Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8028 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maydemaid

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

Puritas changed it: 245 times in 110 works
Consistency: 87.8% (245 of 279)
Reach if approved: ~293 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: maid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 279 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (245 changes in 110 works, 87.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 245)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… doctrine contrary to Gods worde / then are they done of the devell (as the maydemaid of ypswich and of kent) to prove vs whether we will cleve fast to …
With rule
… doctrine contrary to Gods worde / then are they done of the devell (as the maydemaid of ypswich and of kent) to prove vs whether we will cleve fast to …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… matter ſo neerly concerning him, would condeſcend to his wiues paſſionate requeſt, about her maydemaid Hagar. Let not the husband bee as churliſh Nabal to his wife, but follow …
With rule
… matter ſo neerly concerning him, would condeſcend to his wiues paſſionate requeſt, about her maydemaid Hagar. Let not the husband bee as churliſh Nabal to his wife, but follow …
William Whately · A Bride Bush · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
Crist was maydemaid debtour for vs.
With rule
Crist was maydemaid debtour for vs.
Patrick Hamilton · Gatherings of Scripture and Declaring of Faith and Works of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… caunterburye, whoſe increaſe ys wele knowne in kēt, beſydes hys dallyaunce wyth the holye maydemaid there. Manye prodygyouſe wonders are yet tolde in ſothfolke by ſerten worſhypfull gentylwomen of …
With rule
… caunterburye, whoſe increaſe ys wele knowne in kēt, beſydes hys dallyaunce wyth the holye maydemaid there. Manye prodygyouſe wonders are yet tolde in ſothfolke by ſerten worſhypfull gentylwomen of …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ghost, yet being impatient of delay, enforced thereunto by the flesh, shee giues her maydemaid vnto her husband, so that one and the same worke euen in the deerest …
With rule
… Ghost, yet being impatient of delay, enforced thereunto by the flesh, shee giues her maydemaid vnto her husband, so that one and the same worke euen in the deerest …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kepers to polle and pylle hys geastes, the seruaunte to robbe his master, the maydemaid her masters, the syngle or maried woman to pley the whore, the syngle or …
With rule
… kepers to polle and pylle hys geastes, the seruaunte to robbe his master, the maydemaid her masters, the syngle or maried woman to pley the whore, the syngle or …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth hys whole lyfe shew but humilite? Was he not borne of a poore maydemaid, euen that blyssed virgyne Marye? Dyd he not suffer his moost precious body to …
With rule
… doth hys whole lyfe shew but humilite? Was he not borne of a poore maydemaid, euen that blyssed virgyne Marye? Dyd he not suffer his moost precious body to …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
She then replyes a pilgrim maydemaid I am,
With rule
She then replyes a pilgrim maydemaid I am,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 22 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

Printed
… foretold many things to come, as when hee appeared to Saul; and the diuining MaydeMaid; yea God implieth that they may.
With rule
… foretold many things to come, as when hee appeared to Saul; and the diuining MaydeMaid; yea God implieth that they may.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

Printed
… or any other Monarche: but choſe Ioſeph the carpenter his Father, Mary an humble MaydeMaid h…s Mother. Not at Hieruſalem, but in Bethlem was hee borne.
With rule
… or any other Monarche: but choſe Ioſeph the carpenter his Father, Mary an humble MaydeMaid h…s Mother. Not at Hieruſalem, but in Bethlem was hee borne.
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

Printed
… Nowe he obeyed our sauiour, whereby … appeareth that he … lorde ouer deathe. He sayd, MaydeMaid I say vnto thee, arise: & by and by she was perfectly …: for she cate …
With rule
… Nowe he obeyed our sauiour, whereby … appeareth that he … lorde ouer deathe. He sayd, MaydeMaid I say vnto thee, arise: & by and by she was perfectly …: for she cate …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith A06491

Printed
… meum intende, ſeruaunt haſt thou, made ready the carte? Domine ad adiuuandum me feſtina. MaydeMaid go thy wayes, and mylke the cowe. Gloria patri & filio & ſpiritui ſancto. Runne hoerſon …
With rule
… meum intende, ſeruaunt haſt thou, made ready the carte? Domine ad adiuuandum me feſtina. MaydeMaid go thy wayes, and mylke the cowe. Gloria patri & filio & ſpiritui ſancto. Runne hoerſon …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

Printed
Of a MaydeMaid pure without mannes sede
With rule
Of a MaydeMaid pure without mannes sede
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

Printed
… me therein, and I was maintayned in the Counter by the meanes of my MaydeMaid, for she made mone vnto the Prentises, and they by her did send mee …
With rule
… me therein, and I was maintayned in the Counter by the meanes of my MaydeMaid, for she made mone vnto the Prentises, and they by her did send mee …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 208 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… making, as Iob did, a couenant with our eyes, not to looke vpon a MaydeMaid. The contrarie whereof is
With rule
… making, as Iob did, a couenant with our eyes, not to looke vpon a MaydeMaid. The contrarie whereof is
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſo impudent, as notwithſtanding her filthineſſe, will needs goe for as good a MaydeMaid as the beſt? Therefore he addeth in the next Verſe, Shee eateth, and then …
With rule
… and ſo impudent, as notwithſtanding her filthineſſe, will needs goe for as good a MaydeMaid as the beſt? Therefore he addeth in the next Verſe, Shee eateth, and then …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 272 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

Printed
… farthing, he committed her prisoner to the Monastery of VVilton, attended onely with one MaydeMaid, while she for a whole yeares space almost, in teares and prayers, expected the …
With rule
… farthing, he committed her prisoner to the Monastery of VVilton, attended onely with one MaydeMaid, while she for a whole yeares space almost, in teares and prayers, expected the …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 242 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… this, they gaue God prayse, and auoyded that house, takyng the warnyng of that MaydeMaid (of good bringyng vp, as it should seeme) to be Gods maruelous prouidence towards …
With rule
… this, they gaue God prayse, and auoyded that house, takyng the warnyng of that MaydeMaid (of good bringyng vp, as it should seeme) to be Gods maruelous prouidence towards …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2071 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

Printed
… ſtrange matter, for a man and his father to commit filthineſſe with the ſame MaydeMaid.
With rule
… ſtrange matter, for a man and his father to commit filthineſſe with the ſame MaydeMaid.
Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 2 B11412

Printed
… strange matter, for a man and his father to commit filthinesse with the same MaydeMaid.
With rule
… strange matter, for a man and his father to commit filthinesse with the same MaydeMaid.
Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 2 · p. 147 · Open in the reader