Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7741 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mayntaynemaintain

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

Puritas changed it: 292 times in 113 works
Consistency: 98.9% (292 of 295)
Reach if approved: ~310 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: maintain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 295 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (292 changes in 113 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 292)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bene broughte by anye other meanes to lyue together in felowshyppe of life, to mayntaynemaintain Cities, to deale trulye, and willyngelye to obeye one another, if menne at the …
With rule
… bene broughte by anye other meanes to lyue together in felowshyppe of life, to mayntaynemaintain Cities, to deale trulye, and willyngelye to obeye one another, if menne at the …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… God (ſhalb… deſtroyed and brent together with the boke… of the Goſpell that they mayntaynemaintain.
With rule
… God (ſhalb… deſtroyed and brent together with the boke… of the Goſpell that they mayntaynemaintain.
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… false wytuesse agaynst God, and against our neighbour. … God, for that we iustifye and mayntaynemaintain that wyth our presence, which God cōdemneth. Against … neighbour, for that we confirme him …
With rule
… false wytuesse agaynst God, and against our neighbour. … God, for that we iustifye and mayntaynemaintain that wyth our presence, which God cōdemneth. Against … neighbour, for that we confirme him …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… the lawe, nor the officer in sufferynge a lytle vsurye, and commaundinge none, doth mayntaynemaintain or allow vsurye, But for because y^• beynge no …surer wylte nedes to the …
With rule
… the lawe, nor the officer in sufferynge a lytle vsurye, and commaundinge none, doth mayntaynemaintain or allow vsurye, But for because y^• beynge no …surer wylte nedes to the …
Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… that beare office, authorite, rule and power in the commō weale, punysh the euel, mayntaynemaintain the good, accept no parson in iudge mente, allowe no false accusacion, shed no …
With rule
… that beare office, authorite, rule and power in the commō weale, punysh the euel, mayntaynemaintain the good, accept no parson in iudge mente, allowe no false accusacion, shed no …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
… no flesh of the virgine Mary. Confounded be the Anabaptistes, & so many as holde & mayntaynemaintain this wycked doctrine contrary to Gods trueth. For God was shewed in the flesh …
With rule
… no flesh of the virgine Mary. Confounded be the Anabaptistes, & so many as holde & mayntaynemaintain this wycked doctrine contrary to Gods trueth. For God was shewed in the flesh …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader
Printed
… Churche, I leaue you wytneſſes of thys myne opinion and atteſtacion, the which I mayntaynemaintain and confirme in theſe my laſt ſighes. And when he had ſayd thys, the …
With rule
… Churche, I leaue you wytneſſes of thys myne opinion and atteſtacion, the which I mayntaynemaintain and confirme in theſe my laſt ſighes. And when he had ſayd thys, the …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelfe loue ſtirreth them vp, both to ſpare themſelues, and alſo to ſupporte and mayntaynemaintain them, which are by any aliance knit vnto thē, whē as they are infected …
With rule
… ſelfe loue ſtirreth them vp, both to ſpare themſelues, and alſo to ſupporte and mayntaynemaintain them, which are by any aliance knit vnto thē, whē as they are infected …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

Printed
… lyke damnacion. Awaye therfore wyth such out of your houses, excepte they wyl amend. MayntayneMaintain none that shall bryng y^• plage of God vpō your house. Suffer not the …
With rule
… lyke damnacion. Awaye therfore wyth such out of your houses, excepte they wyl amend. MayntayneMaintain none that shall bryng y^• plage of God vpō your house. Suffer not the …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony A17171

Printed
… of God & honest people, then medle not with harlottes, …ether come at the stewes. MayntayneMaintain thē not and vse them not. But to auoyde whoredome, let euery man haue …
With rule
… of God & honest people, then medle not with harlottes, …ether come at the stewes. MayntayneMaintain thē not and vse them not. But to auoyde whoredome, let euery man haue …
Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · p. xxviii · Open in the reader