Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3051 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mildemild

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

Puritas changed it: 944 times in 479 works
Consistency: 98.2% (944 of 961)
Reach if approved: ~1,010 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mild
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 961 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (944 changes in 479 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 944)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſhame, 1 Cor. 15.34. Are not theſe words as ſharpe and tart, as the former are mildemild and gentle? Is there not a burning fire of zeale in the latter, as …
With rule
… ſhame, 1 Cor. 15.34. Are not theſe words as ſharpe and tart, as the former are mildemild and gentle? Is there not a burning fire of zeale in the latter, as …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy God, O Iſrael, Amos 4. So ſay I to you, foraſmuch as all the mildemild meanes which God hath hitherto uſed are not effectuall for this end, to bring …
With rule
… thy God, O Iſrael, Amos 4. So ſay I to you, foraſmuch as all the mildemild meanes which God hath hitherto uſed are not effectuall for this end, to bring …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
HENRIE the third King of France, of the house of Valois, a mildemild and tractable Prince: courteous, wittie, eloquent, and graue, but of easie accesse; deuout, louing …
With rule
HENRIE the third King of France, of the house of Valois, a mildemild and tractable Prince: courteous, wittie, eloquent, and graue, but of easie accesse; deuout, louing …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 415 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou doeſt it from loue and compaſſion towards them. Thirdly, vſe louing tearmes, with mildemild exhortations, to heare with patience, and to iudge afterward. Fourthly, promiſe by their amendement …
With rule
… thou doeſt it from loue and compaſſion towards them. Thirdly, vſe louing tearmes, with mildemild exhortations, to heare with patience, and to iudge afterward. Fourthly, promiſe by their amendement …
Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
B Somwhat mildemild wether.
With rule
B Somwhat mildemild wether.
William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader
Printed
… the soueraigne bountie of God qualifiyng the fretting corrosiue of his former displeasure, with mildemild & medicinable salue, doeth make an infallible couenaunt with them, that after they haue once …
With rule
… the soueraigne bountie of God qualifiyng the fretting corrosiue of his former displeasure, with mildemild & medicinable salue, doeth make an infallible couenaunt with them, that after they haue once …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… as a matter of iudgement, in their parents. 3 That it be done, with a mildemild mind and calme affections, and to put it off, if rage and fury ariſe …
With rule
… as a matter of iudgement, in their parents. 3 That it be done, with a mildemild mind and calme affections, and to put it off, if rage and fury ariſe …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mocked him, and of his seruant Gehezi, &c. but Christ was of a most mildemild and meeke Spirit, as is euidently to be seene in his patient sufferings of …
With rule
… mocked him, and of his seruant Gehezi, &c. but Christ was of a most mildemild and meeke Spirit, as is euidently to be seene in his patient sufferings of …
William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 177 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 A20556

Printed
Doct. MIldeMild behauiour is the beſt meanes to procure peace.
With rule
Doct. MIldeMild behauiour is the beſt meanes to procure peace.
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · Open in the reader
Printed
Doct. MildeMild behauiour is the beſt meanes to procure peace. In another place there is another …
With rule
Doct. MildeMild behauiour is the beſt meanes to procure peace. In another place there is another …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 15-17 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
MildeMild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes,
With rule
MildeMild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes,
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Christian Library A67744

Printed
… so won his Brothers heart, that he changed his minde, and they parted friends. MildeMild words, and gentle behaviour may be resembled to Milk, that quencheth Wild-fire; or …
With rule
… so won his Brothers heart, that he changed his minde, and they parted friends. MildeMild words, and gentle behaviour may be resembled to Milk, that quencheth Wild-fire; or …
Richard Younge · A Christian Library · p. 72 · Open in the reader

A Sovereign Antidote to Drive out Discontent A67780

Printed
… ſo won his Brothers heart, that he changed his minde, and they parted friends. MildeMild words, and gentle behaviour may be reſembled to Milk, that quencheth Wild fire; or …
With rule
… ſo won his Brothers heart, that he changed his minde, and they parted friends. MildeMild words, and gentle behaviour may be reſembled to Milk, that quencheth Wild fire; or …
Richard Younge · A Sovereign Antidote to Drive out Discontent · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

Printed
… grauitie, mildneſſe, courteous acceptance of her curteſie, and allowing her to weare fit apparell, §. 4, 15, 22, 40, 49. 5 MildeMild and louing ſpeech to and of his wife, §. 24 25, 26, &c. 6 A wiſe maintaining his authoritie …
With rule
… grauitie, mildneſſe, courteous acceptance of her curteſie, and allowing her to weare fit apparell, §. 4, 15, 22, 40, 49. 5 MildeMild and louing ſpeech to and of his wife, §. 24 25, 26, &c. 6 A wiſe maintaining his authoritie …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

Printed
… of a gentle aire: Because when he comes, he is both mighty and mildemild: MildeMild and gentle, that he may apply himself to our capacities, and settle our senses …
With rule
… of a gentle aire: Because when he comes, he is both mighty and mildemild: MildeMild and gentle, that he may apply himself to our capacities, and settle our senses …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 349 · Open in the reader