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maistmayest

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

Puritas changed it
6,558 times in 1,518 works
Consistency
99.8% (6,558 of 6,567)
Reach if approved
~6,902 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: mayest
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6,569 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,558 changes in 1,518 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,558)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Faire Queene of Loue, my life thou maistmayest command,
    With rule
    Faire Queene of Loue, my life thou maistmayest command,

    Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … God, and loue of Christ: as Psal. 130. But mercy is with thee, that thou maistmayest be feared. And as the Apostle saith of himselfe, and of all the rest …
    With rule
    … God, and loue of Christ: as Psal. 130. But mercy is with thee, that thou maistmayest be feared. And as the Apostle saith of himselfe, and of all the rest …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … thou? It is gaine sufficient, and so art thou to esteeme it, that thou maistmayest do Christ any service. A singular precedent have we of this freenesse of disposition …
    With rule
    … thou? It is gaine sufficient, and so art thou to esteeme it, that thou maistmayest do Christ any service. A singular precedent have we of this freenesse of disposition …

    Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſaied, whoſe fleſh and bloud beinge ſpiritually receyued: feadeth al the faythfull people. Thus maiſtmayest thou anſwere (gentle reader) euen vnto the beſt of the doctours vnderſtandeinge them ſpirituallye …
    With rule
    … ſaied, whoſe fleſh and bloud beinge ſpiritually receyued: feadeth al the faythfull people. Thus maiſtmayest thou anſwere (gentle reader) euen vnto the beſt of the doctours vnderſtandeinge them ſpirituallye …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlii · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … as the Church of Corinth abſolved the inceſtuous perſon, 2 Cor. 2.10.) On theſe grounds thou maiſtmayest ſafely, thou oughteſt faithfully to beleeve that thy deepe-died ſcarlet ſinne is waſhed …
    With rule
    … as the Church of Corinth abſolved the inceſtuous perſon, 2 Cor. 2.10.) On theſe grounds thou maiſtmayest ſafely, thou oughteſt faithfully to beleeve that thy deepe-died ſcarlet ſinne is waſhed …

    William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and his members, shall all cast downe their Crownes before thee; that thou onely maistmayest be All in All; and that thine may be the Kingdome; the Power; and …
    With rule
    … and his members, shall all cast downe their Crownes before thee; that thou onely maistmayest be All in All; and that thine may be the Kingdome; the Power; and …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150 · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and strait gate of grace is opened before thy eyes, then striue that thou maistmayest enter in thereat, bee not slow then, but make speede in thy way here …
    With rule
    … and strait gate of grace is opened before thy eyes, then striue that thou maistmayest enter in thereat, bee not slow then, but make speede in thy way here …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … body is giuen vnto thee, that taking the body and blood of Christ, thou maistmayest be of one body and blood with him. And a little after; After thou …
    With rule
    … body is giuen vnto thee, that taking the body and blood of Christ, thou maistmayest be of one body and blood with him. And a little after; After thou …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 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.

Sermon Preached 13 January 1571 A00687

  • Printed
    TO THE MAISTMAYEST NOBILL AND WORTHIE Lord, Iohne Erle of Marr, Lord Erskin, and Regent to the …
    With rule
    TO THE MAISTMAYEST NOBILL AND WORTHIE Lord, Iohne Erle of Marr, Lord Erskin, and Regent to the …

    David Fergusson · Sermon Preached 13 January 1571 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

  • Printed
    … hee breaketh the commandement (THOV SHALT RESTORE) and transgresseth against two prohibitions, against THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT HIDE THY SELFE, (Deut. 22. 3.) and against THOV SHALT NOT ROB, (Lev. 19. 13.) Although the …
    With rule
    … hee breaketh the commandement (THOV SHALT RESTORE) and transgresseth against two prohibitions, against THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT HIDE THY SELFE, (Deut. 22. 3.) and against THOV SHALT NOT ROB, (Lev. 19. 13.) Although the …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that he breaketh this commandement, THOV SHALT RESTORE IT; and transgresseth this prohibition: THOU MAISTMAYEST NOT HIDE THY SELFE. Maim. ibidem, c. 11. s. 18, 19.
    With rule
    … that he breaketh this commandement, THOV SHALT RESTORE IT; and transgresseth this prohibition: THOU MAISTMAYEST NOT HIDE THY SELFE. Maim. ibidem, c. 11. s. 18, 19.

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon the Lords Supper A17050

  • Printed
    TO THE MAISTMAYEST HIGH, PVISSANT, AND CHRISTIAN Prince, IAMES the ſixt, King of Scots: grace and peace …
    With rule
    TO THE MAISTMAYEST HIGH, PVISSANT, AND CHRISTIAN Prince, IAMES the ſixt, King of Scots: grace and peace …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

Brief Commendation of Uprightness A19894

  • Printed
    TO THE MAISTMAYEST GODLIE, ANCIENT, AND WORTHIE Schir Iohne Wiſchart of Pittarrow Knicht, M. Iohne Dauidſone wiſsis …
    With rule
    TO THE MAISTMAYEST GODLIE, ANCIENT, AND WORTHIE Schir Iohne Wiſchart of Pittarrow Knicht, M. Iohne Dauidſone wiſsis …

    John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

  • Printed
    … God shall chuse; one from among thy brethren SHALT THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE, which is not thy Brother. Where God himself …
    With rule
    … God shall chuse; one from among thy brethren SHALT THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE, which is not thy Brother. Where God himself …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … God shall choose; one from among thy Brethren shalt THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE: Where the power of creating and electing the …
    With rule
    … God shall choose; one from among thy Brethren shalt THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE: Where the power of creating and electing the …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 124 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

  • Printed
    … God ſhall chuſe; one from among thy brethren SHALT THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE, which is not thy Brother. Where God himſelf …
    With rule
    … God ſhall chuſe; one from among thy brethren SHALT THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE, which is not thy Brother. Where God himſelf …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … God ſhall chooſe; one from among thy Brethren ſhalt THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE: Where the power of creating and electing the …
    With rule
    … God ſhall chooſe; one from among thy Brethren ſhalt THOV SET OVER THEE, THOV MAISTMAYEST NOT SET A STRANGER OVER THEE: Where the power of creating and electing the …

    William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 124 · Open in the reader