Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7842 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

captaynecaptain

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

Puritas changed it: 166 times in 66 works
Consistency: 64.8% (166 of 256)
Reach if approved: ~269 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: captain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 256 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (166 changes in 66 works, 64.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 166)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as we tary and abide vntyll that Ieſus Chryſt who is oure headde and captaynecaptain, ſhewe hym ſelfe, that all power and ſtrength is geuen him of god his …
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… as we tary and abide vntyll that Ieſus Chryſt who is oure headde and captaynecaptain, ſhewe hym ſelfe, that all power and ſtrength is geuen him of god his …
John Calvin · Two Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
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16 Vpon the …re sande stande they euer more with their grāde captaynecaptain / to fyght thys battayle. Nō other lawes haue they to grownde themselues vpon / but …
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16 Vpon the …re sande stande they euer more with their grāde captaynecaptain / to fyght thys battayle. Nō other lawes haue they to grownde themselues vpon / but …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pugnandum. But (we are to reioyſe in it) it fareth farre otherwiſe with the captaynecaptain of this bande, for he is ſo ſhameleſſe in demaundes, and ſo fooliſh in …
With rule
… pugnandum. But (we are to reioyſe in it) it fareth farre otherwiſe with the captaynecaptain of this bande, for he is ſo ſhameleſſe in demaundes, and ſo fooliſh in …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
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… hope, and loue toward god / ſo that the fyrſte cōmaundement is the ruler and captaynecaptain in all the other cōmaundementes / and fayth is y^e chyefe worke & lyfe of all …
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… hope, and loue toward god / ſo that the fyrſte cōmaundement is the ruler and captaynecaptain in all the other cōmaundementes / and fayth is y^e chyefe worke & lyfe of all …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
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… y^• world, & God hath gyuen hym to be a witnes vnto the people, a captaynecaptain & a mayster amonge the heythen. And this his doctryne shall he confyrme with such …
With rule
… y^• world, & God hath gyuen hym to be a witnes vnto the people, a captaynecaptain & a mayster amonge the heythen. And this his doctryne shall he confyrme with such …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… the courte / or (as the sayenge is) cō veyed to Callyce / and made a captaynecaptain / or an ambassadoure / he shalbe kepte farre ynough from the kynges presens.
With rule
… the courte / or (as the sayenge is) cō veyed to Callyce / and made a captaynecaptain / or an ambassadoure / he shalbe kepte farre ynough from the kynges presens.
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxxviij · Open in the reader
Printed
… loue the and our neyghbors ſo muche the more. Be thou oure father our captaynecaptain and defender in all tēptacions holde thou vs by thy mercyfull hande, that we …
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… loue the and our neyghbors ſo muche the more. Be thou oure father our captaynecaptain and defender in all tēptacions holde thou vs by thy mercyfull hande, that we …
John Bradford · A Godly Meditation · Open in the reader
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… abſtayne frome all malice. Saynte Peter baptiſed Cornelius the Centurion: that is to ſay captaynecaptain of an hundred men: and yet he commaunded hym not to leaue hys companye …
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… abſtayne frome all malice. Saynte Peter baptiſed Cornelius the Centurion: that is to ſay captaynecaptain of an hundred men: and yet he commaunded hym not to leaue hys companye …
John Calvin · Against the Errors of the Anabaptists · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (90)

43 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 32 are listed here. 47 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Prelections Upon Revelation A01320

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… is determinate withe GOD, likewise as the multitude of Souldiours is knowne to there CaptayneCaptain, which that he may know the certayne number of them the better and that …
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… is determinate withe GOD, likewise as the multitude of Souldiours is knowne to there CaptayneCaptain, which that he may know the certayne number of them the better and that …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
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… wicked confederate Princes, & with there whole army setteth him selfe against Christ y^e victoriouse CaptayneCaptain. We read before in the sixtenth Chapter that by the common counsell of the …
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… wicked confederate Princes, & with there whole army setteth him selfe against Christ y^e victoriouse CaptayneCaptain. We read before in the sixtenth Chapter that by the common counsell of the …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

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… messengers sent of God. The Apostates and Antichristes falleth down from heauen with theyr CaptayneCaptain Lucifer, lyke starres of darkenesse. And as wicked séede not planted of God they …
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… messengers sent of God. The Apostates and Antichristes falleth down from heauen with theyr CaptayneCaptain Lucifer, lyke starres of darkenesse. And as wicked séede not planted of God they …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
16 Upon the sea sande stande they euer more with theyr grande CaptayneCaptain, to fight this battayle. None other lawes haue they to ground thē selues vpon …
With rule
16 Upon the sea sande stande they euer more with theyr grande CaptayneCaptain, to fight this battayle. None other lawes haue they to ground thē selues vpon …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

