Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8775 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preferresprefers

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

Puritas changed it: 251 times in 175 works
Consistency: 99.2% (251 of 253)
Reach if approved: ~266 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prefers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 253 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (251 changes in 175 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 251)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that was the price of the world, and ranſome of mankinde: ſo the Politician preferresprefers earth, yea, Hell, to Heaven; time, even a moment of time, to eternity; his …
With rule
… that was the price of the world, and ranſome of mankinde: ſo the Politician preferresprefers earth, yea, Hell, to Heaven; time, even a moment of time, to eternity; his …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 630 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the gift of gifts the Spirit of God, in which one the Lord preferresprefers vs not onely aboue all other earthly creatures, but also aboue many men like …
With rule
… is the gift of gifts the Spirit of God, in which one the Lord preferresprefers vs not onely aboue all other earthly creatures, but also aboue many men like …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not waken the Friars; and ſo he runnes ouer all Chriſts miracles, and ſtill preferresprefers Saint Dominicke. Further the ſame power was giuen to S. Dominicke that was vnto …
With rule
… not waken the Friars; and ſo he runnes ouer all Chriſts miracles, and ſtill preferresprefers Saint Dominicke. Further the ſame power was giuen to S. Dominicke that was vnto …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 348 · Open in the reader
Printed
… temptations to unbeliefe unto the everlasting and infinite truth and goodnesse of God, it preferresprefers that which he saith, above all that the flesh, the world, the divell can …
With rule
… temptations to unbeliefe unto the everlasting and infinite truth and goodnesse of God, it preferresprefers that which he saith, above all that the flesh, the world, the divell can …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… meaning is, let a man be himselfe in his ordinary course, and still hee preferresprefers the Lord before any thing in all his actions.
With rule
… meaning is, let a man be himselfe in his ordinary course, and still hee preferresprefers the Lord before any thing in all his actions.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, that the very Iewes did confeſſe his tranſlation was ſound and true. Iſidore preferresprefers Hieroms tranſlation before all mens, for keeping himſelfe more ſtrictly to the words of …
With rule
… it, that the very Iewes did confeſſe his tranſlation was ſound and true. Iſidore preferresprefers Hieroms tranſlation before all mens, for keeping himſelfe more ſtrictly to the words of …
Robert Rollock · Gods Effectual Calling · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is a generall reaſon for other ſinnes,) which is this; what a man preferresprefers before God, that hee makes as his God, exalts it in the throne of …
With rule
… there is a generall reaſon for other ſinnes,) which is this; what a man preferresprefers before God, that hee makes as his God, exalts it in the throne of …
John Stoughton · The Arraignment of Covetousness · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of them; yet oftentimes careleſneſſe and forgetfulneſſe will creepe into our minds; therefore he preferresprefers the prayer which a good Chriſtian is able to make of himſelfe, by ſuch …
With rule
… of them; yet oftentimes careleſneſſe and forgetfulneſſe will creepe into our minds; therefore he preferresprefers the prayer which a good Chriſtian is able to make of himſelfe, by ſuch …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 362 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
PreferresPrefers a Crowd, before a Crowne.
With rule
PreferresPrefers a Crowd, before a Crowne.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 7 · Open in the reader