Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8490 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grieuousnesgrievousness

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

Puritas changed it: 80 times in 52 works
Consistency: 100% (80 of 80)
Reach if approved: ~84 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: grievousness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 80 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (80 changes in 52 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 80)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… rich men do their mony, laying it vp vntill the Audit. Now for the grieuousnesgrievousness of our sins (which is another branch) I will note but one circumstance of …
With rule
… rich men do their mony, laying it vp vntill the Audit. Now for the grieuousnesgrievousness of our sins (which is another branch) I will note but one circumstance of …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a child be sicke, will the father cast him off? nay, if through the grieuousnesgrievousness of his sicknesse he can not take the meate that is giuen him, or …
With rule
… a child be sicke, will the father cast him off? nay, if through the grieuousnesgrievousness of his sicknesse he can not take the meate that is giuen him, or …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
So that, againe here commeth to be conſidered the grieuouſnesgrievousness of that ſinne of vnworthy receiuing, the Apoſtle cals it, a not diſcerning of …
With rule
So that, againe here commeth to be conſidered the grieuouſnesgrievousness of that ſinne of vnworthy receiuing, the Apoſtle cals it, a not diſcerning of …
Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of mans corruption, & that ſheweth how great and pernitious it is. The multitude and grieuouſnesgrievousness of his ſins: The horrible puniſhmēt that they deſerue not only in this world …
With rule
… of mans corruption, & that ſheweth how great and pernitious it is. The multitude and grieuouſnesgrievousness of his ſins: The horrible puniſhmēt that they deſerue not only in this world …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we lament with bitter teares our owne ingratitude, folly and wickednes, and bewaile the grieuousnesgrievousness of our sinnes: such prayer made King Dauid (as his Psalmes do testify) water …
With rule
… we lament with bitter teares our owne ingratitude, folly and wickednes, and bewaile the grieuousnesgrievousness of our sinnes: such prayer made King Dauid (as his Psalmes do testify) water …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 384 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whoremonger is heere ſpecified, wherein he bewaileth the hainouſnes of his ſinne, and the grieuouſnesgrievousness of the puniſhment; yet it is not the wiſe mans intent to giue vnto …
With rule
… whoremonger is heere ſpecified, wherein he bewaileth the hainouſnes of his ſinne, and the grieuouſnesgrievousness of the puniſhment; yet it is not the wiſe mans intent to giue vnto …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome whereof are taken from the hainouſnes of their ſinnes, and ſome from the grieuouſnesgrievousness of their puniſhments, to diſſwade the men of Iuda from haunting the impions fellowſhip …
With rule
… ſome whereof are taken from the hainouſnes of their ſinnes, and ſome from the grieuouſnesgrievousness of their puniſhments, to diſſwade the men of Iuda from haunting the impions fellowſhip …
John Downame · Lectures Upon Hosea 1-4 · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… degrees: in euery of these three degrees he setteth downe the fault and the grieuousnesgrievousness thereof.
With rule
… degrees: in euery of these three degrees he setteth downe the fault and the grieuousnesgrievousness thereof.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.