Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8625 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lavvelaw

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

Puritas changed it: 264 times in 47 works
Consistency: 96.0% (264 of 275)
Reach if approved: ~289 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: law
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 275 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: lawe (11)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (264 changes in 47 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 264)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… please them not. As for concupiscence it selfe, flying thoughts and desires, vvhiche the * lavvelaw condemneth, they make no accounte of them, though by them it bee manifeste, that …
With rule
… please them not. As for concupiscence it selfe, flying thoughts and desires, vvhiche the * lavvelaw condemneth, they make no accounte of them, though by them it bee manifeste, that …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
And Moses LavveLaw doth not allovve thy doing to be vvell.
With rule
And Moses LavveLaw doth not allovve thy doing to be vvell.
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
Gainst this thy lavvelaw to me
With rule
Gainst this thy lavvelaw to me
William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lavvelaw, vvilled that man shoulde be saved by grace vvithled the vvorkes of the lavvelaw. And grace proceeding of mercie is apprehended by faith alone vvithout vvorkes. Whereas in …
With rule
… lavvelaw, vvilled that man shoulde be saved by grace vvithled the vvorkes of the lavvelaw. And grace proceeding of mercie is apprehended by faith alone vvithout vvorkes. Whereas in …
William Perkins · Conscience · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, and onely contrary to the outward shevv of the vvordes of the lavvelaw: shall not vve tremble at thys Alter vvhich all the charity in the vvorld …
With rule
… of God, and onely contrary to the outward shevv of the vvordes of the lavvelaw: shall not vve tremble at thys Alter vvhich all the charity in the vvorld …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhich all are vndoubted tokens, that the lavvelaw and loue of God is litle eſtemed among vs. VVhich vvith greeuous threates forbiddeth …
With rule
VVhich all are vndoubted tokens, that the lavvelaw and loue of God is litle eſtemed among vs. VVhich vvith greeuous threates forbiddeth …
Henrich Bullinger · The Hope of the Faithful · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſmale or rather no ground, if he command thē: againſt that dutie that the lavvelaw of Nature, the lavv of Nations, and the Lavv of God requireth of al …
With rule
… ſmale or rather no ground, if he command thē: againſt that dutie that the lavvelaw of Nature, the lavv of Nations, and the Lavv of God requireth of al …
Francis Bunny · An Answer to a Popish Libel · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are gone and vvhere they printed this their book) to call and entreat for lavvelaw and juſtice about theſe matters: but things ſtanding as they doe (vvhich God vvhen …
With rule
… are gone and vvhere they printed this their book) to call and entreat for lavvelaw and juſtice about theſe matters: but things ſtanding as they doe (vvhich God vvhen …
Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 115 · 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.