Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7975 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

captaynescaptains

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

Puritas changed it: 106 times in 56 works
Consistency: 100% (106 of 106)
Reach if approved: ~111 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: captains
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 106 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (106 changes in 56 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 106)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… properly called in latyn serui, bycause that whā they be taken in war, the captaynescaptains be wonte not to kyll them, but to sell them, and so to saue …
With rule
… properly called in latyn serui, bycause that whā they be taken in war, the captaynescaptains be wonte not to kyll them, but to sell them, and so to saue …
Richard Taverner · The Principal Laws of England · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtronge garriſons, (as it is moſte conueniente and mete) are ſette, noble and valiant CaptaynesCaptains, and faythfull, or truſtye watch men are appoynted, nothinge is lefte vncared for, that …
With rule
… ſtronge garriſons, (as it is moſte conueniente and mete) are ſette, noble and valiant CaptaynesCaptains, and faythfull, or truſtye watch men are appoynted, nothinge is lefte vncared for, that …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Image of Both Pastors Set Forth · Open in the reader
Printed
… procured the death of their Princes, the Souldiers haue layde violent handes vpon their CaptaynesCaptains, and the Tenantes haue been the first that haue layde violent hands vpon their …
With rule
… procured the death of their Princes, the Souldiers haue layde violent handes vpon their CaptaynesCaptains, and the Tenantes haue been the first that haue layde violent hands vpon their …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
Ydols are become captaynescaptains ouer all 94. a
With rule
Ydols are become captaynescaptains ouer all 94. a
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the cauſe that he hath taken away the hartes of our Nobilitie, Counſayl & CaptaynesCaptains in makinge them fayntharted & weakelinges, being contented to ſubmit theyr neckes vnder the yocke …
With rule
… is the cauſe that he hath taken away the hartes of our Nobilitie, Counſayl & CaptaynesCaptains in makinge them fayntharted & weakelinges, being contented to ſubmit theyr neckes vnder the yocke …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… their vitayles. Whervpō Burbon the chefe captayne of the Emperoure sayd vnto his vnder captaynescaptains: ye se, helpe cometh not, and that our vitales are spent. Wherfore there is …
With rule
… their vitayles. Whervpō Burbon the chefe captayne of the Emperoure sayd vnto his vnder captaynescaptains: ye se, helpe cometh not, and that our vitales are spent. Wherfore there is …
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſorte) to curſe, ſo many worthy Miniſters of Chriſt Ieſus, which haue been valiant captaynescaptains of his armyes againſt Sathan himſelfe, and all his forces? Whatſoever you haue in …
With rule
… ſorte) to curſe, ſo many worthy Miniſters of Chriſt Ieſus, which haue been valiant captaynescaptains of his armyes againſt Sathan himſelfe, and all his forces? Whatſoever you haue in …
William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… some of Iudah; otherr of Beniamin. Ouer the forces of Iudah he had three CaptaynesCaptains: two of them of no speciall note (but that no doubt they were valiant …
With rule
… some of Iudah; otherr of Beniamin. Ouer the forces of Iudah he had three CaptaynesCaptains: two of them of no speciall note (but that no doubt they were valiant …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 440 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.