Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7779 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maddemad

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

Puritas changed it: 1,282 times in 444 works
Consistency: 99.4% (1,282 of 1,289)
Reach if approved: ~1,354 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mad
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,289 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,282 changes in 444 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,282)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and made hauocke of Christes poore stocke, no mā was so maddemad as thys maddemad fellawe, to searche and to seke, to accuse, to reuyle to shame, and to …
With rule
… and made hauocke of Christes poore stocke, no mā was so maddemad as thys maddemad fellawe, to searche and to seke, to accuse, to reuyle to shame, and to …
John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
3. That maddemad people are not to bee admitted to this feaſt.
With rule
3. That maddemad people are not to bee admitted to this feaſt.
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it ſtings them to death in ſuch ſort, that they dye either laughing or maddemad; that is, either making a jeſt of judgement, and hell, and the life to …
With rule
… it ſtings them to death in ſuch ſort, that they dye either laughing or maddemad; that is, either making a jeſt of judgement, and hell, and the life to …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are those labours and appendances, but bands and ties, to keepe close to vs maddemad and starting Riches? We pleade, it is for the mortality of men, but wee …
With rule
… are those labours and appendances, but bands and ties, to keepe close to vs maddemad and starting Riches? We pleade, it is for the mortality of men, but wee …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… also, heauenly, Godly, Spirituall. Besides thys, in that Hierusalem is aboue, wee see howe maddemad the furie and rage of Tyraants is, that thinke by persecutyng her Children which …
With rule
… also, heauenly, Godly, Spirituall. Besides thys, in that Hierusalem is aboue, wee see howe maddemad the furie and rage of Tyraants is, that thinke by persecutyng her Children which …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… now they boaſte & brag of: they would alſo confeſſe that like blinde buzzards and maddemad beaſts, they haue fought againſt God, & not men: finally it would make them change …
With rule
… now they boaſte & brag of: they would alſo confeſſe that like blinde buzzards and maddemad beaſts, they haue fought againſt God, & not men: finally it would make them change …
George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader
Printed
… A Sorcerer, or worker with euill Spirits, Matthew 9. 34. Hee hath a Deuill, and is maddemad, why doe you heare him? Iohn 10 20. Hee is a Samaritane, and is frantike, Iohn …
With rule
… A Sorcerer, or worker with euill Spirits, Matthew 9. 34. Hee hath a Deuill, and is maddemad, why doe you heare him? Iohn 10 20. Hee is a Samaritane, and is frantike, Iohn …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
It is one of the maddemad principles of wickedneſſe, that it is a weakeneſſe to relent, and rather to Dye …
With rule
It is one of the maddemad principles of wickedneſſe, that it is a weakeneſſe to relent, and rather to Dye …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 224 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
MaddeMad, that his poyson will not others kill,
With rule
MaddeMad, that his poyson will not others kill,
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Mystical Bedlam A02265

Printed
MaddeMad in themselues: for who but mad-men would forsake the fountaine of liuing waters …
With rule
MaddeMad in themselues: for who but mad-men would forsake the fountaine of liuing waters …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 A02825

Printed
9 The heythen euermore were angrye whan thy t…wthe apered. MaddeMad were the wycked Antychrystes whan thy glorye shyned / and their pryde demynished. They fretted …
With rule
9 The heythen euermore were angrye whan thy t…wthe apered. MaddeMad were the wycked Antychrystes whan thy glorye shyned / and their pryde demynished. They fretted …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

Printed
… Wolues clawe, Goose grasse, Goats beard, Buckbeanes, Hogges grasse, Toades f…owres, Lybards clawes, MaddeMad hearbe, Toggeworth, Pennie male and female, or Man and wife. And next to the …
With rule
… Wolues clawe, Goose grasse, Goats beard, Buckbeanes, Hogges grasse, Toades f…owres, Lybards clawes, MaddeMad hearbe, Toggeworth, Pennie male and female, or Man and wife. And next to the …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 341 · Open in the reader

A Reformed Catholic A09453

Printed
… of inuocation, he makes no mention at all. Ambrose on Rom. 1. Is any SO MADDEMAD that he vvill giue to the Earle the honour of the King—? yet these …
With rule
… of inuocation, he makes no mention at all. Ambrose on Rom. 1. Is any SO MADDEMAD that he vvill giue to the Earle the honour of the King—? yet these …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 255 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

Printed
… Prophet Oſe ſayes, The Prophet ſhall be a Foole, and the Spiritual Man maddemad; MaddeMad, as Saint Hierome tranſlates that word, Arreptitius, poſſeſt; poſſeſt with an aery ſpirit of …
With rule
… Prophet Oſe ſayes, The Prophet ſhall be a Foole, and the Spiritual Man maddemad; MaddeMad, as Saint Hierome tranſlates that word, Arreptitius, poſſeſt; poſſeſt with an aery ſpirit of …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 A20650

Printed
… Prophet Ose sayes, The Prophet shall be a Foole, and the Spirituall Man maddemad; MaddeMad, as Saint Hierome translates that word, Arreptitius, possest; possest with an aery spirit of …
With rule
… Prophet Ose sayes, The Prophet shall be a Foole, and the Spirituall Man maddemad; MaddeMad, as Saint Hierome translates that word, Arreptitius, possest; possest with an aery spirit of …
John Donne · Sermon Preached to the King 24 February 1625 · p. 26 · Open in the reader