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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8809 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shaddowesshadows

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

Puritas changed it
272 times in 151 works
Consistency
93.7% (272 of 290)
Reach if approved
~305 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: shadows
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
290 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (272 changes in 151 works, 93.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 272)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    For to affect vaine shaddowesshadows and let slide,
    With rule
    For to affect vaine shaddowesshadows and let slide,

    George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … namly becauſe they were ſhaddowesshadows of things to come; vvhence they collect that all ſhaddowesshadows be aboliſht; and all ſignes be ſhadowes; ergo all ſignes be aboliſht. Here vnto …
    With rule
    … namly becauſe they were ſhaddowesshadows of things to come; vvhence they collect that all ſhaddowesshadows be aboliſht; and all ſignes be ſhadowes; ergo all ſignes be aboliſht. Here vnto …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … no reason that wee should …ee led any more as it were by darke shaddowesshadows. For by that meanes the emnitie is done away, bycause that at this day …
    With rule
    … no reason that wee should …ee led any more as it were by darke shaddowesshadows. For by that meanes the emnitie is done away, bycause that at this day …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … diuersitie and dissagrement of this preisthead with it of Aaron, which consisteth in vmbers, shaddowesshadows, figures, rytes, and ceremonies, altogether in them selues vnprofitable and vnable to obteane remission …
    With rule
    … diuersitie and dissagrement of this preisthead with it of Aaron, which consisteth in vmbers, shaddowesshadows, figures, rytes, and ceremonies, altogether in them selues vnprofitable and vnable to obteane remission …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … which ſhee is the pillar and ground. Oecumenius vnderſtands it in oppoſition to the ſhaddowesshadows in the Temple vnder the Law; there the type, here the truth; there the …
    With rule
    … which ſhee is the pillar and ground. Oecumenius vnderſtands it in oppoſition to the ſhaddowesshadows in the Temple vnder the Law; there the type, here the truth; there the …

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … deceive? have they taught me to distinguish betweene truth, and appearances, betweene goodnes, and shaddowesshadows, to finde out the better part, the one necessary thing, and to adhere unto …
    With rule
    … deceive? have they taught me to distinguish betweene truth, and appearances, betweene goodnes, and shaddowesshadows, to finde out the better part, the one necessary thing, and to adhere unto …

    Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Lords Supper · p. 190 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to the wicked in an excellent manner, he indeed permits them to have many ſhaddowesshadows in this world, many ſweet comforts, and keepes them alſo from many dangers, but …
    With rule
    … to the wicked in an excellent manner, he indeed permits them to have many ſhaddowesshadows in this world, many ſweet comforts, and keepes them alſo from many dangers, but …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 392 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … sonne Salomon after him, were notable types of Christ, who would in those darke shaddowesshadows be in some particular men declared to be both the King, Priest, and Prophet …
    With rule
    … sonne Salomon after him, were notable types of Christ, who would in those darke shaddowesshadows be in some particular men declared to be both the King, Priest, and Prophet …

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 311 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified A14753

  • Printed
    … natiue colours is impossible, or by any contemplation to comprehend the horror of it. ShaddowesShadows and parables the Scripture vseth, by which thou mayest and oughtest to helpe thy …
    With rule
    … natiue colours is impossible, or by any contemplation to comprehend the horror of it. ShaddowesShadows and parables the Scripture vseth, by which thou mayest and oughtest to helpe thy …

    Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith in Death Exemplified · p. 81 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … his Shaddow shall we be preserued. Esay 32, 2. Thus good Kings and godlie Rulers are ShaddowesShadows.
    With rule
    … his Shaddow shall we be preserued. Esay 32, 2. Thus good Kings and godlie Rulers are ShaddowesShadows.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 441 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

  • Printed
    … Gods Sabbathes, beſides their loading of them with reprochfull termes, of Iudaiſme, and aboliſhed ShaddowesShadows, and Ceremonies, and the like, they haue alſo taken in hand to make one …
    With rule
    … Gods Sabbathes, beſides their loading of them with reprochfull termes, of Iudaiſme, and aboliſhed ShaddowesShadows, and Ceremonies, and the like, they haue alſo taken in hand to make one …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 291 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … aboute ſignes: But this text ſaith nothing of Signes, for it ſpeaketh onely of ShaddowesShadows: now there may be greate difference made betwixt a ſigne and a Shaddow; For …
    With rule
    … aboute ſignes: But this text ſaith nothing of Signes, for it ſpeaketh onely of ShaddowesShadows: now there may be greate difference made betwixt a ſigne and a Shaddow; For …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 337 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to be performed in that time and day, and ſo all are aboliſhed as ShaddowesShadows, both the Reſt, and the day: iuſt ſo it muſt be touching the weekly …
    With rule
    … to be performed in that time and day, and ſo all are aboliſhed as ShaddowesShadows, both the Reſt, and the day: iuſt ſo it muſt be touching the weekly …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 353 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to be ShaddowesShadows: & yet not make Sabbaths generally, that is, all Sabbaths, to be ShaddowesShadows: for example, a man may ſay, the Trees doe ſhaddow mee; and yet all …
    With rule
    … to be ShaddowesShadows: & yet not make Sabbaths generally, that is, all Sabbaths, to be ShaddowesShadows: for example, a man may ſay, the Trees doe ſhaddow mee; and yet all …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 359 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … text is impertinently alleaged; for we haue here to doe with Signes, & not with ShaddowesShadows. 2. ſuppoſe we this text ſpake of Signes, yet it ſpake of ſuch Signes as …
    With rule
    … text is impertinently alleaged; for we haue here to doe with Signes, & not with ShaddowesShadows. 2. ſuppoſe we this text ſpake of Signes, yet it ſpake of ſuch Signes as …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 423 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

  • Printed
    And dare Rome ShaddowesShadows for her Gods adore?
    With rule
    And dare Rome ShaddowesShadows for her Gods adore?

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist A57980

  • Printed
    … Scripture, in the Spirit, which must, by opposition, cleare the glory of the Gospel, ShaddowesShadows fleeing away, pag. 8. So doth Cornwell, Confer. with J. Cotton pag. 17. say, A conclusion …
    With rule
    … Scripture, in the Spirit, which must, by opposition, cleare the glory of the Gospel, ShaddowesShadows fleeing away, pag. 8. So doth Cornwell, Confer. with J. Cotton pag. 17. say, A conclusion …

    Samuel Rutherford · Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist · p. 164 · Open in the reader