Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7542 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

slayneslain

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

Puritas changed it: 1,155 times in 258 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,155 of 1,158)
Reach if approved: ~1,217 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: slain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,155 changes in 258 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,155)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and sacrificed according to the figure, then shall it follow, that he wes firste slayneslain, syne eaten, yea, and efter he wes eaten, slayneslain againe, as we know Christe …
With rule
… and sacrificed according to the figure, then shall it follow, that he wes firste slayneslain, syne eaten, yea, and efter he wes eaten, slayneslain againe, as we know Christe …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
That Fayth, for which Peter was ſlayneslain,
With rule
That Fayth, for which Peter was ſlayneslain,
Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader
Printed
… are we kylled all daye longe: and are counted as ſhepe apoynted to be ſlayneslain. Tribulation is oure righte baptim / and is ſignified by plunginge in to y^e water …
With rule
… are we kylled all daye longe: and are counted as ſhepe apoynted to be ſlayneslain. Tribulation is oure righte baptim / and is ſignified by plunginge in to y^e water …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lorde God, come O spirite from the foure quarters, & blow in these that are slayneslain that they may lyue. And as he prophecied, the spirit of lyfe came. They …
With rule
… Lorde God, come O spirite from the foure quarters, & blow in these that are slayneslain that they may lyue. And as he prophecied, the spirit of lyfe came. They …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader
Printed
… out the Deuill out of a certaine mayd, but was in danger to be ſlayneslain by him; and how Caluin compacted with one Bruleus to fayne himſelfe to be …
With rule
… out the Deuill out of a certaine mayd, but was in danger to be ſlayneslain by him; and how Caluin compacted with one Bruleus to fayne himſelfe to be …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the citie was ſette on fire and conſumed. And Phillip the Emperour was ſlayneslain at Varona, and his ſonne at Rome, as it is reported by Sextus Aurelius …
With rule
… of the citie was ſette on fire and conſumed. And Phillip the Emperour was ſlayneslain at Varona, and his ſonne at Rome, as it is reported by Sextus Aurelius …
Dudley Fenner · Treatise of Lawful and Unlawful Recreations · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purgatory, where none but veniall and light sinnes are expiable, but those that were slayneslain, for whom the same offering was made, dyed in deadly sinne as appeareth by …
With rule
… purgatory, where none but veniall and light sinnes are expiable, but those that were slayneslain, for whom the same offering was made, dyed in deadly sinne as appeareth by …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Euerie sacrifice must be brought quick ād new vnto the Altar / ād there be slayneslain everie morning and euening: how much more in this spiritual Temple of God / where …
With rule
… Euerie sacrifice must be brought quick ād new vnto the Altar / ād there be slayneslain everie morning and euening: how much more in this spiritual Temple of God / where …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

Printed
SlayneSlain all that companye
With rule
SlayneSlain all that companye
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

Friar John Francis of France A19668

Printed
… that Sacrifice might be offered there for the ſinnes of them that were deade. SlayneSlain (as you ſay) for a good and a iuſt quarrell, but the Hiſtorie ſaith …
With rule
… that Sacrifice might be offered there for the ſinnes of them that were deade. SlayneSlain (as you ſay) for a good and a iuſt quarrell, but the Hiſtorie ſaith …
Robert Crowley · Friar John Francis of France · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell B00104

Printed
… by, hee calleth it, The setting of their Bed amongst the midst of the SlayneSlain. And agayne, The placing of their Graues in the side of the Pit: and …
With rule
… by, hee calleth it, The setting of their Bed amongst the midst of the SlayneSlain. And agayne, The placing of their Graues in the side of the Pit: and …
William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 83 · Open in the reader