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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7528 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

playneplain

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

Puritas changed it
2,324 times in 373 works
Consistency
99.5% (2,324 of 2,335)
Reach if approved
~2,457 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: plain
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,338 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
3 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,324 changes in 373 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,324)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … was not to be in two places at once: but he addeth alſo theſe playneplain wordes. That the heauen muſte receyue thys ſame Ieſu Chriſt vnto the tyme that …
    With rule
    … was not to be in two places at once: but he addeth alſo theſe playneplain wordes. That the heauen muſte receyue thys ſame Ieſu Chriſt vnto the tyme that …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxvi · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and your namelesse doctour, for your opinion is, that the maryages of vowers are playneplain aduowtryes and no marryages. Hys opinion is all contrary, that they are so lawful …
    With rule
    … and your namelesse doctour, for your opinion is, that the maryages of vowers are playneplain aduowtryes and no marryages. Hys opinion is all contrary, that they are so lawful …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the vaine hope of repentance, in the end of their liues, it foloweth in playneplain sentence.
    With rule
    … the vaine hope of repentance, in the end of their liues, it foloweth in playneplain sentence.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vaine, where a you thinke it not tolerable that I ſay, Chriſt b in playneplain words prayed contrary to Gods knowen will. I pray haue patience: I ſaye no …
    With rule
    … vaine, where a you thinke it not tolerable that I ſay, Chriſt b in playneplain words prayed contrary to Gods knowen will. I pray haue patience: I ſaye no …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … we ſeke … citie to come / yee and in as moch as it is of playneplain erneſt there is no nother waye into ye kyngdome of heuē / then thorowe perſecutiō …
    With rule
    … we ſeke … citie to come / yee and in as moch as it is of playneplain erneſt there is no nother waye into ye kyngdome of heuē / then thorowe perſecutiō …

    John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And fyrst, it is playneplain: that so lōg as Peter had his eyes fixed vppon Christe, and attended vpon …
    With rule
    And fyrst, it is playneplain: that so lōg as Peter had his eyes fixed vppon Christe, and attended vpon …

    John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … These two Examples might seéme sufficient for my purpose, especially the matter beyng so playneplain, and manifest. Howbeit this place doth not permit me, (although otherwise making hast in …
    With rule
    … These two Examples might seéme sufficient for my purpose, especially the matter beyng so playneplain, and manifest. Howbeit this place doth not permit me, (although otherwise making hast in …

    John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … maintaine that opinion see howe certeyne it is. But to me it semeth more playneplain that vnder nūbers the certeyne fixed, & determinate time of the persecution of antichrist is …
    With rule
    … maintaine that opinion see howe certeyne it is. But to me it semeth more playneplain that vnder nūbers the certeyne fixed, & determinate time of the persecution of antichrist is …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

  • Printed
    … Robert Barnes therfore with them so to be noted of. the same selfe sort. PlaynePlain are his wordes good manne / in all the workes he hath made / cōcernynge obediēce …
    With rule
    … Robert Barnes therfore with them so to be noted of. the same selfe sort. PlaynePlain are his wordes good manne / in all the workes he hath made / cōcernynge obediēce …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 61 · Open in the reader

A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London A04917

  • Printed
    … And therefore he was reputed a heretycke / accuſed of ſedicion / and dampned of treaſon. PlaynePlain preachinges were made agaynſte all that he had ſpoken / and ſuche felicitie was promiſed …
    With rule
    … And therefore he was reputed a heretycke / accuſed of ſedicion / and dampned of treaſon. PlaynePlain preachinges were made agaynſte all that he had ſpoken / and ſuche felicitie was promiſed …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … theſame as of neceſſitie they muſte / where the trewe knowlege of God is abſent. PlaynePlain it is / that the trew knowlege of God is not borne wyth man / neither …
    With rule
    … theſame as of neceſſitie they muſte / where the trewe knowlege of God is abſent. PlaynePlain it is / that the trew knowlege of God is not borne wyth man / neither …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

Sermon in Edinburgh A04931

  • Printed
    PlaynePlain it is that Christ Iesus in his owne person neyther suffers hunger nor thrist …
    With rule
    PlaynePlain it is that Christ Iesus in his owne person neyther suffers hunger nor thrist …

    John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … of these paynted things, consisteth in their diuersities. Insomuch that if thou see a PlaynePlain ouerhanged with a shadie Rocke, or a dankish denne at the head of a …
    With rule
    … of these paynted things, consisteth in their diuersities. Insomuch that if thou see a PlaynePlain ouerhanged with a shadie Rocke, or a dankish denne at the head of a …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Paynter the more for his skill. Surely it is not possible that the PlaynePlain should please thée more than the Hilles, or the Riuer more than the Rockes …
    With rule
    … the Paynter the more for his skill. Surely it is not possible that the PlaynePlain should please thée more than the Hilles, or the Riuer more than the Rockes …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … they conuey in them. If thou couldest finde as many things in thy bare PlaynePlain alone, I would giue thée leaue to complayne of the Mountaynes. Nay, on the …
    With rule
    … they conuey in them. If thou couldest finde as many things in thy bare PlaynePlain alone, I would giue thée leaue to complayne of the Mountaynes. Nay, on the …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Defense of Divorce and Remarriage A10322

  • Printed
    … the woman is bound by the lawe as longe as her hus…and liveth? PlaynePlain I denie not. But this proofe how pithy & strong soever hee thought it to …
    With rule
    … the woman is bound by the lawe as longe as her hus…and liveth? PlaynePlain I denie not. But this proofe how pithy & strong soever hee thought it to …

    John Rainolds · Defense of Divorce and Remarriage · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    … ſame booke, a litle after ſayth. Hée ſhall geue me kéeping in my mouth. PlaynePlain it is, that we may kéepe the commaundementes, if we will, but becauſe our …
    With rule
    … ſame booke, a litle after ſayth. Hée ſhall geue me kéeping in my mouth. PlaynePlain it is, that we may kéepe the commaundementes, if we will, but becauſe our …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 272 · Open in the reader