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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33908 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

baylebail

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

Puritas changed it
81 times in 59 works
Consistency
100% (81 of 81)
Reach if approved
~85 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bail
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
81 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (81 changes in 59 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 81)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    I doe not like this baylebail.
    With rule
    I doe not like this baylebail.

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … iudgemente as wicked myſdoers: Chriſt myndyng to take vpon him our perſone, and to baylebail vs, by ſuſteyning all our miſerie: vouchſaued to ſhew hymſelfe before yearthly iudges, & to …
    With rule
    … iudgemente as wicked myſdoers: Chriſt myndyng to take vpon him our perſone, and to baylebail vs, by ſuſteyning all our miſerie: vouchſaued to ſhew hymſelfe before yearthly iudges, & to …

    John Calvin · The Catechism · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … annexed to the Act on the left side thereof close to the writing, Soit baylebail aux Communes: on the back under the Title aforesaid was written thus 1.
    With rule
    … annexed to the Act on the left side thereof close to the writing, Soit baylebail aux Communes: on the back under the Title aforesaid was written thus 1.

    Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 668 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … next Justices of Peace thereof, but concealed it, they likewise to bee imprisoned, without BayleBail or mainprize, and fined for their contempt.
    With rule
    … next Justices of Peace thereof, but concealed it, they likewise to bee imprisoned, without BayleBail or mainprize, and fined for their contempt.

    William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 213 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … needs goe and come, when the arreſt is upon us, and none appears to baylebail us: when the ſhip is ſplit, and no rock is neare to ſave us …
    With rule
    … needs goe and come, when the arreſt is upon us, and none appears to baylebail us: when the ſhip is ſplit, and no rock is neare to ſave us …

    Obadiah Sedgwick · The Doubting Believer · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … name of all the other Creditors; yea & it keeps them in ſafe cuſtody without baylebail or main-prize; and to priſon they muſt goe, there to lye, till they …
    With rule
    … name of all the other Creditors; yea & it keeps them in ſafe cuſtody without baylebail or main-prize; and to priſon they muſt goe, there to lye, till they …

    John Batchiler · Golden Sands · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the forme of endorſing all Bils ſent from the Commons to the Lords: Soit baylebail al Seignieurs: les Seigneurs ont aſſentus: and the old forme of reading Bils thrice …
    With rule
    … the forme of endorſing all Bils ſent from the Commons to the Lords: Soit baylebail al Seignieurs: les Seigneurs ont aſſentus: and the old forme of reading Bils thrice …

    William Prynne · The Levelers Leveled · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſhal find enough of the eaſieſt of them ſingle and alone. But yet an baylebail conſcience in an infirme body, ſweetly helps our infirmitie. Let a man haue ever …
    With rule
    … ſhal find enough of the eaſieſt of them ſingle and alone. But yet an baylebail conſcience in an infirme body, ſweetly helps our infirmitie. Let a man haue ever …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Good Conscience · p. 183 · 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.