightuousnes of …

    Richard Taverner · A Catechism · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … cōmitted vnto it. And theise are / the preachinge of the gospell / that is the forgyuenesforgiveness of synnes to thē which do beleaue in Christe and the threateninge of condemnaciō …
    With rule
    … cōmitted vnto it. And theise are / the preachinge of the gospell / that is the forgyuenesforgiveness of synnes to thē which do beleaue in Christe and the threateninge of condemnaciō …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … we are made hole. By whome we haue redemptyon thorowe his bloode euen the forgyuenesforgiveness of our synnes Collos. i. & Ephes. i. And Roma. iiii, He was delyuered for …
    With rule
    … we are made hole. By whome we haue redemptyon thorowe his bloode euen the forgyuenesforgiveness of our synnes Collos. i. & Ephes. i. And Roma. iiii, He was delyuered for …

    John Wycliffe · Wycliffes Wicket · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    By forgyuenesforgiveness, is vnderſtande free pardon and remiſſion of ſynnes, by the merites and deſertes of …
    With rule
    By forgyuenesforgiveness, is vnderſtande free pardon and remiſſion of ſynnes, by the merites and deſertes of …

    John Bradford · Godly Meditations Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    In the bloude of Christ, I am a full forgyuenesforgiveness
    With rule
    In the bloude of Christ, I am a full forgyuenesforgiveness

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Now so? Because that the repentance of Peter was ioyned with faith & hope of forgyuenesforgiveness, & the repentance of Iudas was not so. Mary Magdalene dyd not only repent of …
    With rule
    … Now so? Because that the repentance of Peter was ioyned with faith & hope of forgyuenesforgiveness, & the repentance of Iudas was not so. Mary Magdalene dyd not only repent of …

    Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

  • Printed
    ForgyuenesForgiveness to haue, with lyke helth and saluatyon.
    With rule
    ForgyuenesForgiveness to haue, with lyke helth and saluatyon.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader