Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7594 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

layedlaid

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

Puritas changed it: 2,010 times in 744 works
Consistency: 99.6% (2,010 of 2,018)
Reach if approved: ~2,121 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: laid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,019 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,010 changes in 744 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,010)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… counteth the coſt wheter he haue ſufficient to performe it? leſt when he hath layedlaid the foundacion and then not able to performe it / all that beholde beginne to …
With rule
… counteth the coſt wheter he haue ſufficient to performe it? leſt when he hath layedlaid the foundacion and then not able to performe it / all that beholde beginne to …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot fall away by any negligence, howſoeuer they behaue themſelues. That all induſtry is layedlaid aſide, that vertues are taken away, if Gods determination preuent mans will.
With rule
… cannot fall away by any negligence, howſoeuer they behaue themſelues. That all induſtry is layedlaid aſide, that vertues are taken away, if Gods determination preuent mans will.
Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · Open in the reader
Printed
… graue, nor suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Where you heare his soule layedlaid in the graue, you must vnderstand that to be spokē of his death and …
With rule
… graue, nor suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Where you heare his soule layedlaid in the graue, you must vnderstand that to be spokē of his death and …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… begynne to wax aſhamed of theſe open wordes, for my ſeruauntes haue of late layedlaid them …ore to theyr charge. But yet they cloke the matti…r wyth newe …
With rule
… begynne to wax aſhamed of theſe open wordes, for my ſeruauntes haue of late layedlaid them …ore to theyr charge. But yet they cloke the matti…r wyth newe …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clv · Open in the reader
Printed
… which by occasion haue bin drawn into some scruple about these things, I haue layedlaid downe mine opinion about the true interpretation of the same in this wise: First …
With rule
… which by occasion haue bin drawn into some scruple about these things, I haue layedlaid downe mine opinion about the true interpretation of the same in this wise: First …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
For be it ones layedlaid, vpon a womānys bellye,
With rule
For be it ones layedlaid, vpon a womānys bellye,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
2 Here is it layedlaid vnto Iohan Frithes charge / that he shulde denye Christes wordes / because he wolde not …
With rule
2 Here is it layedlaid vnto Iohan Frithes charge / that he shulde denye Christes wordes / because he wolde not …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did beare to him, saith: Iob 29. 9. When hee spake, the Princes stayed talke, and layedlaid their hand vpon their mouth, and verse 21. vnto me men gaue eare, and waited …
With rule
… did beare to him, saith: Iob 29. 9. When hee spake, the Princes stayed talke, and layedlaid their hand vpon their mouth, and verse 21. vnto me men gaue eare, and waited …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 125 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

Printed
LayedLaid open for the weaning of the foolish hearts of the senslesse Christians of this …
With rule
LayedLaid open for the weaning of the foolish hearts of the senslesse Christians of this …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

Printed
… part of their vanity, and curse. It is evill to any thing to be LayedLaid aside as to the end, to which it was primitively appointed: by this meanes …
With rule
… part of their vanity, and curse. It is evill to any thing to be LayedLaid aside as to the end, to which it was primitively appointed: by this meanes …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 252 · Open in the reader

The Saints Declining State Under Gospel Administrations A63270

Printed
… new Goſpels; for no other foundation can any man Lay then that which is LayedLaid and if an Angell from heaven preach any other Goſpel let him be accuſed …
With rule
… new Goſpels; for no other foundation can any man Lay then that which is LayedLaid and if an Angell from heaven preach any other Goſpel let him be accuſed …
William Troughton · The Saints Declining State Under Gospel Administrations · p. 66 · Open in the reader

Saints in England Under a Cloud A94871

Printed
… new Goſpels; for no other foundation can any man Lay then that which is LayedLaid and if an Angell from heaven preach any other Goſpel let him be accuſed …
With rule
… new Goſpels; for no other foundation can any man Lay then that which is LayedLaid and if an Angell from heaven preach any other Goſpel let him be accuſed …
William Troughton · Saints in England Under a Cloud · p. 66 · Open in the reader