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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7906 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ladyesladies

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

Puritas changed it
136 times in 78 works
Consistency
75.5% (136 of 180)
Reach if approved
~191 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ladies
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
182 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (136 changes in 78 works, 75.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 136)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Pope hard-hearted and tyrannical for not yielding; and that at last two LadyesLadies and an Abbot overcame him to absolve him.
    With rule
    … the Pope hard-hearted and tyrannical for not yielding; and that at last two LadyesLadies and an Abbot overcame him to absolve him.

    Richard Baxter · Church History of the Government of Bishops and Their Councils · p. 357 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Sol's face now, LadyesLadies, Beauty-patches wears,
    With rule
    Sol's face now, LadyesLadies, Beauty-patches wears,

    Simon Ford · Londons Remains · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … proceeded in this Folly, as, in that famous Book of their Devotions called our LadyesLadies Psalter, not only to apply to Her some part of this Psalm out of …
    With rule
    … proceeded in this Folly, as, in that famous Book of their Devotions called our LadyesLadies Psalter, not only to apply to Her some part of this Psalm out of …

    John Tillotson · Sermon on 20 March 1691 · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … slayne / for that they had broken (they sayde) ye great holye daye of our LadyesLadies natiuite. But I wolde fayne knowe / what holy dayes those bloudthurstye hypocrites / and malyciouse …
    With rule
    … slayne / for that they had broken (they sayde) ye great holye daye of our LadyesLadies natiuite. But I wolde fayne knowe / what holy dayes those bloudthurstye hypocrites / and malyciouse …

    John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … but of the ſcorned Iewes Abraham, Iſaac, Iacob, ſhepheardes. Not of Queenes or Coye LadyesLadies, but of Thamar, Ruth, Rachel, either ſtrangers, or harlots. And in clothinge hys godheade …
    With rule
    … but of the ſcorned Iewes Abraham, Iſaac, Iacob, ſhepheardes. Not of Queenes or Coye LadyesLadies, but of Thamar, Ruth, Rachel, either ſtrangers, or harlots. And in clothinge hys godheade …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … seene, and which you shall finde cited in Mr. Rogers his Articles, pag: 124. Our LadyesLadies Primer; and Breuiarium Pij quinti & Clemens the 8. haue the forme, the vse, and practise …
    With rule
    … seene, and which you shall finde cited in Mr. Rogers his Articles, pag: 124. Our LadyesLadies Primer; and Breuiarium Pij quinti & Clemens the 8. haue the forme, the vse, and practise …

    William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    5. In the next place, pag. 109. he seemeth to frame this argument, because the LadyesLadies of England in their daylie and new deuices, esteeme it not dishonorable to learne …
    With rule
    5. In the next place, pag. 109. he seemeth to frame this argument, because the LadyesLadies of England in their daylie and new deuices, esteeme it not dishonorable to learne …

    Andrew Willet · An Antilogy · p. 237 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of this Booke make the Court a Monasterie, or Nunnerie? Would he haue the LadyesLadies and Mayds of Honour to turne Nunnes? What? Nothing almost, but euerie houre of …
    With rule
    … of this Booke make the Court a Monasterie, or Nunnerie? Would he haue the LadyesLadies and Mayds of Honour to turne Nunnes? What? Nothing almost, but euerie houre of …

    Henry Burton · A Trial of Private Devotions · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (44)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 33 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … if lyke reaſon forde like lawe, ſith ſundrie Pamphlets ſoughte and founde ſuccour, in ladyesladies lappes, in lordes armes, in the Queenes boſome: well maye a Templer hope, to …
    With rule
    … if lyke reaſon forde like lawe, ſith ſundrie Pamphlets ſoughte and founde ſuccour, in ladyesladies lappes, in lordes armes, in the Queenes boſome: well maye a Templer hope, to …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … wyues. And of handmaydes became (almoſte I ſhould ſaye) peeres in honoure to theyr ladyesladies, yea by theym (whiche is almoſt incredible) preferd to this dignity. For enuy harboreth …
    With rule
    … wyues. And of handmaydes became (almoſte I ſhould ſaye) peeres in honoure to theyr ladyesladies, yea by theym (whiche is almoſt incredible) preferd to this dignity. For enuy harboreth …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith A06491

