Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8615 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

webbeweb

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

Puritas changed it: 121 times in 96 works
Consistency: 68.3% (121 of 177)
Reach if approved: ~186 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: web
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 177 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (121 changes in 96 works, 68.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 121)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Phariſes. And therefore, if he haue hope in this, his hope is a Spiders webbeweb and as a brokē Reede that wil deceiue him.
With rule
… Phariſes. And therefore, if he haue hope in this, his hope is a Spiders webbeweb and as a brokē Reede that wil deceiue him.
Walter Travers · Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not all taken; ſome, and they not a few, break out of▪ the cob-webbeweb by force and ſome by favour. But the Law of God is perfect and …
With rule
… not all taken; ſome, and they not a few, break out of▪ the cob-webbeweb by force and ſome by favour. But the Law of God is perfect and …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… falling into ſinne, he brought into the worlde death and damnation, together with a webbeweb of miſeries, out of whiche it can not ridde it ſelfe: So that nowe …
With rule
… falling into ſinne, he brought into the worlde death and damnation, together with a webbeweb of miſeries, out of whiche it can not ridde it ſelfe: So that nowe …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many) appeare often wonderfull great, as in the face of a man a little webbeweb or ſcarre is ſooner ſeene and diſliked, then a farre greater ſpot or blemiſh …
With rule
… many) appeare often wonderfull great, as in the face of a man a little webbeweb or ſcarre is ſooner ſeene and diſliked, then a farre greater ſpot or blemiſh …
John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not one day ſet vp, and another pull downe, a courſe better befitting Penelopes webbeweb, then ſo excellent workemanſhip of ſuch a maiſter builder. They are alſo the children …
With rule
… not one day ſet vp, and another pull downe, a courſe better befitting Penelopes webbeweb, then ſo excellent workemanſhip of ſuch a maiſter builder. They are alſo the children …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 3 · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eyther againſt God, or without God, then they ſpinne a wofull threed, a Spiders webbeweb. For carnall reaſon is a very bad counſailor, and puts a man vpon euill …
With rule
… eyther againſt God, or without God, then they ſpinne a wofull threed, a Spiders webbeweb. For carnall reaſon is a very bad counſailor, and puts a man vpon euill …
Robert Harris · Davids Comfort at Ziklag · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods spirit which counselleth and guideth by the word onely: It is the Spiders webbeweb, the Cockatrice egge, the fome of the sea, the fume of the bottomlesse pitte …
With rule
… Gods spirit which counselleth and guideth by the word onely: It is the Spiders webbeweb, the Cockatrice egge, the fome of the sea, the fume of the bottomlesse pitte …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hope of the wicked ſhall periſh, and his hope ſhall be as a Spiders webbeweb, of which if a man lay hold, it ſtayeth him not. Thy hope ſhall …
With rule
… hope of the wicked ſhall periſh, and his hope ſhall be as a Spiders webbeweb, of which if a man lay hold, it ſtayeth him not. Thy hope ſhall …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 98 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (56)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 53 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
WebbeWeb.
With rule
WebbeWeb.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 133 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

Printed
… the Spiders webbeweb. The silly Spider with many dayes labour weaues her selfe a WebbeWeb, in appearance able euery way abundantly to couer her, and fit her turne, but …
With rule
… the Spiders webbeweb. The silly Spider with many dayes labour weaues her selfe a WebbeWeb, in appearance able euery way abundantly to couer her, and fit her turne, but …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Besome sweepes all downe. This poysonfull Spider is euery vnregenerate man or woman, this WebbeWeb is their Hope, in the framing of which they daily busie themselues, and in …
With rule
… Besome sweepes all downe. This poysonfull Spider is euery vnregenerate man or woman, this WebbeWeb is their Hope, in the framing of which they daily busie themselues, and in …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 44 · Open in the reader