Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7597 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obtayneobtain

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

Puritas changed it: 753 times in 196 works
Consistency: 99.7% (753 of 755)
Reach if approved: ~793 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: obtain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 755 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (753 changes in 196 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 753)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… yet thys prerogatiue haue they a boue Christe, that wher as Christ coulde not obtayneobtain pardonne for our sinnes but by suffering great paines, yea & very death, they do …
With rule
… yet thys prerogatiue haue they a boue Christe, that wher as Christ coulde not obtayneobtain pardonne for our sinnes but by suffering great paines, yea & very death, they do …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Christ Iesu hys onely begotten Sonne, and oure alone Sauioure… If we maye obtayneobtain health both of bodye and soule by their be witched bread: then was Christ …
With rule
… in Christ Iesu hys onely begotten Sonne, and oure alone Sauioure… If we maye obtayneobtain health both of bodye and soule by their be witched bread: then was Christ …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man, that is a transgressor of the lawe, may be saued, but that to obtayneobtain saluation by workes, it is necessary for a man to keepe the whole lawe …
With rule
… man, that is a transgressor of the lawe, may be saued, but that to obtayneobtain saluation by workes, it is necessary for a man to keepe the whole lawe …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 313 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo are they nowe made myſcreantes, becauſe you haue obtayned mercye that they myghte obtayneobtain mercy alſo. For God hathe for thys purpoſe ſhut al vnder ſynne that he …
With rule
… ſo are they nowe made myſcreantes, becauſe you haue obtayned mercye that they myghte obtayneobtain mercy alſo. For God hathe for thys purpoſe ſhut al vnder ſynne that he …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
Theyr onely foode, where they obtayneobtain theyr wyl.
With rule
Theyr onely foode, where they obtayneobtain theyr wyl.
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… and all this labor he estemeth for nothyng, because he is so desirous to obtayneobtain his pray, and catch his veneson.
With rule
… and all this labor he estemeth for nothyng, because he is so desirous to obtayneobtain his pray, and catch his veneson.
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
This is wonderfully ſpoken, but thou muſte beleue, then ſhalt thou obtayneobtain all theſe thinges, for withoute fayth, doeſte thou continue in ſynne, and in captiuite …
With rule
This is wonderfully ſpoken, but thou muſte beleue, then ſhalt thou obtayneobtain all theſe thinges, for withoute fayth, doeſte thou continue in ſynne, and in captiuite …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… treasure, & the gyfte of God, wythoute the whiche no man can be saued, nor obtayneobtain onye parte of Christes merites, butte yette for all that, if it be not …
With rule
… treasure, & the gyfte of God, wythoute the whiche no man can be saued, nor obtayneobtain onye parte of Christes merites, butte yette for all that, if it be not …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

Printed
ObtayneObtain shall ye
With rule
ObtayneObtain shall ye
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader