Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8827 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stabbestab

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

Puritas changed it: 84 times in 63 works
Consistency: 98.8% (84 of 85)
Reach if approved: ~89 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stab
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 85 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 63 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the Lord: for of those who are readie to receiue euery word with a stabbestab; or whose second word out of displeasure, is the pointing of the feild; the …
With rule
… the Lord: for of those who are readie to receiue euery word with a stabbestab; or whose second word out of displeasure, is the pointing of the feild; the …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 575 · Open in the reader
Printed
… contenteth not himſelfe with the pearſing of Abraham his heart; as if hee ſhould ſtabbestab him in with a dagger, but ſetteth him vpon the racke, and retcheth him …
With rule
… contenteth not himſelfe with the pearſing of Abraham his heart; as if hee ſhould ſtabbestab him in with a dagger, but ſetteth him vpon the racke, and retcheth him …
John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Huſhai, 2 Sam. 16. 17. Is this thy kindneſſe to thy friend? Is this friendly dealing to ſtabbestab thy friend? He that will ſtabbestab a friend, doth he not ſtab and wound …
With rule
… Huſhai, 2 Sam. 16. 17. Is this thy kindneſſe to thy friend? Is this friendly dealing to ſtabbestab thy friend? He that will ſtabbestab a friend, doth he not ſtab and wound …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… think it to be. The Apoſtle ſaith, mortifie your members; now can a man ſtabbestab his owne arme through with eaſe? can he cut off his Legg or any …
With rule
… think it to be. The Apoſtle ſaith, mortifie your members; now can a man ſtabbestab his owne arme through with eaſe? can he cut off his Legg or any …
William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · p. 400 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man, and valiant too, yet none of theſe offered to any of them the ſtabbestab, nor did make a quarrell thereof, nor did beaſtlike more then manlike, ruſh vpon …
With rule
… man, and valiant too, yet none of theſe offered to any of them the ſtabbestab, nor did make a quarrell thereof, nor did beaſtlike more then manlike, ruſh vpon …
Richard Bernard · The Bible Battles · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kings chamber at the Kouure in Paris, among the preſſe, December 27. 1594. and thinking to ſtabbestab the king in the belly, as he reſolved, ſtruck him on the upper Lip …
With rule
… kings chamber at the Kouure in Paris, among the preſſe, December 27. 1594. and thinking to ſtabbestab the king in the belly, as he reſolved, ſtruck him on the upper Lip …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs vp to death it ſelfe: then the armies of feare diſplay themſelues, and ſtabbestab the vnprouided ſoule through his thickeſt ſhield; then two powerfull officers ſeize vpon a …
With rule
… vs vp to death it ſelfe: then the armies of feare diſplay themſelues, and ſtabbestab the vnprouided ſoule through his thickeſt ſhield; then two powerfull officers ſeize vpon a …
Robert Harris · Samuels Funeral · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the two Gilliadites that keepe the paſſages of our Church to ſtay (if not ſtabbestab) euery able and worthy ſcholler that will not pronounce their Shibboleth, and daunce roundly …
With rule
… the two Gilliadites that keepe the paſſages of our Church to ſtay (if not ſtabbestab) euery able and worthy ſcholler that will not pronounce their Shibboleth, and daunce roundly …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 178 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.