Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11322 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maistersmasters

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

Puritas changed it: 2,134 times in 457 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,134 of 2,135)
Reach if approved: ~2,243 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: masters
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,135 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,134 changes in 457 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… devoting his ſonne to Gods ſervice according to orders of Monaſticall life, his ſchool-maiſtersmasters that trained him delte with him ſeverely and rigorouſly, and in that age licenſed …
With rule
… devoting his ſonne to Gods ſervice according to orders of Monaſticall life, his ſchool-maiſtersmasters that trained him delte with him ſeverely and rigorouſly, and in that age licenſed …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But yeelde we thus muche, eyther to their eaſe or ignorance. Certes at leaſt, maiſtersmasters ought they on al ſides proui…e, for whatſoeuer hire: herein at leaſte to …
With rule
… But yeelde we thus muche, eyther to their eaſe or ignorance. Certes at leaſt, maiſtersmasters ought they on al ſides proui…e, for whatſoeuer hire: herein at leaſte to …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… delight in exerciſe of religion, as they will neglect other dueties towardes men, as MaiſtersMasters, Fathers, Magiſtrates, &c. And ſome ſeeke ſo to pleaſe theſe in ſeuerall dueties, as …
With rule
… delight in exerciſe of religion, as they will neglect other dueties towardes men, as MaiſtersMasters, Fathers, Magiſtrates, &c. And ſome ſeeke ſo to pleaſe theſe in ſeuerall dueties, as …
Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, nor procuring that others shoulde mynister vnto him, but that after his maistersmasters example, hee might become seruaunt to others rather, and in no respect aboue any …
With rule
… of God, nor procuring that others shoulde mynister vnto him, but that after his maistersmasters example, hee might become seruaunt to others rather, and in no respect aboue any …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… The other bookes were written (saith he) specially against the perfidious Iewes & other false maistersmasters of that time: As likewise in euerie age afterwarde we haue the Ecclesiasticall (I …
With rule
… The other bookes were written (saith he) specially against the perfidious Iewes & other false maistersmasters of that time: As likewise in euerie age afterwarde we haue the Ecclesiasticall (I …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If the regenerate be held captiue in any part vnto ſinne, they ſerue two maiſtersmasters. This needeth to be opened.
With rule
… If the regenerate be held captiue in any part vnto ſinne, they ſerue two maiſtersmasters. This needeth to be opened.
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… luſt cannot both dwell together, they cannot both be heyres, they cannot both be maiſtersmasters, but being contrary one to the other, the one of them will haue the …
With rule
… luſt cannot both dwell together, they cannot both be heyres, they cannot both be maiſtersmasters, but being contrary one to the other, the one of them will haue the …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… flesh be left vntouched, neither of frée men nor bonde men, rulers nor subiects, maistersmasters nor seruāts: Neyther of small nor great, poore nor riche, low nor high, but …
With rule
… flesh be left vntouched, neither of frée men nor bonde men, rulers nor subiects, maistersmasters nor seruāts: Neyther of small nor great, poore nor riche, low nor high, but …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · 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.

Commentary on Colossians A17648

Printed
MAistersMasters giue to your. &c. Hee putteth, that which is iuſt, in the firſt place …
With rule
MAistersMasters giue to your. &c. Hee putteth, that which is iuſt, in the firſt place …
John Calvin · Commentary on Colossians · p. 77 · Open in the reader