The Pageant of Popes A02895

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… therefore to shew himselfe thanckfull, crowned Lotharius Emperour, and gaue to Reginold his chiefest CaptayneCaptain the Dukedome of Apulia, y^t was none of his owne to bestow, and all …
With rule
… therefore to shew himselfe thanckfull, crowned Lotharius Emperour, and gaue to Reginold his chiefest CaptayneCaptain the Dukedome of Apulia, y^t was none of his owne to bestow, and all …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lib 1. cap. 14. sayth, that Clement with his Cardinals beinge in Campania, sente for their CaptayneCaptain Bernard de Cazala with other men of warre oute of Gascony and Britany, who …
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… lib 1. cap. 14. sayth, that Clement with his Cardinals beinge in Campania, sente for their CaptayneCaptain Bernard de Cazala with other men of warre oute of Gascony and Britany, who …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
CaptayneCaptain cobler and maſter Aſke. 67. b
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CaptayneCaptain cobler and maſter Aſke. 67. b
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

A View of Mans Estate A04866

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… iudge: and ſuche I truſt ſhall be your ſentence, as was Themiſtocles anſwere (a CaptayneCaptain among the Grecians, to thys queſtion) whether a man ſhould beſtow his daughter vpon …
With rule
… iudge: and ſuche I truſt ſhall be your ſentence, as was Themiſtocles anſwere (a CaptayneCaptain among the Grecians, to thys queſtion) whether a man ſhould beſtow his daughter vpon …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

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… none. But ſetled myndes at quyet can truely iudge that y^e crying of a CaptayneCaptain is but fooliſhe. We muſt abyde therfore till the affections be appeaſed, for then …
With rule
… none. But ſetled myndes at quyet can truely iudge that y^e crying of a CaptayneCaptain is but fooliſhe. We muſt abyde therfore till the affections be appeaſed, for then …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 156 · Open in the reader

The New Policy of War A06920

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… theyr enemies? Howe dydde the publique weale of Israel florysshe vnder that moost noble CaptayneCaptain & victorious Prynce Iosue? What kyngdom did they inuade and not subdue? What dyd they …
With rule
… theyr enemies? Howe dydde the publique weale of Israel florysshe vnder that moost noble CaptayneCaptain & victorious Prynce Iosue? What kyngdom did they inuade and not subdue? What dyd they …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

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… the Apoſtles. Of theſe men let vs learne, that Chryſte is alway the valyant CaptayneCaptain, the only gouernour: delyuerer: ſauyour: protector: an dedfēder of hys church againſt the Deuyll …
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… the Apoſtles. Of theſe men let vs learne, that Chryſte is alway the valyant CaptayneCaptain, the only gouernour: delyuerer: ſauyour: protector: an dedfēder of hys church againſt the Deuyll …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xxv · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

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… For in the laſt chapter of the booke of Ioſuah wee reade, that that CaptayneCaptain preached vnto the people of Iſrael: Ye are not able to ſerue God. Of …
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… For in the laſt chapter of the booke of Ioſuah wee reade, that that CaptayneCaptain preached vnto the people of Iſrael: Ye are not able to ſerue God. Of …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne luſtes. The ſimilitudes which Chriſoſtome, bringeth are verye weake. For howe can a CaptayneCaptain which forſaketh hys hoſt, not be counted the cauſe of theyr deſtruction? And although …
With rule
… owne luſtes. The ſimilitudes which Chriſoſtome, bringeth are verye weake. For howe can a CaptayneCaptain which forſaketh hys hoſt, not be counted the cauſe of theyr deſtruction? And although …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Apocalypse A16853

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… by the helpe of the Catelani drove them againe unto Euphrates. Theſe men their CaptayneCaptain being Ronzerius, were ſouldiours in pay under Andronicus, the proweſſe of whom was ſuch …
With rule
… by the helpe of the Catelani drove them againe unto Euphrates. Theſe men their CaptayneCaptain being Ronzerius, were ſouldiours in pay under Andronicus, the proweſſe of whom was ſuch …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 269 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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… to stand fast agaynst all the craftye assaultes of the Deuill. Christ is your CaptayneCaptain, and yee be his souldiours, whose cognisaunce is the Crosse, to the whiche hee …
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… to stand fast agaynst all the craftye assaultes of the Deuill. Christ is your CaptayneCaptain, and yee be his souldiours, whose cognisaunce is the Crosse, to the whiche hee …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1699 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men doe inuade the sayde Towne of Calice, alonely by the neglygence of this CaptayneCaptain.
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… men doe inuade the sayde Towne of Calice, alonely by the neglygence of this CaptayneCaptain.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1731 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Scarfe yee wrote of, that ye may present my handy worke before your CaptayneCaptain, that I be not forgotten in the odours of incense which our beloued Christ …
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… the Scarfe yee wrote of, that ye may present my handy worke before your CaptayneCaptain, that I be not forgotten in the odours of incense which our beloued Christ …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1828 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods aboundant bottomles mercy. Although Satan desired to sift thee, yet Christe thy good CaptayneCaptain prayed that thy fayth should not fayle. Gods strengthe is made perfect by thy …
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… Gods aboundant bottomles mercy. Although Satan desired to sift thee, yet Christe thy good CaptayneCaptain prayed that thy fayth should not fayle. Gods strengthe is made perfect by thy …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1925 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before, for the townsmen and the Captaines brother supposing no lesse but that the CaptayneCaptain had bene slaine, pressed so egerly vpon him, that he had bene there taken …
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… before, for the townsmen and the Captaines brother supposing no lesse but that the CaptayneCaptain had bene slaine, pressed so egerly vpon him, that he had bene there taken …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2080 · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

