Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12908 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

malèmale

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

Puritas changed it: 549 times in 255 works
Consistency: 99.8% (549 of 550)
Reach if approved: ~581 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 553 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (549 changes in 255 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 549)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… filius Abrahae sidem. In his siquid bene, quia nostrum non est, agnoscite; si quid malèmale quia nostrum est, ignoscite. Humanum enim (a…t Aristoteles) imò regium (vti Plutarchus) imo …
With rule
… filius Abrahae sidem. In his siquid bene, quia nostrum non est, agnoscite; si quid malèmale quia nostrum est, ignoscite. Humanum enim (a…t Aristoteles) imò regium (vti Plutarchus) imo …
John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… peccatum. Nam quamuis bona, malèmale tamen facit; ideo negare non potes eum peccare, qui malèmale quodlibet facit. Fructus bonos non facit arbor mala: An dicis hominem infidelem arborem bonam …
With rule
… peccatum. Nam quamuis bona, malèmale tamen facit; ideo negare non potes eum peccare, qui malèmale quodlibet facit. Fructus bonos non facit arbor mala: An dicis hominem infidelem arborem bonam …
Henry Burton · Truths Triumph Over Trent · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
MalèMale satta gratia nequicquam coit. Horat.
With rule
MalèMale satta gratia nequicquam coit. Horat.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caeca Potentia, oi, facis inſtar, praelucet Ratio, nè, cum omnia liberè poſſit, quaedam etiam & malèmale faciat; atque eo, funeſtiſſimo licet argumento, libertatem ſuam maximè prodat Anima, quod quandocunque lubet …
With rule
… caeca Potentia, oi, facis inſtar, praelucet Ratio, nè, cum omnia liberè poſſit, quaedam etiam & malèmale faciat; atque eo, funeſtiſſimo licet argumento, libertatem ſuam maximè prodat Anima, quod quandocunque lubet …
Edward Bagshaw · Letter Concerning Gods Decrees · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
Si malèmale quid scripsi, noveris esse meum.
With rule
Si malèmale quid scripsi, noveris esse meum.
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · Open in the reader
Printed
… nonnulli inter eos qui Evangelij nomine gloriantur, & Eccleſiarum reformatores baberi volunt. Dum enim isis malèmale vſurpata poſſeſsione Monachos & Epiſcopos (vt par eſt) eijeiunt, Ecclesijstamen libertatem illorum tyrannide ereptam non …
With rule
… nonnulli inter eos qui Evangelij nomine gloriantur, & Eccleſiarum reformatores baberi volunt. Dum enim isis malèmale vſurpata poſſeſsione Monachos & Epiſcopos (vt par eſt) eijeiunt, Ecclesijstamen libertatem illorum tyrannide ereptam non …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
Est rubor; errantes et malèmale ferre pedes.
With rule
Est rubor; errantes et malèmale ferre pedes.
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 754 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ab eis, qui sic dictum acceperunt, vt putarent cùm semel in Christū credidissent, etiāsi malèmale operarētur, & facinerosè, flagitiose que viuerent, saluos se esse per fidem posse, that is, The …
With rule
… ab eis, qui sic dictum acceperunt, vt putarent cùm semel in Christū credidissent, etiāsi malèmale operarētur, & facinerosè, flagitiose que viuerent, saluos se esse per fidem posse, that is, The …
Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · 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.