Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8811 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shotteshot

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

Puritas changed it: 88 times in 68 works
Consistency: 98.8% (88 of 89)
Reach if approved: ~94 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shot
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 89 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (88 changes in 68 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 88)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the crosse of Christe. He shotteshot at thys marke longe before Christe came, he shotteshot at this pricke fowre thousande yeares before Christ hanged on the crosse, or suffered …
With rule
… the crosse of Christe. He shotteshot at thys marke longe before Christe came, he shotteshot at this pricke fowre thousande yeares before Christ hanged on the crosse, or suffered …
Hugh Latimer · A Notable Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
All which conditions he refuſed, and ioyning battayll w^t the Normans, was ſhotteshot into the left eye with an arrowe, and died, after he had reigned ix …
With rule
All which conditions he refuſed, and ioyning battayll w^t the Normans, was ſhotteshot into the left eye with an arrowe, and died, after he had reigned ix …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shooting arrowes & pellets violently into Rome amonge the Romaines and courtiers, and with this shotteshot he ouerthrew, shooke downe and fyred many houses. Thus was the Citye in a …
With rule
… shooting arrowes & pellets violently into Rome amonge the Romaines and courtiers, and with this shotteshot he ouerthrew, shooke downe and fyred many houses. Thus was the Citye in a …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… together, to trie which of them is the wisest of all, and who hath shotteshot downe the Popingaie. Truelie, for my parte, I beleeue neuer a one of them …
With rule
… together, to trie which of them is the wisest of all, and who hath shotteshot downe the Popingaie. Truelie, for my parte, I beleeue neuer a one of them …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… for euermore in the Helles: And it ſhall bee ſo vveightie vvhen they are ſhotteshot into Hell, that it ſhall preſſe the ſappe out of them. The LORDE ſaue …
With rule
… for euermore in the Helles: And it ſhall bee ſo vveightie vvhen they are ſhotteshot into Hell, that it ſhall preſſe the ſappe out of them. The LORDE ſaue …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 405 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnmaried: whom this councell condemneth. By little and little, thus mariage was st…ll shotteshot at: and at length, quite banished from the ministers of the west church. Concerning …
With rule
… vnmaried: whom this councell condemneth. By little and little, thus mariage was st…ll shotteshot at: and at length, quite banished from the ministers of the west church. Concerning …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou muſt in bodie, goods, and good name. Seuenthly, to make the finall vp-ſhotteshot of his bodie, he ſhall fal before his enemies, and his carkeis ſhal be …
With rule
… thou muſt in bodie, goods, and good name. Seuenthly, to make the finall vp-ſhotteshot of his bodie, he ſhall fal before his enemies, and his carkeis ſhal be …
John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · p. 276 · Open in the reader
Printed
… poore. None ſhall receyue it at theyr handes, wythout he wyll paye the ordinarie ſhotteshot, and ſo are they redy to ſerue euery man. They loke vpō the monei …
With rule
… poore. None ſhall receyue it at theyr handes, wythout he wyll paye the ordinarie ſhotteshot, and ſo are they redy to ſerue euery man. They loke vpō the monei …
Robert Crowley · Petition Against the Oppressors of the Poor Commons of this Realm · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Galatians A10111

Printed
… and before his firſt iourneying to Ieruſalem, and fourteen before this his ſecond iourney. ShotteShot he al this while at random, ventured hee without a warrant, or knew he …
With rule
… and before his firſt iourneying to Ieruſalem, and fourteen before this his ſecond iourney. ShotteShot he al this while at random, ventured hee without a warrant, or knew he …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 34 · Open in the reader