Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8721 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iawesjaws

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

Puritas changed it: 307 times in 167 works
Consistency: 83.4% (307 of 368)
Reach if approved: ~387 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jaws
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 368 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (307 changes in 167 works, 83.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 307)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Chriſt, and to be ioyned with the Church militant, for there ſhall come ſuch iawesjaws and billowes of temptation, iaw vpon iaw, and billowe vpon billowe, that thou ſhalt …
With rule
… Chriſt, and to be ioyned with the Church militant, for there ſhall come ſuch iawesjaws and billowes of temptation, iaw vpon iaw, and billowe vpon billowe, that thou ſhalt …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my mightie aduersarie: sende thy helpe from aboue, and saue mee out of the iawesjaws of the cruell Lion: thou hast deliuered me out of the mouth of hell …
With rule
… my mightie aduersarie: sende thy helpe from aboue, and saue mee out of the iawesjaws of the cruell Lion: thou hast deliuered me out of the mouth of hell …
Henry Smith · The Sinful Mans Search · Open in the reader
Printed
… auncient Virgin, whom they brought forth, and daſhing al her téeth out of her iawesjaws, made a great fire before the Citie, threatning to caſt her into the ſame …
With rule
… auncient Virgin, whom they brought forth, and daſhing al her téeth out of her iawesjaws, made a great fire before the Citie, threatning to caſt her into the ſame …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they willingly runne their heads into the net, their feete into the ſnare, their iawesjaws to the hooke; all which traps they either ſee or diſcerne not, or elſe …
With rule
… they willingly runne their heads into the net, their feete into the ſnare, their iawesjaws to the hooke; all which traps they either ſee or diſcerne not, or elſe …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet he wrought so for vs, as to deliuer vs out of the very iawesjaws of destruction. Now all these things beeing duly considered, I may truely say of …
With rule
… yet he wrought so for vs, as to deliuer vs out of the very iawesjaws of destruction. Now all these things beeing duly considered, I may truely say of …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when I knew not the cauſe, I ſought it out diligētly: I brake the iawesjaws of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the pray out of his teeth. Thus did …
With rule
… when I knew not the cauſe, I ſought it out diligētly: I brake the iawesjaws of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the pray out of his teeth. Thus did …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… middeſt of fiery flames, and oftentimes ſaued out of ſtrong Priſons, and the very iawesjaws of death: innocent ſoules wonderfully iuſtified, and their aduerſaries ſhamed; men diſtreſſed, and almoſt …
With rule
… middeſt of fiery flames, and oftentimes ſaued out of ſtrong Priſons, and the very iawesjaws of death: innocent ſoules wonderfully iuſtified, and their aduerſaries ſhamed; men diſtreſſed, and almoſt …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the deſert, out of the powers of thoſe cruell beaſts, & out of the iawesjaws of the rauening Lion, inuiting vs ſtill at this day to preſent our ſelues …
With rule
… of the deſert, out of the powers of thoſe cruell beaſts, & out of the iawesjaws of the rauening Lion, inuiting vs ſtill at this day to preſent our ſelues …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 284 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (61)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 44 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Ten Sermons A11454

Printed
… eating them vp and consuming them. Iob here speaketh of Dentes & Molares; Teeth and IawesJaws: and hee meaneth the same thing by both, Power abused to oppression. But if …
With rule
… eating them vp and consuming them. Iob here speaketh of Dentes & Molares; Teeth and IawesJaws: and hee meaneth the same thing by both, Power abused to oppression. But if …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

Printed
… lewde and marueylous corrupt. Secondly, that thou wouldſt deliuer thy bleſſed people from the IawesJaws of the moſt cruell enimies, whoſe indeuour is alwayes to bring not only the …
With rule
… lewde and marueylous corrupt. Secondly, that thou wouldſt deliuer thy bleſſed people from the IawesJaws of the moſt cruell enimies, whoſe indeuour is alwayes to bring not only the …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſame, when it is in a maner ſwalowed vp with the moſt noyſome IawesJaws of hir cruell enimies. Suffer not (wée humbly beſeech thée) the féete of our …
With rule
… the ſame, when it is in a maner ſwalowed vp with the moſt noyſome IawesJaws of hir cruell enimies. Suffer not (wée humbly beſeech thée) the féete of our …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… diſperſed of wicked mens outragious crueltie, but hath taken hir from the ſnares and IawesJaws of vngracious perſons, by his excéeding famous and moſt puyſſant arme. Cut their Nettes …
With rule
… diſperſed of wicked mens outragious crueltie, but hath taken hir from the ſnares and IawesJaws of vngracious perſons, by his excéeding famous and moſt puyſſant arme. Cut their Nettes …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

