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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7677 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

payedpaid

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

Puritas changed it
1,964 times in 718 works
Consistency
99.2% (1,964 of 1,979)
Reach if approved
~2,079 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: paid
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,979 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,964 changes in 718 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,964)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in a vaine iealouſie and feare of Puritaniſme. Nowe the iuſtice of GOD hath payedpaid vs. For that which was ſpoken before in ſlaunder, nowe may bee ſpoken in …
    With rule
    … in a vaine iealouſie and feare of Puritaniſme. Nowe the iuſtice of GOD hath payedpaid vs. For that which was ſpoken before in ſlaunder, nowe may bee ſpoken in …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … called backe, and amended. Yea, and it were great pytye, seynge that they haue payedpaid the fyrst fruites vnto the Kinges Magesty, and no smal reward vnto other men …
    With rule
    … called backe, and amended. Yea, and it were great pytye, seynge that they haue payedpaid the fyrst fruites vnto the Kinges Magesty, and no smal reward vnto other men …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … discharged from all disloyaltie by their publique instrumentes and vvritings, their souldiers haue bene payedpaid from their Princes paye, and so haue bene discharged. As for rebellion and the …
    With rule
    … discharged from all disloyaltie by their publique instrumentes and vvritings, their souldiers haue bene payedpaid from their Princes paye, and so haue bene discharged. As for rebellion and the …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … scorners chayre, contemning his benefits: they had a Vineyard at an easie rate, yet payedpaid no fruites of obedience. It is hard to say, whether God was more gracious …
    With rule
    … scorners chayre, contemning his benefits: they had a Vineyard at an easie rate, yet payedpaid no fruites of obedience. It is hard to say, whether God was more gracious …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … indifferent, doth he not forgoe his liberty for to please them, as when he payedpaid Tribute lest he should offend them, although he know they were malitious.
    With rule
    … indifferent, doth he not forgoe his liberty for to please them, as when he payedpaid Tribute lest he should offend them, although he know they were malitious.

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … neigbour Abinadab was a carefull and religious hoſt to the Ark, and is now payedpaid with the bloud of his ſon; how ſhall I hope to ſpeede better; but …
    With rule
    … neigbour Abinadab was a carefull and religious hoſt to the Ark, and is now payedpaid with the bloud of his ſon; how ſhall I hope to ſpeede better; but …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … equale value to the riche, and to the indigent, but the more money is payedpaid for them they are of les value: this muste of necessitie follow.
    With rule
    … equale value to the riche, and to the indigent, but the more money is payedpaid for them they are of les value: this muste of necessitie follow.

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … life of the world, of thee he tooke that which even for thee he payedpaid. Apeccati enim veteris nexu, per se non est immunis, nec ipsa genetrix redemptoris: the …
    With rule
    … life of the world, of thee he tooke that which even for thee he payedpaid. Apeccati enim veteris nexu, per se non est immunis, nec ipsa genetrix redemptoris: the …

    Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Prayer and Praise A29527

  • Printed
    Prayer and Praise. A Two-fold TRIBUTE, TO BE PayedPaid by all Loyal Subjects TO THEIR SUPREAM, AND Subordinate Soveraign.
    With rule
    Prayer and Praise. A Two-fold TRIBUTE, TO BE PayedPaid by all Loyal Subjects TO THEIR SUPREAM, AND Subordinate Soveraign.

    John Brinsley · Prayer and Praise · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Prayer and Praise. A Two-fold TRIBUTE TO BE PayedPaid by all Loyal Subjects TO THEIR SUPREAM, AND Subordinate Soveraigns.
    With rule
    Prayer and Praise. A Two-fold TRIBUTE TO BE PayedPaid by all Loyal Subjects TO THEIR SUPREAM, AND Subordinate Soveraigns.

    John Brinsley · Prayer and Praise · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Law Unsealed A37046

  • Printed
    … Sea of this World, the Tole and Cuſtom of ſome ſpiritual Good to be PayedPaid to them; Allowing, Warranting, and Commanding them by his Commiſſion granted to them under …
    With rule
    … Sea of this World, the Tole and Cuſtom of ſome ſpiritual Good to be PayedPaid to them; Allowing, Warranting, and Commanding them by his Commiſſion granted to them under …

    James Durham · The Law Unsealed · Open in the reader

The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland A61639

  • Printed
    In the ſame Parish a poor man, having been quartered upon and PayedPaid 120 pounds Scots, was himſelf caſt into priſon, while 8 ſouldiers quartered upon him at home …
    With rule
    In the ſame Parish a poor man, having been quartered upon and PayedPaid 120 pounds Scots, was himſelf caſt into priſon, while 8 ſouldiers quartered upon him at home …

    James Stewart · The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland · p. 293 · Open in the reader

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ B02840

  • Printed
    … ſworn and confirmed Covenant: It cannot fail on the Mediators ſide, for he hath PayedPaid the price already; Neither can it fail on Jehovahs ſide, He will not fail …
    With rule
    … ſworn and confirmed Covenant: It cannot fail on the Mediators ſide, for he hath PayedPaid the price already; Neither can it fail on Jehovahs ſide, He will not fail …

    James Durham · The Unsearchable Riches of Christ · p. 310 · Open in the reader