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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7857 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maynemain

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

Puritas changed it
497 times in 206 works
Consistency
92.9% (497 of 535)
Reach if approved
~562 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: main
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
535 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (497 changes in 206 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 497)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … holde, be auaylable to them. Secondlie, that therefore the Propoſition of his First and maynemain Argument, is not generall, but admitteth limitation, & ſo his greatest defence is of no …
    With rule
    … holde, be auaylable to them. Secondlie, that therefore the Propoſition of his First and maynemain Argument, is not generall, but admitteth limitation, & ſo his greatest defence is of no …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … takes on the Lyons ſkin when the foxes will not ſerve; (which is a maynemain inſtance of this Matchiavillian rule) and he maintayneth that with open tyranny, which he …
    With rule
    … takes on the Lyons ſkin when the foxes will not ſerve; (which is a maynemain inſtance of this Matchiavillian rule) and he maintayneth that with open tyranny, which he …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … heauely diſpleaſed, if any man require of him to doo thoſe woorkes, or that maynemain ſtrength which is in a ſound and ſtrong man.
    With rule
    … heauely diſpleaſed, if any man require of him to doo thoſe woorkes, or that maynemain ſtrength which is in a ſound and ſtrong man.

    Martin Luther · Preface to the Epistle of Romans · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … when Christ entred into the shyppe, and was caried frome the earth into the maynemain sea.
    With rule
    … when Christ entred into the shyppe, and was caried frome the earth into the maynemain sea.

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſubject to the Pope; and how they doe agree with the Proteſtants in the maynemain Points in difference, and the Harmony of the Proteſtants amongſt themſelves; with the differences …
    With rule
    … ſubject to the Pope; and how they doe agree with the Proteſtants in the maynemain Points in difference, and the Harmony of the Proteſtants amongſt themſelves; with the differences …

    Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in the next ground: which ſerveth to cleere both this third ground, and the maynemain point which we have in hande.
    With rule
    … in the next ground: which ſerveth to cleere both this third ground, and the maynemain point which we have in hande.

    John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the ſame, is tyed in ſome ſpirituall bondage in this world, it breaketh the maynemain piller of Browniſme, which they erect out of this ſentence, Ieruſalem from aboue is …
    With rule
    … the ſame, is tyed in ſome ſpirituall bondage in this world, it breaketh the maynemain piller of Browniſme, which they erect out of this ſentence, Ieruſalem from aboue is …

    George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … a naturall apple or a foxe. In the ende he cometh with a legerde maynemain of tyme and condycyon, for hym and hys monkysh bretherne. For there is an …
    With rule
    … a naturall apple or a foxe. In the ende he cometh with a legerde maynemain of tyme and condycyon, for hym and hys monkysh bretherne. For there is an …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lviii · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (38)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 26 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

  • Printed
    … other inferiour promises, which depende therevpon: the believing whereof, giveth evidence of believing the MayneMain Promise of Salvation, through the MESSIAH. And therefore it is, that by the Fayth …
    With rule
    … other inferiour promises, which depende therevpon: the believing whereof, giveth evidence of believing the MayneMain Promise of Salvation, through the MESSIAH. And therefore it is, that by the Fayth …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BY the Promise, is meaned the MayneMain and chiefe Promise of CHRIST'S Incarnation, wherein they were inferiour vnto vs; and yet …
    With rule
    BY the Promise, is meaned the MayneMain and chiefe Promise of CHRIST'S Incarnation, wherein they were inferiour vnto vs; and yet …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 279 · Open in the reader

A Tossed Ship Making to Safe Harbor A28624

  • Printed
    … Ships upon tempeſtuous Seas, regard not their ornaments, if they can but keep the MayneMain together, though they looſe much of their tacklings and deckings, they think it well …
    With rule
    … Ships upon tempeſtuous Seas, regard not their ornaments, if they can but keep the MayneMain together, though they looſe much of their tacklings and deckings, they think it well …

    Samuel Bolton · A Tossed Ship Making to Safe Harbor · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

  • Printed
    … requires the Dutchies of Norm… and G…yenn…, the Counties of Poicto…, T…uraine, MayneMain, and Anjo… … with all their …ppur…e…ances as large as King Richard the …
    With rule
    … requires the Dutchies of Norm… and G…yenn…, the Counties of Poicto…, T…uraine, MayneMain, and Anjo… … with all their …ppur…e…ances as large as King Richard the …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the C…owne of France; the Dutchy of Normandy, the Countries of Touraine, Anjou, MayneMain, the Homage and Soveraignty of Britaine, and the Earledome of Flanders; and within three …
    With rule
    … the C…owne of France; the Dutchy of Normandy, the Countries of Touraine, Anjou, MayneMain, the Homage and Soveraignty of Britaine, and the Earledome of Flanders; and within three …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … her person, the Dutchy of Anjou, the City of …, with the whole County of MayneMain, (the best props of the Dutchy of Normandy) are agreed to be surrendred into …
    With rule
    … her person, the Dutchy of Anjou, the City of …, with the whole County of MayneMain, (the best props of the Dutchy of Normandy) are agreed to be surrendred into …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the blame, partly for having beene the cause of the surrender of Anjou and MayneMain, and the chiefe procurer of the Duke of Glocesters death, and partly for having …
    With rule
    … the blame, partly for having beene the cause of the surrender of Anjou and MayneMain, and the chiefe procurer of the Duke of Glocesters death, and partly for having …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Inheritance of the Dutchy of Normandie and Guyen, and the Countryes of Angiou and MayneMain; as also his Crown of France, or else he would recover it by the …
    With rule
    … Inheritance of the Dutchy of Normandie and Guyen, and the Countryes of Angiou and MayneMain; as also his Crown of France, or else he would recover it by the …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    … Cecile for which England gaue vp the whole Dukedome of Gyā and Earledome of MayneMain wherby we loſt all Normandy whereof they were the kaye. And beſide that the …
    With rule
    … Cecile for which England gaue vp the whole Dukedome of Gyā and Earledome of MayneMain wherby we loſt all Normandy whereof they were the kaye. And beſide that the …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 366 · Open in the reader