Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2153 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mistressemistress

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

Puritas changed it: 1,419 times in 606 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,419 of 1,424)
Reach if approved: ~1,496 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mistress
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,424 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,419 changes in 606 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,419)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… doe ſervice to you, as all the ſervants of the houſe are under the miſtreſſemistress of the houſe: the Angels are alſo yours to miniſter to you, as the …
With rule
… doe ſervice to you, as all the ſervants of the houſe are under the miſtreſſemistress of the houſe: the Angels are alſo yours to miniſter to you, as the …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
Experience is ſometimes called the miſtreſſemistress of fooles, but by it in this point wiſe men may learne a good …
With rule
Experience is ſometimes called the miſtreſſemistress of fooles, but by it in this point wiſe men may learne a good …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… It is but a ſimple maide that weares not as fine linnen as her miſtreſſemistress: and that man is as no body, and of no faſhion, that is not …
With rule
… It is but a ſimple maide that weares not as fine linnen as her miſtreſſemistress: and that man is as no body, and of no faſhion, that is not …
Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their Maſter, and as the eyes of a mayden, unto the hand of her MiſtreſſeMistress, even ſo our eyes waite upon the Lord our God. Chriſt would have his …
With rule
… their Maſter, and as the eyes of a mayden, unto the hand of her MiſtreſſeMistress, even ſo our eyes waite upon the Lord our God. Chriſt would have his …
Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when ſhe beganne to be ſo preſumptuous, as to exalt her ſelfe aboue her MiſtreſſeMistress, as theſe doe already; the moſt, more eſteeming them then they doe the Ordinances …
With rule
… when ſhe beganne to be ſo preſumptuous, as to exalt her ſelfe aboue her MiſtreſſeMistress, as theſe doe already; the moſt, more eſteeming them then they doe the Ordinances …
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the killing of any to whom priuate obedience is due: as ones maſter, miſtreſſemistress, huſband, &c. for which in ſtead of burning, (which the woman here ſhall bee …
With rule
… is the killing of any to whom priuate obedience is due: as ones maſter, miſtreſſemistress, huſband, &c. for which in ſtead of burning, (which the woman here ſhall bee …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gilbert Stirrop, Deputie to Edward Grimſtone for his butlerage, Maiſter Butler the elder, ſearcher, miſtreſſemistress Tooly, Margaret Bray, Ioane Barker widowe, miſtreſſemistress Birde, Baſtian Man his wife and himſelfe.
With rule
… Gilbert Stirrop, Deputie to Edward Grimſtone for his butlerage, Maiſter Butler the elder, ſearcher, miſtreſſemistress Tooly, Margaret Bray, Ioane Barker widowe, miſtreſſemistress Birde, Baſtian Man his wife and himſelfe.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be towards him for ſervice, as the eyes of hand-maidens are on their miſtreſſemistress: to looke not to men, not to credit, but to have our eyes on …
With rule
… be towards him for ſervice, as the eyes of hand-maidens are on their miſtreſſemistress: to looke not to men, not to credit, but to have our eyes on …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
FAIRE-VIRTVE, THE MISTRESSEMISTRESS OF PHIL'ARETE. Written by George Wither.
With rule
FAIRE-VIRTVE, THE MISTRESSEMISTRESS OF PHIL'ARETE. Written by George Wither.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
Whether therefore, this MISTRESSEMISTRESS OF PHIL'ARETE, bee really a Woman, shaddowed vnder the name of VIRTVE: or VIRTVE …
With rule
Whether therefore, this MISTRESSEMISTRESS OF PHIL'ARETE, bee really a Woman, shaddowed vnder the name of VIRTVE: or VIRTVE …
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
PHIL'ARETE TO HIS MISTRESSEMISTRESS.
With rule
PHIL'ARETE TO HIS MISTRESSEMISTRESS.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
FAIRE-VIRTVE: OR, THE MISTRESSEMISTRESS OF PHIL'ARETE.
With rule
FAIRE-VIRTVE: OR, THE MISTRESSEMISTRESS OF PHIL'ARETE.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
But an Idea of a MISTRESSEMISTRESS is.
With rule
But an Idea of a MISTRESSEMISTRESS is.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader