Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7534 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

paynespains

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

Puritas changed it: 1,246 times in 380 works
Consistency: 98.2% (1,246 of 1,268)
Reach if approved: ~1,333 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pains
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,269 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,246 changes in 380 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,246)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The truth maye not be tolde, vndre paynespains manyfolde
With rule
The truth maye not be tolde, vndre paynespains manyfolde
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… had more vnderstanding then all my teachers, because thy testimonies are my meditations. What paynespains would not they haue bestowed in the study of these bookes, who trauailed sea …
With rule
… had more vnderstanding then all my teachers, because thy testimonies are my meditations. What paynespains would not they haue bestowed in the study of these bookes, who trauailed sea …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exception either againſt the puritie of doctrine at thoſe times, or againſt the trauell & paynespains of thoſe perſons. Neyther haue we onely examples to tell vs it hath bene …
With rule
… exception either againſt the puritie of doctrine at thoſe times, or againſt the trauell & paynespains of thoſe perſons. Neyther haue we onely examples to tell vs it hath bene …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… people. Now for to conclude, it ſhalbe thy dutie to receiue this my litle paynespains in a good parte, and to call vpon God that the vſe therof, maye …
With rule
… people. Now for to conclude, it ſhalbe thy dutie to receiue this my litle paynespains in a good parte, and to call vpon God that the vſe therof, maye …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his ſetting, but the very branches thereof ſhall flouriſh. I doe not ſay, our paynespains ſhall alwayes conuert many Soules; that is Gods fruite, not ours: Hee chargeth vs …
With rule
… his ſetting, but the very branches thereof ſhall flouriſh. I doe not ſay, our paynespains ſhall alwayes conuert many Soules; that is Gods fruite, not ours: Hee chargeth vs …
Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are not to be feared. And to aunswere this obiection duplicate page duplicate page I woulde haue taken paynespains, … that the moste parte of Astrologians ar by profession phisitions, whiche yf they be …
With rule
… are not to be feared. And to aunswere this obiection duplicate page duplicate page I woulde haue taken paynespains, … that the moste parte of Astrologians ar by profession phisitions, whiche yf they be …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… to depose in this cause, yet he speaketh not so much to auouch the paynespains of purgatory as to deny the remedy or remission of them: wherefore his testimony …
With rule
… to depose in this cause, yet he speaketh not so much to auouch the paynespains of purgatory as to deny the remedy or remission of them: wherefore his testimony …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you have so often slandered me, that I hold it so, you take great paynespains to conclude it. I have said that to impose mens writings, to be read …
With rule
… you have so often slandered me, that I hold it so, you take great paynespains to conclude it. I have said that to impose mens writings, to be read …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

Printed
3 PaynesPains and conſtancie: ſuch as is in ſeeking gold and precious ſtones.
With rule
3 PaynesPains and conſtancie: ſuch as is in ſeeking gold and precious ſtones.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

Printed
Though, even that piece of PaynesPains, were, in my Opinion, but ydle, and vnprofitable; yet, it is too small a …
With rule
Though, even that piece of PaynesPains, were, in my Opinion, but ydle, and vnprofitable; yet, it is too small a …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of my Calling; together, with such imbecillitie of Bodie, as can not endure great PaynesPains; I were even greatlie blame-worthie, so to waste, eyther Tyme, or Travell. There …
With rule
… of my Calling; together, with such imbecillitie of Bodie, as can not endure great PaynesPains; I were even greatlie blame-worthie, so to waste, eyther Tyme, or Travell. There …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 161 · Open in the reader

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

Printed
… their owne Mouths did not condemne those naughtie Servantes, and their owne Pennes and PaynesPains, discovered not vnto vs some Examples, by Hercules Foote to cognosse the rest of …
With rule
… their owne Mouths did not condemne those naughtie Servantes, and their owne Pennes and PaynesPains, discovered not vnto vs some Examples, by Hercules Foote to cognosse the rest of …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the violent Curbing of the Pennes of the Pious, and partlie by interring their PaynesPains after them, by totall Deletion, whome they could not deterre in their Lyues, from …
With rule
… the violent Curbing of the Pennes of the Pious, and partlie by interring their PaynesPains after them, by totall Deletion, whome they could not deterre in their Lyues, from …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 265 · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
… good wyll there in, and then ſhall I thynke my laboures well employed & my PaynesPains well recompenſed.
With rule
… good wyll there in, and then ſhall I thynke my laboures well employed & my PaynesPains well recompenſed.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

Printed
PaynesPains of the Limbe. 224
With rule
PaynesPains of the Limbe. 224
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 303 · Open in the reader
Printed
PaynesPains of purgatory. 224.
With rule
PaynesPains of purgatory. 224.
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 303 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
Nor Poverty, nor PaynesPains, nor Spightfulneſſe,
With rule
Nor Poverty, nor PaynesPains, nor Spightfulneſſe,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 109 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Apocalypse A16853

Printed
… of the breach of the law, were worthily punished. And after them folowed Iohn PaynesPains, Thomas Ford, Iohn Sherret, Robert Iohnſon, & many other of that leven. Thus by Gods …
With rule
… of the breach of the law, were worthily punished. And after them folowed Iohn PaynesPains, Thomas Ford, Iohn Sherret, Robert Iohnſon, & many other of that leven. Thus by Gods …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 430 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

Printed
… vp anie to the loue of searching the SCRIPTVRES, I haue not lost my PaynesPains, what-so-ever shall become of this little Booke: Where-vnto I haue sollisted …
With rule
… vp anie to the loue of searching the SCRIPTVRES, I haue not lost my PaynesPains, what-so-ever shall become of this little Booke: Where-vnto I haue sollisted …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… died Anno leaving Thomas Gatakèr his Learned Son, ( of whom formerly) heir to his PaynesPains and Piety.
With rule
… died Anno leaving Thomas Gatakèr his Learned Son, ( of whom formerly) heir to his PaynesPains and Piety.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell B00104

Printed
… the meanest of whome, it having pleased that worthie Gentle-man, to imploy my PaynesPains; I drew vp an Answere, at that tyme, more to giue him-selfe contentment …
With rule
… the meanest of whome, it having pleased that worthie Gentle-man, to imploy my PaynesPains; I drew vp an Answere, at that tyme, more to giue him-selfe contentment …
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
These PaynesPains, then, Most Noble, and Religious Lord, I haue for this cause dedicated to your …
With rule
These PaynesPains, then, Most Noble, and Religious Lord, I haue for this cause dedicated to your …
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. XVI. What PaynesPains they were, which CHRIST suffered in His Soule, for Mankynde.
With rule
CHAP. XVI. What PaynesPains they were, which CHRIST suffered in His Soule, for Mankynde.
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Inferni; or, The Dolours, and PaynesPains of Hell: and, (as Cardinall Cajetan affirmeth) the PaynesPains of Hell, truelie.
With rule
… Inferni; or, The Dolours, and PaynesPains of Hell: and, (as Cardinall Cajetan affirmeth) the PaynesPains of Hell, truelie.
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of His Passion; which for that cause, are by way of similitude, called, The PaynesPains of Hell; which, not-with-standing, were finished at His Death.
With rule
… of His Passion; which for that cause, are by way of similitude, called, The PaynesPains of Hell; which, not-with-standing, were finished at His Death.
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 148 · Open in the reader