Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33385 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

plaintifeplaintiff

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 235 times in 54 works
Consistency: 100% (235 of 235)
Reach if approved: ~247 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: plaintiff
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 235 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (235 changes in 54 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 235)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to its period, untill he hath (in fees) devoured the whole substance both of plaintifeplaintiff and defendant, neither shall he the said Lawyer Corruption ever at any time give …
With rule
… to its period, untill he hath (in fees) devoured the whole substance both of plaintifeplaintiff and defendant, neither shall he the said Lawyer Corruption ever at any time give …
John Milton · News from Hell · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpirit; it hath cries, clamors, ſtripes, ſtings, wounds, deaths; it will be law, witneſſe, plaintifeplaintiff, judge, executioner; chaines, rackes, gibbets, what not? hee hath a hell within him that …
With rule
… ſpirit; it hath cries, clamors, ſtripes, ſtings, wounds, deaths; it will be law, witneſſe, plaintifeplaintiff, judge, executioner; chaines, rackes, gibbets, what not? hee hath a hell within him that …
Joseph Symonds · The Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul · p. 476 · Open in the reader
Printed
Treſpas of a bagge with money taken at C. the Defendant ſaith, that the PlaintifePlaintiff delivered that to him at L. and it is not good, but that he …
With rule
Treſpas of a bagge with money taken at C. the Defendant ſaith, that the PlaintifePlaintiff delivered that to him at L. and it is not good, but that he …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 484 · Open in the reader
Printed
… against my conscience: when indeed hee meanes it is against his concupiscēce. If the PlaintifePlaintiff goe no further then the Court of his owne affections, the defendant shal neuer …
With rule
… against my conscience: when indeed hee meanes it is against his concupiscēce. If the PlaintifePlaintiff goe no further then the Court of his owne affections, the defendant shal neuer …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
By the Pope in his Consistorie. An easie matter where himselfe is plaintifeplaintiff, witnesse, and iudge.
With rule
By the Pope in his Consistorie. An easie matter where himselfe is plaintifeplaintiff, witnesse, and iudge.
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 469 · Open in the reader
Printed
… looking through their fingers sée him, & wil not sée him, forcing herby the poore plaintifeplaintiff to lose not only his great & importable charges in the lawe, but also peraduenture …
With rule
… looking through their fingers sée him, & wil not sée him, forcing herby the poore plaintifeplaintiff to lose not only his great & importable charges in the lawe, but also peraduenture …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wife, as make-bates do: betweene neighbour and neighborr, as tale-bearers do: betweene plaintifeplaintiff and defendant, as busie bodies and petti-foggers do. Wo be vnto them (I …
With rule
… wife, as make-bates do: betweene neighbour and neighborr, as tale-bearers do: betweene plaintifeplaintiff and defendant, as busie bodies and petti-foggers do. Wo be vnto them (I …
William Burton · Ten Sermons Upon Matthew 6:1-4 · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come too ſoone to the name of enemy, and we carry it too farre: PlaintifePlaintiff and Defendant in a matter of Treſpaſſe, muſt be enemies: Diſputers in a Problematicall …
With rule
… come too ſoone to the name of enemy, and we carry it too farre: PlaintifePlaintiff and Defendant in a matter of Treſpaſſe, muſt be enemies: Diſputers in a Problematicall …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 98 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.