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saiethsaith

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
4,884 times in 352 works
Consistency
99.8% (4,884 of 4,894)
Reach if approved
~5,142 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: sayeth
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,894 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,884 changes in 352 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,884)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be most expediēt and profitable: and this he teacheth when by his Ptophetes he saiethsaith that he created darknes ād light, that he sendeth death and lief, that neither …
    With rule
    … be most expediēt and profitable: and this he teacheth when by his Ptophetes he saiethsaith that he created darknes ād light, that he sendeth death and lief, that neither …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 156 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … alwaies that it might bee well with you and yours after you for euer (ſaiethsaith the Lord) Deut. 5.29. For, firſt God doth vndertake to keep dammage from his, while …
    With rule
    … alwaies that it might bee well with you and yours after you for euer (ſaiethsaith the Lord) Deut. 5.29. For, firſt God doth vndertake to keep dammage from his, while …

    Paul Baynes · A Counterbane Against Earthly Carefulness · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … promiſe. This is manifeſt out of the former place to the Epheſ. where he ſaiethsaith, That after they beleeved, they were ſealed with the holy ſpirit of promiſe. This …
    With rule
    … promiſe. This is manifeſt out of the former place to the Epheſ. where he ſaiethsaith, That after they beleeved, they were ſealed with the holy ſpirit of promiſe. This …

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … religion to be cultus diuinus a diuine seruice dew vnto God, wherby as Isidore saiethsaith, wee dooe binde our selues to the worshipyng of God with a full purpose …
    With rule
    … religion to be cultus diuinus a diuine seruice dew vnto God, wherby as Isidore saiethsaith, wee dooe binde our selues to the worshipyng of God with a full purpose …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … may at all times miniſter grace to the hearers. Hereunto appertaineth that which Salomon ſaiethsaith, The tongue of the iuſt man is as fined ſiluer, and the lippes of …
    With rule
    … may at all times miniſter grace to the hearers. Hereunto appertaineth that which Salomon ſaiethsaith, The tongue of the iuſt man is as fined ſiluer, and the lippes of …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 234 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … things that are commanded, say, that yee are vnprofitable Servantes. But thou wilt say, (saiethsaith Bernard) that hee willed vs to say so, for Humilities sake. Yes, indeede. But …
    With rule
    … things that are commanded, say, that yee are vnprofitable Servantes. But thou wilt say, (saiethsaith Bernard) that hee willed vs to say so, for Humilities sake. Yes, indeede. But …

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … when once they be firmly rooted, they leaue watering: & hēce it is that Paul ſaiethsaith; Tongues ſerue for a ſigne, not for them that doe beleeue, but for them …
    With rule
    … when once they be firmly rooted, they leaue watering: & hēce it is that Paul ſaiethsaith; Tongues ſerue for a ſigne, not for them that doe beleeue, but for them …

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … The admonition of Moecenas to Augustus is worthy the drawing into practise. It is (saiethsaith he to the Emperor) a point of speciall wisedome, not to suffer new names …
    With rule
    … The admonition of Moecenas to Augustus is worthy the drawing into practise. It is (saiethsaith he to the Emperor) a point of speciall wisedome, not to suffer new names …

    Henry Jacob · To Prince James · p. 31 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 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.

Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England A04215

  • Printed
    … and Beliall, whether it be in the breach of the Firſt or Second commaundement? SaiethSaith not the Lord there, That his Church is his Temple, in which he dwelleth …
    With rule
    … and Beliall, whether it be in the breach of the Firſt or Second commaundement? SaiethSaith not the Lord there, That his Church is his Temple, in which he dwelleth …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 28 · Open in the reader

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

  • Printed
    … o…fence, where of God was the author commanding him to do it: Dauid SaiethSaith, thus the Lord is knowen to execute true iudgement, when the vngodlie is trapped …
    With rule
    … o…fence, where of God was the author commanding him to do it: Dauid SaiethSaith, thus the Lord is knowen to execute true iudgement, when the vngodlie is trapped …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 334 · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

  • Printed
    … also they defended, that it was lawfull to them to bee idle, because CHRIST SaiethSaith in the Gospell, …, the foules of Heauen, for they sow not, neither reape, neither …
    With rule
    … also they defended, that it was lawfull to them to bee idle, because CHRIST SaiethSaith in the Gospell, …, the foules of Heauen, for they sow not, neither reape, neither …

    Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 138 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

  • Printed
    What / will ye belie. S. Peter? Dyd not he caſte his ſinnes vpon Chriſt? SaiethSaith he not planely / that Chriſt himſelfe bare our ſinnes on his body vpon the …
    With rule
    What / will ye belie. S. Peter? Dyd not he caſte his ſinnes vpon Chriſt? SaiethSaith he not planely / that Chriſt himſelfe bare our ſinnes on his body vpon the …

    Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is a holy church / and a company of all them / that do profeſſe Chriſt? SaiethSaith he here anie thinge els? And do ye not confeſſe your ſelfe / that euery …
    With rule
    … is a holy church / and a company of all them / that do profeſſe Chriſt? SaiethSaith he here anie thinge els? And do ye not confeſſe your ſelfe / that euery …

    Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … not teach us to endure grefe / to ſuffre wrong / and to take it paciently? SaiethSaith he not / that we are called ther vnto? Setteth he not Chriſt vnto us …
    With rule
    … not teach us to endure grefe / to ſuffre wrong / and to take it paciently? SaiethSaith he not / that we are called ther vnto? Setteth he not Chriſt vnto us …

    Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the 13 Articles A19657

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    … Wo be vnto him that chideth with hys maker, the potſharde with the potter. SaiethSaith the claye to the potter: what makeſte thou? Or thy worke ſerueth for nothing …
    With rule
    … Wo be vnto him that chideth with hys maker, the potſharde with the potter. SaiethSaith the claye to the potter: what makeſte thou? Or thy worke ſerueth for nothing …

    Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader

Sermons A68672

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    … neuer thy former miſery, forget neuer that thou haſt followed filthineſſe, murthered, oppreſſed, &c. SaiethSaith the Apoſtle to the Epheſians, who were Gentiles after their conuerſion in Chriſt, Forget …
    With rule
    … neuer thy former miſery, forget neuer that thou haſt followed filthineſſe, murthered, oppreſſed, &c. SaiethSaith the Apoſtle to the Epheſians, who were Gentiles after their conuerſion in Chriſt, Forget …

    Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 199 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel A70152

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    … ſay that this is the ſenſible thing which they offer up as a ſacrifice. 4. (SaiethSaith Bellar. in the ſame place §. 8.) To a true ſacrifice is required, that the thing …
    With rule
    … ſay that this is the ſenſible thing which they offer up as a ſacrifice. 4. (SaiethSaith Bellar. in the ſame place §. 8.) To a true ſacrifice is required, that the thing …

    William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet Called the Touchstone of the Reformed Gospel · p. 273 · Open in the reader