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… the howse of one maistre Parker / the searcher there. I instauntly desired of the CaptayneCaptain to be deliuered to him / but in no wise wolde he graunt it. I …
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… the howse of one maistre Parker / the searcher there. I instauntly desired of the CaptayneCaptain to be deliuered to him / but in no wise wolde he graunt it. I …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader
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… were come yet ones agayne into the hauen of Waterforde / I sayde vnto the CaptayneCaptain. God hath with violence brought vs hyther agayne (I perceyue it) that I shulde …
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… were come yet ones agayne into the hauen of Waterforde / I sayde vnto the CaptayneCaptain. God hath with violence brought vs hyther agayne (I perceyue it) that I shulde …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader
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As the wether waxed fayre / the CaptayneCaptain went awaye with the shippe / and was more thā ij. miles on his waie …
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As the wether waxed fayre / the CaptayneCaptain went awaye with the shippe / and was more thā ij. miles on his waie …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader
Printed
… was neither breade / befe / nor beere. Some feared the comminge of the mayre and CaptayneCaptain of the castell / for searchinge their shippe. So that our Captaine commaunded them at …
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… was neither breade / befe / nor beere. Some feared the comminge of the mayre and CaptayneCaptain of the castell / for searchinge their shippe. So that our Captaine commaunded them at …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

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… noble reward to him that coulde conquere it, namely that he woulde make hym CaptayneCaptain of the whole hoſte of Iſrael: whiche office Ioab obtayned, bycauſe he fyrſte of …
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… noble reward to him that coulde conquere it, namely that he woulde make hym CaptayneCaptain of the whole hoſte of Iſrael: whiche office Ioab obtayned, bycauſe he fyrſte of …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
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… there, bycauſe that all men had a reſpecte vnto them at whiche was the CaptayneCaptain of the hoſte. And though a woman were theyr firſte counſeller, of this enterpriſe …
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… there, bycauſe that all men had a reſpecte vnto them at whiche was the CaptayneCaptain of the hoſte. And though a woman were theyr firſte counſeller, of this enterpriſe …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 98 · Open in the reader
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… ſuche a notable acte, and feared not to aſſayle ſuch and ſo greate a CaptayneCaptain, but had a full confidence that ſhe, notwithſtandyng that ſhe was a woman, ſhould …
With rule
… ſuche a notable acte, and feared not to aſſayle ſuch and ſo greate a CaptayneCaptain, but had a full confidence that ſhe, notwithſtandyng that ſhe was a woman, ſhould …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 110 · Open in the reader
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… be ſacrificed, nor redemed with any price. It is wonderfull that ſo great a CaptayneCaptain was ſo ignorāt of the law of God, that he vowed not more diſtinctly …
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… be ſacrificed, nor redemed with any price. It is wonderfull that ſo great a CaptayneCaptain was ſo ignorāt of the law of God, that he vowed not more diſtinctly …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 191 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

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… the world perpetuall, that they that wil not obeye the Goſpell, muſte obeye the CaptayneCaptain of the warres: they that wil not heare chriſt, muſt heare Antichriſt. Thou mayeſt …
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… the world perpetuall, that they that wil not obeye the Goſpell, muſte obeye the CaptayneCaptain of the warres: they that wil not heare chriſt, muſt heare Antichriſt. Thou mayeſt …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 185 · Open in the reader
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… the Deuill, but all the membres of Chriſte at all times vnder Chriſt their CaptayneCaptain fight againſt the Deuill, and in the vertue or victory of Chriſt, fight and …
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… the Deuill, but all the membres of Chriſte at all times vnder Chriſt their CaptayneCaptain fight againſt the Deuill, and in the vertue or victory of Chriſt, fight and …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Epheſians, which were all on a roare and worſe than madde. Lyſias the head CaptayneCaptain, taketh away Paule out of the blouddy handes of the Iewes: ſo doth the …
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… Epheſians, which were all on a roare and worſe than madde. Lyſias the head CaptayneCaptain, taketh away Paule out of the blouddy handes of the Iewes: ſo doth the …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 365 · Open in the reader
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… fewer had the Lieutenaunt of Fraunce. And lyke as the Counte of Straſbourgh, the CaptayneCaptain generall of the ſoldiours at Spires, and the General of the ſoldiours at Woormes …
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… fewer had the Lieutenaunt of Fraunce. And lyke as the Counte of Straſbourgh, the CaptayneCaptain generall of the ſoldiours at Spires, and the General of the ſoldiours at Woormes …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 403 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue it not ready, and differ the payement a longe time. But this our CaptayneCaptain: and my rewarde, ſayeth he, is with me. And immediately expoundyng himſelfe, he ſayeth …
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… haue it not ready, and differ the payement a longe time. But this our CaptayneCaptain: and my rewarde, ſayeth he, is with me. And immediately expoundyng himſelfe, he ſayeth …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 685 · Open in the reader