  • Printed
    … other neceſſary Perſones for the tēporall Gouernaunce, in Cities and Countrees. Alſo well taught ladyesladies, brought vp for houſewyues and houſe kepers, &c.
    With rule
    … other neceſſary Perſones for the tēporall Gouernaunce, in Cities and Countrees. Alſo well taught ladyesladies, brought vp for houſewyues and houſe kepers, &c.

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

  • Printed
    … hym. Furthermore I commit vnto your deuoute prayers, all women yt be in our ladyesladies bondes, yt almighty God may sende thē grace, ye childe to receaue ye sacrament …
    With rule
    … hym. Furthermore I commit vnto your deuoute prayers, all women yt be in our ladyesladies bondes, yt almighty God may sende thē grace, ye childe to receaue ye sacrament …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 236 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 A13401

  • Printed
    … father, he pretended great myrth, and suffered the Persians to dallye & sporte wyth the ladyesladies at theyr pleasure. At laste he desyred them they wolde ryse for a whyle …
    With rule
    … father, he pretended great myrth, and suffered the Persians to dallye & sporte wyth the ladyesladies at theyr pleasure. At laste he desyred them they wolde ryse for a whyle …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … At laste he desyred them they wolde ryse for a whyle, and lycense the ladyesladies to departe a lytle, for they shulde come in agayne forthwyth much more gorgi …
    With rule
    … At laste he desyred them they wolde ryse for a whyle, and lycense the ladyesladies to departe a lytle, for they shulde come in agayne forthwyth much more gorgi …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … a pyked sorte of yonge men that hadde good faces, to be decked lyke ladyesladies, and to retourne to the banket, to whom he had gyuen in cō maundement …
    With rule
    … a pyked sorte of yonge men that hadde good faces, to be decked lyke ladyesladies, and to retourne to the banket, to whom he had gyuen in cō maundement …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Of Relics A17729

  • Printed
    … ſaye that that which they haue thereof, was brought them by one of Helenes ladyesladies who had ſtolne the ſame: and as ſhe fled ſhe was founde (beyng gone …
    With rule
    … ſaye that that which they haue thereof, was brought them by one of Helenes ladyesladies who had ſtolne the ſame: and as ſhe fled ſhe was founde (beyng gone …

    John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … aſſe, or of a dog, or of a horſſe, neither can one worſhyp our ladyesladies ringes, or her comme, or girdell, but one ſhall be in danger of worſhipping …
    With rule
    … aſſe, or of a dog, or of a horſſe, neither can one worſhyp our ladyesladies ringes, or her comme, or girdell, but one ſhall be in danger of worſhipping …

    John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

  • Printed
    … forbidden it. Epiphanius that worthie father of the churche / nombreth the worshippinge of our ladyesladies ymage amonge heresies. If we be of his opinion / we must iudge yow no …
    With rule
    … forbidden it. Epiphanius that worthie father of the churche / nombreth the worshippinge of our ladyesladies ymage amonge heresies. If we be of his opinion / we must iudge yow no …

    John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

The Prophecy of Haggai Interpreted and Applied A91808

  • Printed
    … Bulwarke againſt the enemies, each one ſo beſtirred themſelves that even the gentlewomen and ladyesladies carryed ſtones and rubbiſh for the raiſing thereof, which therefore was called the LadyesLadies …
    With rule
    … Bulwarke againſt the enemies, each one ſo beſtirred themſelves that even the gentlewomen and ladyesladies carryed ſtones and rubbiſh for the raiſing thereof, which therefore was called the LadyesLadies …

    John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Haggai Interpreted and Applied · p. 73 · Open in the reader