Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1995 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maximemaxim

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

Puritas changed it: 2,043 times in 932 works
Consistency: 99.6% (2,043 of 2,050)
Reach if approved: ~2,155 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: maxim
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,051 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,043 changes in 932 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,043)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… world be thought thy Seruant, (which is indeed thy Master. Oh Worldlings, as Christs MaximeMaxim inferreth. No man can serue two masters: none indeed; for he that hath God …
With rule
… world be thought thy Seruant, (which is indeed thy Master. Oh Worldlings, as Christs MaximeMaxim inferreth. No man can serue two masters: none indeed; for he that hath God …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Better lose one of the whole, then the whole for one. It is Hippocrates maximemaxim: Quae ferro non curantur, ignis curet: where the knife can do no good, fire …
With rule
… Better lose one of the whole, then the whole for one. It is Hippocrates maximemaxim: Quae ferro non curantur, ignis curet: where the knife can do no good, fire …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 369 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Doctor, will I make to you a Syllogisme, ye know it is a receaued maximemaxim amongest them of your faction: all the actions of Christe are our instruction, Christe …
With rule
… Doctor, will I make to you a Syllogisme, ye know it is a receaued maximemaxim amongest them of your faction: all the actions of Christe are our instruction, Christe …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… equiuocating, forging, and ſuch like, are the Pillars of Popery. It is a firme maximemaxim with them, He that knowes not how to diſſemble, is no fit man to …
With rule
… equiuocating, forging, and ſuch like, are the Pillars of Popery. It is a firme maximemaxim with them, He that knowes not how to diſſemble, is no fit man to …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… certe aduentantis ruinae ſuae authores, & effectores norunt eſſe, in eos acerbitatis ſuae virus, quantum maximemaxim poſſunt, euomant & ebulliant. At que hae ſane maliciae illius ſerpentinae, odij que inſatiabilis, quo …
With rule
… certe aduentantis ruinae ſuae authores, & effectores norunt eſſe, in eos acerbitatis ſuae virus, quantum maximemaxim poſſunt, euomant & ebulliant. At que hae ſane maliciae illius ſerpentinae, odij que inſatiabilis, quo …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… by an Emperor, it muſt not ſtand, if they miſlike it: they haue a maximemaxim of the Deuills ovvne forging: Promiſe is not to bee kept with heretikes. They …
With rule
… by an Emperor, it muſt not ſtand, if they miſlike it: they haue a maximemaxim of the Deuills ovvne forging: Promiſe is not to bee kept with heretikes. They …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… name of a thing, when the thing it self is wanting. We haue a maximemaxim in Logick, A nomine ad rem non valet consequentia. To argue from the name …
With rule
… name of a thing, when the thing it self is wanting. We haue a maximemaxim in Logick, A nomine ad rem non valet consequentia. To argue from the name …
John Phillips · The Way to Heaven · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be true in his kinde, doe presently betake themselves to this th…ed-bare MaximeMaxim, …he Scholar must be …ve the Master. Truly I do not conceive to what …
With rule
… be true in his kinde, doe presently betake themselves to this th…ed-bare MaximeMaxim, …he Scholar must be …ve the Master. Truly I do not conceive to what …
John Rainolds · An Excellent Oration · p. 36 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

The Logic Newly Translated A05111

Printed
But (MAXIMEMAXIM) thy howſe and familie,
With rule
But (MAXIMEMAXIM) thy howſe and familie,
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… scurrarum fucum captant: quo nihil instabilius aut detestabilius inveniri potest. Igitur attendendum erit unicuique, MAXIMEMAXIM PRINCIPI in sublimiori dignitate constituto, ne sic scurrarum, mimorum, histrionum, protomimorum brevi tempore delectetur …
With rule
… scurrarum fucum captant: quo nihil instabilius aut detestabilius inveniri potest. Igitur attendendum erit unicuique, MAXIMEMAXIM PRINCIPI in sublimiori dignitate constituto, ne sic scurrarum, mimorum, histrionum, protomimorum brevi tempore delectetur …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 734 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

