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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1439 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mightemight

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
1,140 times in 158 works
Consistency
99.6% (1,140 of 1,144)
Reach if approved
~1,202 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: might
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,144 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,140 changes in 158 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,140)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that no man is able to abide the ſauour. O that your good lordſhippe mightemight with your merciful eyes ſe and beholde, howe pitifully, howe bare and leane they …
    With rule
    … that no man is able to abide the ſauour. O that your good lordſhippe mightemight with your merciful eyes ſe and beholde, howe pitifully, howe bare and leane they …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … he was made man alſo, to the end that in his perſon our nature mightemight beare or ſuffer the whole puniſhment due to our ſinnes and traunſgreſſions.
    With rule
    … he was made man alſo, to the end that in his perſon our nature mightemight beare or ſuffer the whole puniſhment due to our ſinnes and traunſgreſſions.

    Theodore Beza · A Little Catechism · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vnlawfull to take Vsurie, I wish that you could resolue your selues, that I mightemight not speake of it: for I haue hearde some Preachers say, that there be …
    With rule
    … vnlawfull to take Vsurie, I wish that you could resolue your selues, that I mightemight not speake of it: for I haue hearde some Preachers say, that there be …

    Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … a gratious gift. See how the bare sounde of tearmes delighteth you, that you mightemight therein seeke a shadowe for your singlesolde sacrament of popishe orders. The worde signifieth …
    With rule
    … a gratious gift. See how the bare sounde of tearmes delighteth you, that you mightemight therein seeke a shadowe for your singlesolde sacrament of popishe orders. The worde signifieth …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 401 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … walked in a garden belowe, and read on a booke so loude that wee mightemight heare him, which he did to this ende that Basilius might the better loke …
    With rule
    … walked in a garden belowe, and read on a booke so loude that wee mightemight heare him, which he did to this ende that Basilius might the better loke …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … name this golden treaſure ſhoulde come abrode, then his whoſe vertue and good behauiour, mightemight geue ſome place and authoritie to the ſame. For although therebe many more adorned …
    With rule
    … name this golden treaſure ſhoulde come abrode, then his whoſe vertue and good behauiour, mightemight geue ſome place and authoritie to the ſame. For although therebe many more adorned …

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … by this their peruerſe dealing, of very neceſſitie Paule is compelled with all his mightemight to ſet him ſelfe againſte theſe falſe Apoſtles: whom he boldly reproueth and condemneth …
    With rule
    … by this their peruerſe dealing, of very neceſſitie Paule is compelled with all his mightemight to ſet him ſelfe againſte theſe falſe Apoſtles: whom he boldly reproueth and condemneth …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … with fasting. This holy Prophet and kinge vsed fastinge to thys ende, that hee mightemight bringe his bodye lowe and in subieccion to the spirit, that the vngodli lustes …
    With rule
    … with fasting. This holy Prophet and kinge vsed fastinge to thys ende, that hee mightemight bringe his bodye lowe and in subieccion to the spirit, that the vngodli lustes …

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

  • Printed
    … water shoulde perse so far and washe it awaye. But nowe consider well Circumcision. MighteMight not Abraham by lyke reason alleage for himselfe to refuse it? What doth this …
    With rule
    … water shoulde perse so far and washe it awaye. But nowe consider well Circumcision. MighteMight not Abraham by lyke reason alleage for himselfe to refuse it? What doth this …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do A17688

  • Printed
    … was very foly and raſhenes for theym willingly to offer theym ſelues vnto deathe. MighteMight not they haue agreed within theym ſelues to ſaye. Other men do worſhippe the …
    With rule
    … was very foly and raſhenes for theym willingly to offer theym ſelues vnto deathe. MighteMight not they haue agreed within theym ſelues to ſaye. Other men do worſhippe the …

    John Calvin · What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

  • Printed
    … neuer preached / might she there not preach him / if she had the gyfte therto? MighteMight she not also baptise? And why might she not / by the same reason ministre …
    With rule
    … neuer preached / might she there not preach him / if she had the gyfte therto? MighteMight she not also baptise? And why might she not / by the same reason ministre …

    William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. ix · Open in the reader