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maintaynemaintain

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

Puritas changed it
325 times in 145 works
Consistency
99.6% (325 of 326)
Reach if approved
~343 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: maintain
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
326 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (325 changes in 145 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 325)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that it ſtoppeth the mouthes of many carping aduerſaries both papiſts, and Vbiquitiſtes, who maintaynemaintain, I wotte not, what ſtraunge and monſtruous opinions.
    With rule
    … that it ſtoppeth the mouthes of many carping aduerſaries both papiſts, and Vbiquitiſtes, who maintaynemaintain, I wotte not, what ſtraunge and monſtruous opinions.

    Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … cannot abide to heare his seruants ill spoken of, but is alwayes ready to maintaynemaintain their right, and to answere for them. He will not suffer Lab an to …
    With rule
    … cannot abide to heare his seruants ill spoken of, but is alwayes ready to maintaynemaintain their right, and to answere for them. He will not suffer Lab an to …

    Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … any man patronize; but it seemes you would draw their opinion unto this, who maintaynemaintain that God foreknowes all things by seeing the determination of his owne will concerning …
    With rule
    … any man patronize; but it seemes you would draw their opinion unto this, who maintaynemaintain that God foreknowes all things by seeing the determination of his owne will concerning …

    William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 333 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … purgatory & satisfactions of sinnes after this life, is the very doctrine of licentiousnes, to maintaynemaintain wicked men in their presumptuousnes? For what hast will they make to amendement & newnes …
    With rule
    … purgatory & satisfactions of sinnes after this life, is the very doctrine of licentiousnes, to maintaynemaintain wicked men in their presumptuousnes? For what hast will they make to amendement & newnes …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the clergye for euer, he required priuye tithes to be payde, and to maintaynemaintain warre in Asia, he commaunded the fourtye part of all reuenues to be paide …
    With rule
    … of the clergye for euer, he required priuye tithes to be payde, and to maintaynemaintain warre in Asia, he commaunded the fourtye part of all reuenues to be paide …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of Gods worde. And yet how conspire we with thē, what doe we to maintaynemaintain that abuse: of those theues, we haue tacks by them, we haue interest and …
    With rule
    … of Gods worde. And yet how conspire we with thē, what doe we to maintaynemaintain that abuse: of those theues, we haue tacks by them, we haue interest and …

    John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … we ought to be thankful for this wōderful benifite of god. And therfor to maintaynemaintain & preserue that church of his which doth preach, teach and imbrace this true and …
    With rule
    … we ought to be thankful for this wōderful benifite of god. And therfor to maintaynemaintain & preserue that church of his which doth preach, teach and imbrace this true and …

    Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … now long agone. I thought then it was lawfull to receyue his money, to maintaynemaintain hys party. But when I knewe myne errour, I religned hys penſion, which is …
    With rule
    … now long agone. I thought then it was lawfull to receyue his money, to maintaynemaintain hys party. But when I knewe myne errour, I religned hys penſion, which is …

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.