Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11100 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

raignereign

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

Puritas changed it: 6,202 times in 1,143 works
Consistency: 91.2% (6,202 of 6,799)
Reach if approved: ~7,145 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reign
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,800 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: rain (583)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,202 changes in 1,143 works, 91.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,202)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… which as I expounded in my former booke, doth not prooue that ſinne did raignereign, or that it is to be accounted ſuch a ſeruice to ſinne as is …
With rule
… which as I expounded in my former booke, doth not prooue that ſinne did raignereign, or that it is to be accounted ſuch a ſeruice to ſinne as is …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be God and mā, and do feale howe by hys ſpyryte he begynneth to raignereign in the heartes of hys choſen.
With rule
… be God and mā, and do feale howe by hys ſpyryte he begynneth to raignereign in the heartes of hys choſen.
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lords, depoſed by the Pope, poyſoned by a Monke, in the 18. yeare of his raignereign, and 51. of his age.
With rule
… Lords, depoſed by the Pope, poyſoned by a Monke, in the 18. yeare of his raignereign, and 51. of his age.
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 363 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did the Beast with seuuen heads, and tenne hornes, push at it? In the raignereign of what Popes did the red Dragon cast a flood of waters to drowne …
With rule
… did the Beast with seuuen heads, and tenne hornes, push at it? In the raignereign of what Popes did the red Dragon cast a flood of waters to drowne …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… will allowe of his propheticall, or prieſtly office, but for him to rule and raignereign, that they will not indure, they will not have him to be king.
With rule
… will allowe of his propheticall, or prieſtly office, but for him to rule and raignereign, that they will not indure, they will not have him to be king.
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the diuers occasions that are offered: So doth the deuill on the contrary, raignereign, and rule in the hearts of all his children of disobedience, whereby with delight …
With rule
… and the diuers occasions that are offered: So doth the deuill on the contrary, raignereign, and rule in the hearts of all his children of disobedience, whereby with delight …
John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should be their iudge: and very fewe there were, ouer whom death did not raignereign. But they ouer whom it raigned, after this death, which is called the first …
With rule
… should be their iudge: and very fewe there were, ouer whom death did not raignereign. But they ouer whom it raigned, after this death, which is called the first …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
… latter is said to haue beene informed, of the iust length of his owne raignereign; of the short continuance of his brother Quintillus his authoritie; of his Nephewes succeeding …
With rule
… latter is said to haue beene informed, of the iust length of his owne raignereign; of the short continuance of his brother Quintillus his authoritie; of his Nephewes succeeding …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 291 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Three Treatises A10659

Printed
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF SINNE.
With rule
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF SINNE.
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 272 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

Printed
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF KING WILLIAM THE SECOND.
With rule
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF KING WILLIAM THE SECOND.
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF KING STEPHEN.
With rule
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF KING STEPHEN.
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF KING IOHN.
With rule
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF KING IOHN.
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE LIFE and RAIGNEREIGN OF KING EDWARD THE FIRST. Surnamed of WINCHESTER.
With rule
THE LIFE and RAIGNEREIGN OF KING EDWARD THE FIRST. Surnamed of WINCHESTER.
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF Queen Elizabeth.
With rule
THE RAIGNEREIGN OF Queen Elizabeth.
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 1 · Open in the reader