Printed
… perspiciet, PRIMUM, in officio esse suo, & sicut aliorum ordinum & numerum in suo Regno, itá MAXIMEMAXIM SACERDOTALIS ORDINIS ETMVNERIS IPSA SVSCIPIAT INSTAVRATIONEM. Deinde videbit, ad hanc rem in Consilium ei …
With rule
… perspiciet, PRIMUM, in officio esse suo, & sicut aliorum ordinum & numerum in suo Regno, itá MAXIMEMAXIM SACERDOTALIS ORDINIS ETMVNERIS IPSA SVSCIPIAT INSTAVRATIONEM. Deinde videbit, ad hanc rem in Consilium ei …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 50 · Open in the reader

The Civil Right of Tithes A38604

Printed
REVERENDISSIMO. DOCTISSIMOQUE JACOBO. USSERIO ARCHI-PRAESULI. ARMACHANO, PIETATE, ERUDITIONE, CAETERISQUE. ANIMI. VIRTUTIBUS MAXIMEMAXIM. CONSPICUO, DIATRIBAS. HASCE. SUAS. DE. DECIMARUM. APUD. ANGLOS. JURE. NATIONALI. ET. POLITICO, SUMMA. OBSERVANTIA …
With rule
REVERENDISSIMO. DOCTISSIMOQUE JACOBO. USSERIO ARCHI-PRAESULI. ARMACHANO, PIETATE, ERUDITIONE, CAETERISQUE. ANIMI. VIRTUTIBUS MAXIMEMAXIM. CONSPICUO, DIATRIBAS. HASCE. SUAS. DE. DECIMARUM. APUD. ANGLOS. JURE. NATIONALI. ET. POLITICO, SUMMA. OBSERVANTIA …
Christopher Elderfield · The Civil Right of Tithes · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

Printed
… cum acerimis & ſanctiſſimis mandatis à Deo ſancita. Cuſtodit Magiſtratus non ſolum ſecundam, verùm OMNIUM MAXIMEMAXIM PRIMAM TABULAM: Idololatrias, Blaſphemias, Execrationes, Perjuria, ULCISCITUR. Oblatas HAERETICAS, & in verum Deum contumelioſas, atque …
With rule
… cum acerimis & ſanctiſſimis mandatis à Deo ſancita. Cuſtodit Magiſtratus non ſolum ſecundam, verùm OMNIUM MAXIMEMAXIM PRIMAM TABULAM: Idololatrias, Blaſphemias, Execrationes, Perjuria, ULCISCITUR. Oblatas HAERETICAS, & in verum Deum contumelioſas, atque …
William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 133 · Open in the reader

The Unbishoping of Timothy and Titus A68614

Printed
… exalt a vocem tuam, & annuncia popul… …eo, ſcelera …orum, & domui Iacob peccata corum: TVM MAXIMEMAXIM ID FACERE NECESSE EST, QVANDO IRAM DOMINI CONTRA POPVLVM DEI, meritis exigentibus, GRASSARI PERSEPXERINT …
With rule
… exalt a vocem tuam, & annuncia popul… …eo, ſcelera …orum, & domui Iacob peccata corum: TVM MAXIMEMAXIM ID FACERE NECESSE EST, QVANDO IRAM DOMINI CONTRA POPVLVM DEI, meritis exigentibus, GRASSARI PERSEPXERINT …
William Prynne · The Unbishoping of Timothy and Titus · p. 161 · Open in the reader

Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations A91186

Printed
… poterit, non tantum Imperatoriae veſtrae prudentiae potestatem a Deo ad ſolum mundi Regimen, SED MAXIMEMAXIM AD ECCLESIAE PRAESIDIUM et ſapientiae decorem collatum. Siquidem praeter Imperiales et publicas curas, evangelicas …
With rule
… poterit, non tantum Imperatoriae veſtrae prudentiae potestatem a Deo ad ſolum mundi Regimen, SED MAXIMEMAXIM AD ECCLESIAE PRAESIDIUM et ſapientiae decorem collatum. Siquidem praeter Imperiales et publicas curas, evangelicas …
William Prynne · Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations · p. 174 · Open in the reader