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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7605 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saythesaith

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

Puritas changed it
659 times in 102 works
Consistency
100% (659 of 659)
Reach if approved
~692 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: say
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
659 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (659 changes in 102 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 659)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Spirit of God changeth not his meaning: but what he ſaithe once, he ſaythesaith for euer. Saint Peter here ſeemeth to preuent the obiection which ſeruantes (deſierous of …
    With rule
    … the Spirit of God changeth not his meaning: but what he ſaithe once, he ſaythesaith for euer. Saint Peter here ſeemeth to preuent the obiection which ſeruantes (deſierous of …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vitam aeternam, Who so euer beleueth in me, hathe euerlastyng lyfe. Lykewise sainct Paule saythesaith: Gratia … supta peccatum, The grace and … of God excedeth far our synnes. Therfore let …
    With rule
    … vitam aeternam, Who so euer beleueth in me, hathe euerlastyng lyfe. Lykewise sainct Paule saythesaith: Gratia … supta peccatum, The grace and … of God excedeth far our synnes. Therfore let …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … than they that ſeme holy, that ſtande in theyr owne conceyte, yt gladly Auguſtyne ſaythesaith, that all other vyces be done in yll workes, excepte deſyre of honour and …
    With rule
    … than they that ſeme holy, that ſtande in theyr owne conceyte, yt gladly Auguſtyne ſaythesaith, that all other vyces be done in yll workes, excepte deſyre of honour and …

    Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … periury & lyeng is condemned with the payne of the diuine iudgement, as the scrypture saythesaith, the mouthe that lyeth, slayeth the soule. Who so euer therfore speaketh the truthe …
    With rule
    … periury & lyeng is condemned with the payne of the diuine iudgement, as the scrypture saythesaith, the mouthe that lyeth, slayeth the soule. Who so euer therfore speaketh the truthe …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of life be reiected, and godlines of cō uersacion embraced, as the wyse man saythesaith: In all thy workes remember the latter ende, and thou shalt neuer sinne. I …
    With rule
    … of life be reiected, and godlines of cō uersacion embraced, as the wyse man saythesaith: In all thy workes remember the latter ende, and thou shalt neuer sinne. I …

    Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to release them. Nowe by what fasshyon they loose, the apostle expouneth, when he saythesaith, that the gospell is a power to saue euery beleuer. Agayne what waye they …
    With rule
    … to release them. Nowe by what fasshyon they loose, the apostle expouneth, when he saythesaith, that the gospell is a power to saue euery beleuer. Agayne what waye they …

    Richard Taverner · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … before you / the ſermon that our ſauyoure Jeſus ſpake in the moūtayne / wher he ſaythesaith: Bleſſed be they that ſuffer perſecutyon for rightuouſneſſe ſake / that is to ſaye / for …
    With rule
    … before you / the ſermon that our ſauyoure Jeſus ſpake in the moūtayne / wher he ſaythesaith: Bleſſed be they that ſuffer perſecutyon for rightuouſneſſe ſake / that is to ſaye / for …

    William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … gnawing worme, that in the hartes of the vngodly neuer dyeth. For S. Paule ſaythesaith plainli, yt at the righteous iudgement of God, the conſciences of all men ſhall …
    With rule
    … gnawing worme, that in the hartes of the vngodly neuer dyeth. For S. Paule ſaythesaith plainli, yt at the righteous iudgement of God, the conſciences of all men ſhall …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Hope of the Faithful · p. 192 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.