Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8018 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gaynesgains

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

Puritas changed it: 83 times in 48 works
Consistency: 100% (83 of 83)
Reach if approved: ~87 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gains
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 83 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (83 changes in 48 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Furthermore marchaunt men, brokers, chapmen, marchauntes factors, are theues, when they require vnreasonable gaynesgains, in sellyng of their marchaundyse, or when they vtter corrupte and naughty ware for …
With rule
Furthermore marchaunt men, brokers, chapmen, marchauntes factors, are theues, when they require vnreasonable gaynesgains, in sellyng of their marchaundyse, or when they vtter corrupte and naughty ware for …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Catechism for Children · Open in the reader
Printed
… dede. The one taketh paynes in doyng of hys dutye, and the other ſeketh gaynesgains in profeſſyng of hys duty. Take heede of thoſe, for they ar erraunt theeues.
With rule
… dede. The one taketh paynes in doyng of hys dutye, and the other ſeketh gaynesgains in profeſſyng of hys duty. Take heede of thoſe, for they ar erraunt theeues.
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Fourth Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… but by the departynge from ſuche thynges wherein they doo ſee you take vnlawefull gaynesgains, whereof parte are here named. The ſpoyle of the fatherles, and the ſpoyle of …
With rule
… but by the departynge from ſuche thynges wherein they doo ſee you take vnlawefull gaynesgains, whereof parte are here named. The ſpoyle of the fatherles, and the ſpoyle of …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… that indeed which ſtriketh the ſtroake (as were ſay) This gets the day and gaynesgains the laurell wreath.
With rule
… that indeed which ſtriketh the ſtroake (as were ſay) This gets the day and gaynesgains the laurell wreath.
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in hys ſermons againſt thynges leſſe tollerable in the Church, he condempned the priuate gaynesgains of Prieſtes, & ſuche as by priuate power abuſed the church, whych moued the prieſtes …
With rule
… in hys ſermons againſt thynges leſſe tollerable in the Church, he condempned the priuate gaynesgains of Prieſtes, & ſuche as by priuate power abuſed the church, whych moued the prieſtes …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… you cast up your reckoninge at the yeares ende, you may put all your gaynesgains in your eyes, and never hurt your sight.
With rule
… you cast up your reckoninge at the yeares ende, you may put all your gaynesgains in your eyes, and never hurt your sight.
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dooe vnto vs. The Hiſtoriographers dooe accompte as deteſtable crymes the tributes, and vnhoneſte gaynesgains, the rapines and extorcions that the Tyrantes and Romaine Emperours haue exerciſed, chiefly Caligula …
With rule
… dooe vnto vs. The Hiſtoriographers dooe accompte as deteſtable crymes the tributes, and vnhoneſte gaynesgains, the rapines and extorcions that the Tyrantes and Romaine Emperours haue exerciſed, chiefly Caligula …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eyther in Church or Common-wealth. Nehem. 13.13. Prou. 13.17. in witnesse-bearing, Prou. 14.5.25. in iust gaynesgains and lawfull meanes vsed for profit in our dealings with others, Prou. 28.20. And such …
With rule
… eyther in Church or Common-wealth. Nehem. 13.13. Prou. 13.17. in witnesse-bearing, Prou. 14.5.25. in iust gaynesgains and lawfull meanes vsed for profit in our dealings with others, Prou. 28.20. And such …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 12 · 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.