Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8103 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

refraynerefrain

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

Puritas changed it: 133 times in 75 works
Consistency: 97.7% (133 of 136)
Reach if approved: ~143 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: refrain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 136 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (133 changes in 75 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 133)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Sith we see that God did so refraynerefrain himselfe and vse so mielde a kinde of proceeding towardes these Nations: what shall …
With rule
Sith we see that God did so refraynerefrain himselfe and vse so mielde a kinde of proceeding towardes these Nations: what shall …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 728 · Open in the reader
Printed
From ther folowers let vs refraynerefrain
With rule
From ther folowers let vs refraynerefrain
John Bale · Answer to a Papistical Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… in all their time of being Biſhops. For this they count mortification, wholly to refraynerefrain this or that kind of meate: But we muſt diſtinguiſh true mortification from ſelfe …
With rule
… in all their time of being Biſhops. For this they count mortification, wholly to refraynerefrain this or that kind of meate: But we muſt diſtinguiſh true mortification from ſelfe …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 373 · Open in the reader
Printed
You to refraynerefrain
With rule
You to refraynerefrain
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader
Printed
… dably, conſideryng he perſwaded … ſtubentes to geue them ſelues therunto, and wherefore might he refraynerefrain? ſince there is nothing that reioyceth the ſorowful minde more the Muſick. After he …
With rule
… dably, conſideryng he perſwaded … ſtubentes to geue them ſelues therunto, and wherefore might he refraynerefrain? ſince there is nothing that reioyceth the ſorowful minde more the Muſick. After he …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Corinthyans to confyrme & fortifye this doctryne withe the auctoritye of their dede / & to refraynerefrain / nat only from eatynge of the fleſſhe offered vp in ſacrifyce to ydoles and …
With rule
… the Corinthyans to confyrme & fortifye this doctryne withe the auctoritye of their dede / & to refraynerefrain / nat only from eatynge of the fleſſhe offered vp in ſacrifyce to ydoles and …
Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader
Printed
And rash extremes still wisely to refraynerefrain.
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And rash extremes still wisely to refraynerefrain.
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… wicked and reprobate themſelues, that they bite in their lips, hold their hands, and refraynerefrain from many ſinnes, which otherwiſe they would commit, (as it cannot be denyed) doe …
With rule
… wicked and reprobate themſelues, that they bite in their lips, hold their hands, and refraynerefrain from many ſinnes, which otherwiſe they would commit, (as it cannot be denyed) doe …
William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 153 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent A06500

Printed
… is to say, the gift and liberalitie of the Lord. So we reade Ieremy 31. RefrayneRefrain thy voyce from weeping & thyne eyes from teares: for thy workes shall be rewarded …
With rule
… is to say, the gift and liberalitie of the Lord. So we reade Ieremy 31. RefrayneRefrain thy voyce from weeping & thyne eyes from teares: for thy workes shall be rewarded …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 156 · Open in the reader