Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7944 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

claymeclaim

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

Puritas changed it: 261 times in 140 works
Consistency: 97.3% (261 of 268)
Reach if approved: ~282 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: claim
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 268 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (261 changes in 140 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 261)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… knowe him not. And as for our ſelues, name one amongſt vs, that doth claymeclaim more power ouer Princes, then that which the Biſhops themſelues doe claymeclaim and challeng …
With rule
… knowe him not. And as for our ſelues, name one amongſt vs, that doth claymeclaim more power ouer Princes, then that which the Biſhops themſelues doe claymeclaim and challeng …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cardinall, Bishops, Metropolitanes, Arch-Bishops, Bishops, and Bishops Suffragans, al subordinate unto another; they claymeclaim a superiority Iure diuino over their fellow Presbiters (their equalls, and all one with …
With rule
… Cardinall, Bishops, Metropolitanes, Arch-Bishops, Bishops, and Bishops Suffragans, al subordinate unto another; they claymeclaim a superiority Iure diuino over their fellow Presbiters (their equalls, and all one with …
William Prynne · A Looking Glass for All Lordly Prelates · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of that honour; inaſmuch, as without this ſpeciall Law, Leui could neuer haue made claymeclaim or title to that honour, which firſtly was ſetled on the Prieſthood of another …
With rule
… of that honour; inaſmuch, as without this ſpeciall Law, Leui could neuer haue made claymeclaim or title to that honour, which firſtly was ſetled on the Prieſthood of another …
William Sclater · The Question of Tithes · Open in the reader
Printed
… by that meanes the righteouſnes of God doth better appeare, then if we ſhoulde claymeclaim it vnto our ſelues by workes.
With rule
… by that meanes the righteouſnes of God doth better appeare, then if we ſhoulde claymeclaim it vnto our ſelues by workes.
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church can be the piller of truth, which durst not for a thousand yeares claymeclaim either preaching of Gods word or ministring of Sacramēts or shew her selfe against …
With rule
… Church can be the piller of truth, which durst not for a thousand yeares claymeclaim either preaching of Gods word or ministring of Sacramēts or shew her selfe against …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eate and drunke in his company, and in many such like respects they would claymeclaim acquaintance of him.) Well, shall our Sauiour say, is this all you can say …
With rule
… eate and drunke in his company, and in many such like respects they would claymeclaim acquaintance of him.) Well, shall our Sauiour say, is this all you can say …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diſgrade thē of the name, n…r title of Nobilitye. But by what title, claymeclaim, or rightfull intereſt they ſue to be regiſtred in this rewe of Nobles, which …
With rule
… diſgrade thē of the name, n…r title of Nobilitye. But by what title, claymeclaim, or rightfull intereſt they ſue to be regiſtred in this rewe of Nobles, which …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
With cote vnclene, claymeclaim kynred to some coke
With rule
With cote vnclene, claymeclaim kynred to some coke
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

Printed
Your Protestation is most aequitable: For, a bare ClaymeClaim, except it bee instructed, can make no Title.
With rule
Your Protestation is most aequitable: For, a bare ClaymeClaim, except it bee instructed, can make no Title.
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
And, it were an extreamlie ridiculous ClaymeClaim, If, in a Bodie, vvhich had beene over-gone, with a great Disease; and …
With rule
And, it were an extreamlie ridiculous ClaymeClaim, If, in a Bodie, vvhich had beene over-gone, with a great Disease; and …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

Printed
… that Vicar of the Prince of Darknesse, into the Possession, (or at least the ClaymeClaim) of Satan's full Graunt, vnto this pretended Servaunt, of that which the Master had …
With rule
… that Vicar of the Prince of Darknesse, into the Possession, (or at least the ClaymeClaim) of Satan's full Graunt, vnto this pretended Servaunt, of that which the Master had …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… over the whole VVorlde, as well in Temporall thinges, as in Spirituall. And which ClaymeClaim, himselfe, in his large Decretall, clearlie profes…eth. So that hee hath left it …
With rule
… over the whole VVorlde, as well in Temporall thinges, as in Spirituall. And which ClaymeClaim, himselfe, in his large Decretall, clearlie profes…eth. So that hee hath left it …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 259 · Open in the reader