Printed
… too nere, who giueth her royall assent to all lawes here made: her Maiesties IawesJaws, counsellors, & ministers w^t better accord draw all in one line, & one way then you …
With rule
… too nere, who giueth her royall assent to all lawes here made: her Maiesties IawesJaws, counsellors, & ministers w^t better accord draw all in one line, & one way then you …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
Such a song of reioycing and triumph, for deliuery out of the cruell IawesJaws of Antichrist; as Moses (who for honor-sake, by an excellency, is called the …
With rule
Such a song of reioycing and triumph, for deliuery out of the cruell IawesJaws of Antichrist; as Moses (who for honor-sake, by an excellency, is called the …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… farre inferior to the deliuerance of Gods people from the red Dragon, and the IawesJaws of Anti-christ that Beast. Reue. 15, 3. And they Sung the Song of Moses the …
With rule
… farre inferior to the deliuerance of Gods people from the red Dragon, and the IawesJaws of Anti-christ that Beast. Reue. 15, 3. And they Sung the Song of Moses the …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 140 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
… doth not ouorthrow politike order, he doth not abolish iudgements, & punishments appointed by the IawesJaws▪ Sin no more. Hence we gather what is y^e end of the grace of …
With rule
… doth not ouorthrow politike order, he doth not abolish iudgements, & punishments appointed by the IawesJaws▪ Sin no more. Hence we gather what is y^e end of the grace of …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 193 · Open in the reader

The Third Part from John Baptists Nativity A16557

Printed
… our soules, may hold vs in his hands from the griping pawes and grinding IawesJaws of the roaring Lyon, who goeth about daily seeking whom he may deuoure. And …
With rule
… our soules, may hold vs in his hands from the griping pawes and grinding IawesJaws of the roaring Lyon, who goeth about daily seeking whom he may deuoure. And …
John Boys · The Third Part from John Baptists Nativity · p. 125 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
… Fire; the other, that when they were closed vp (as it were) in the IawesJaws of death, hauing the Red Sea before them, mightie Rockes on the right hand …
With rule
… Fire; the other, that when they were closed vp (as it were) in the IawesJaws of death, hauing the Red Sea before them, mightie Rockes on the right hand …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 123 · Open in the reader

The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet A19855

Printed
… mooue, and to ſhew greater then vſuall it is. Again, my moouing of my IawesJaws one bunch was ea…ly made in the ſide of my cheke neare my …
With rule
… mooue, and to ſhew greater then vſuall it is. Again, my moouing of my IawesJaws one bunch was ea…ly made in the ſide of my cheke neare my …
John Darrell · The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet · p. 154 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 13-14 A20549

Printed
… as thoſe of the greateſt countenance in the world. And for that cauſe Saint IawesJaws ſo ſharply reprooueth the partiality which is vſed in preferring the gold rings and …
With rule
… as thoſe of the greateſt countenance in the world. And for that cauſe Saint IawesJaws ſo ſharply reprooueth the partiality which is vſed in preferring the gold rings and …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 13-14 · p. 120 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons Upon Special Occasions A20655

Printed
… it shall conduce to great vses; It shall redeeme many a wretch from the IawesJaws of death, from the hands of the Executioner, vpon whom, perchauuce a small fault …
With rule
… it shall conduce to great vses; It shall redeeme many a wretch from the IawesJaws of death, from the hands of the Executioner, vpon whom, perchauuce a small fault …
John Donne · Three Sermons Upon Special Occasions · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… ſuch as haue pulled vs out of the fire of hell, out of the IawesJaws of death, and out of the ſlauery of Satan the Prince of this world …
With rule
… ſuch as haue pulled vs out of the fire of hell, out of the IawesJaws of death, and out of the ſlauery of Satan the Prince of this world …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 399 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

Printed
… I am againſt thee, Pharaoh, King of Egypt, I will put hookes in thy IawesJaws. Many other like places I might alledge yet farther, to ſhew vnto you, the …
With rule
… I am againſt thee, Pharaoh, King of Egypt, I will put hookes in thy IawesJaws. Many other like places I might alledge yet farther, to ſhew vnto you, the …
Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 324 · Open in the reader

The Christian Combat B01212

Printed
… can hee not ouerturne the Church. The Lord that hath deliuered vs from the IawesJaws of the diuell, and from the power of hell, will deliuer vs also from …
With rule
… can hee not ouerturne the Church. The Lord that hath deliuered vs from the IawesJaws of the diuell, and from the power of hell, will deliuer vs also from …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Christian Combat · p. 324 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 2 B11412

Printed
… I am against thee, Pharaoh, King of Egypt - I will put hookes in thy IawesJaws. Many other like places I might alledge yet farther, to shew vnto you, the …
With rule
… I am against thee, Pharaoh, King of Egypt - I will put hookes in thy IawesJaws. Many other like places I might alledge yet farther, to shew vnto you, the …
Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 2 · p. 324 · Open in the reader